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Post Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:11 am 
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Hiya fellas,

I have a 2002 GV with no front mud flaps, just the moulded plastic bodywork.

I was thinking mud flaps behind the front tyres would be good at stopping stones etc flicking up and hitting the underside of my bodywork. Whilst I don't have any damage the noise is annoying driving fast dirt.

Would it be worth it? I'll be mounting it a few inches behind the tyre well so it clears my tyres.

Would it add drag and increase fuel consumption much?

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Ben

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:39 am 
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yes it would be worth it
no it wont make any notable difference
hope this helps

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:56 am 
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I had front mud flaps on my sierra,
kept a lot of mud off the door handles,
much nicer than grabbing a hand ful of mud everytime I got in.
My Vit will probably get some, too.
Is more important when tyres are outside of body work.

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:29 am 
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Yes stops you getting a face full of mud.

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:40 pm 
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suzukiboy wrote:
Yes stops you getting a face full of mud.

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Is that a piece of perspex?

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:40 am 
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It is Polyurethane from Bruce over at NBS forum.

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:35 am 
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I found my pedes used to fling mud perfectly up into the drivers window much to my annoyance. All I needed was a well place piece of rubber about 15cm long, you might want something more substantial like pictured above if you're worried about the paintwork though.

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