Mudflaps

HJL

Maybe its just me, but my personal pet hate is cars without mudflaps.
Ive noticed too that a lot of new cars dont have them fitted. Maybe they are an optional extra or whatever?

But i really think that they should be a requirement of the NCT, my support for this comes from it being Ireland, with its rain, diry roads from farmers, etc. If say for example your driving behind a car that does not have them fitted on a dark rainy night do you not find yourself using your window washer more often than usual? I do. And what if after all this usage your bottle emptys, the wipers swipe but with no water, your visability decreases, and your crash into a petrol station and it explodes.

Ok, the above example was dramatised a bit!! But your visability does suffer if you are driving behind a constant spray of water from a car in front. And i know mudflaps dont totally stop this but they do lessen it.

Am i the only one who is pro mudflaps?? Say it isn't so!

crosstownk

I'm pro mudflaps - but only because they protect the car (to some extent) to which they are fitted from tar, dirt, etc.

No mudflap will eliminate spray-back to the vehicle behind. Maybe there's a reduction in spray - but fcuk all, imo.

cantdecide

Cars don't look right if they don't have them but they have to be the proper molded type, not just the one-size-fits-all motor factor ones. I've had to fit them to 2 of the last 3 cars I've had.

crosstownk

cantdecide wrote: »

Cars don't look right if they don't have them but they have to be the proper molded type, not just the one-size-fits-all motor factor ones.

Agreed - those spurious ones look like badly fitting aprons. Manufacturer mudflaps look so much better, plus they are easier to fit.

colm_mcm

meh. they're not that great.

JoeA3

Personally... I hate them! On some cars you'd barely notice they are there, on others they totally spoil the appearance. I can forgive the proper manufacturer molded ones, but there's no excuse for the cheapo dealer-branded yokes!

pburns

HJL wrote: »

But i really think that they should be a requirement of the NCT, my support for this comes from it being Ireland, with its rain, diry roads from farmers, etc. If say for example your driving behind a car that does not have them fitted on a dark rainy night do you not find yourself using your window washer more often than usual? I do. And what if after all this usage your bottle emptys, the wipers swipe but with no water, your visability decreases, and your crash into a petrol station and it explodes.

Ok, the above example was dramatised a bit!! But your visability does suffer if you are driving behind a constant spray of water from a car in front. And i know mudflaps dont totally stop this but they do lessen it.

Am i the only one who is pro mudflaps?? Say it isn't so!

Jaysus!

Do we not have enough 'requirements' dictating how/what we should drive. I hate them with a passion (unless integrated subtly into the design of the car). It's the type of 'extra' 'oul lads bargain for as part of the deal when changing car ('mats, mudflaps and a fill of petrol').

Are you an 'oul lad? Or 'auld before your time?:)

cantdecide

pburns wrote: »

Jaysus!

Do we not have enough 'requirements' dictating how/what we should drive. I hate them with a passion (unless integrated subtly into the design of the car). It's the type of 'extra' 'oul lads bargain for as part of the deal when changing car ('mats, mudflaps and a fill of petrol').

Are you an 'oul lad? Or 'auld before your time?:)

I had to get them for my cars because they looked poitively odd without the OEM moulded flaps. I couldn't give a monkeys whether work or not or whether they're mandatory or not, the car looked silly without them and it would have looked worse with cheap ones.