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Painting rear mud flaps

Just installed the Stillen front splitter and EVO-R side skirts. They're flat black with a satin clear coat (solid red car). But now the a$$ end of it looks high.

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Old 09-21-2012, 09:03 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Just installed the Stillen front splitter and EVO-R side skirts. They're flat black with a satin clear coat (solid red car).

But now the a$$ end of it looks high. The skirts & splitter seem to pull the car down and the behind the rear wheels looks real high.

Last night I put some black electrical tape on the rear mud flaps to get an idea of what it might looks like, and I thought it looked pretty sharp and helped bring the look of the side more 'together'. Anyone ever done it for real? I figure I can just rattle can them.
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:44 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Why not give it a shot. I don’t think I have seen one with this type of set up. If you’re not 100% about it try plastic dipping it so that why if you don’t like the outcome you can peel it off before you rattle can them.
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^ what he said. First thing I thought was Plastidip. I did that to my rear valance before deciding to give it a proper paint job.
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Wait you have mud flaps? What model gets mud flaps, touring?
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Well, went ahead and just painted them. Still need to polish them out so they match the blades / splitter, but here are a couple of pics.





It does help tie it all together...
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Attempting to bump. Thinking about doing this and looking for more pics. Front & rear.

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The danger of bumping an old thread is that OP has not been on here for a year. So no pics.
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I was hoping for another kind fella with painted splash guards to post pics.

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Then open your own thread, we will be more then happy to help.
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