Should i get some?

its for a 55 WRX Wagon crystal grey.

i would go for the black prodrive ones, but almost $hit myself when i saw they wanted £224 for a front & rear set!

does anyone else make a reasonably priced one? also will they make my car look-

a) better + no dirt sprayed up the sides
b) a bit gay?

 

Scott Lowe www.scottlowe.co.uk

JohnD

 

Hi,

I fit the ones from eBay (plain black v2) by Performance_Creations. £60. A lot of people suggested them when i asked the same question last week or so. They are very good. Not "in your face", but somehow make the back lOOk meaner, and yes there's less crap up the side of the car.

It took me about an hour to fit (and i dont normally do/know anything about cars), but now i'm in the know, i reckon you can do it in 30 mins easily. (Just pre-drill the holes for the self tappers, much much easier).

 

a) Yes, and will also help avoid stone chips
b) I don't know what you mean!!

........Did I leave the Iron on???

 

I've got some Scott Lowe ones on my WRX and i'm very pleased with them....

Fitting instructions are at http://www.performance-zone.co.uk/html/newcar/flaps.htm

 

Scoobyworld do 2 types. Some for £60 and the others for about £150. Ive got the cheaper ones and although I haven't fitted them yet, they do look quite nice in the flesh.

 

are there any that you don't have to get a drill involved with metal bits on the scoob?- i don't want to introduce potential rust problems in the future, as the cars new and i will probably be keeping it for many years

 

You don't "have" to drill with the PC ones. I just found it easier to screw the self-tappers in with a pre-drilled whole. It's only 1 screw per arch - 2 plastic screws into the existing bodywork holes, 2 bolts to hold the bracket and flaps together and 1 self tapper into the wheelarch.

I believe their version1 mudflaps dont use brackets, and therefore you dont screw anything to the bodywork. I wouldn't use those, because anyone can pull them off with the crappy plastic screws, or then they could fall off.

I think most will require fixing to the bodywork... (ready to stand corrected)

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Just seen these advertised on ebay - from scoobyworld. Just shy of £60.

 

Have a look at these from ebay. This is where i got mine from, and very fast delivery, and look the dogs.

£60,

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUBARU-IMPREZA-W...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/SUBARU-IMPREZA-W...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Subaru-Mudflap...QQcmdZViewItem

Chris
Ps

As far as drilling holes, I think there are Two 3mm holes to be drilled into the front wheel arch, and one 3mm hole goes into each of the rear wheel arches, Powerstation next door to Lichfields are putting mine on and they assure me they'll use a blob of underseal in the holes once there drilled to stop rust.

 

My white scoob has a set of Sparco mudflaps.

£24 for all 4 on ebay.

Yes they do keep the **** down
No they don't look gay

 

I got the middle ones. Those last ones lOOk cheap and tackey. Don't even seen straight.

Yep, there's two holes in the front, one in the rear. I couldn't get the 2nd hole done in the front, snapped 3 drill bits (mind you, they were probably for wood ) 1 seemed just fine.

 

Hi,

I would recommend the Scott Lowe mudflaps as the quality is second to none and you get everything that you need including the anti-rust compound for putting the screws into the bodywork. Granted they are not the cheapest available but you get what you pay for in my opinion.

Here are a couple of pictures of them on my crystal grey STi.









Dave

 

^^ Nice. looks like i'll go for the scott lowes then ... and maybe a grille set too.

would elephant count them as mods?

 

The way my mudflaps are fitted theres no drilling involved

 

Just got to say mate, your car is feckin mega!!

 

What are those wheels? lOOk nice. Wanted to get rid of my gold efforts...

 

Had mudflaps on my old 22b, absolutely hated them. On any other Impreza I've had I didn't even consider them for a second, look positively awful. If I kept my old 22b I'd have ripped them off and just had a respray every 3rd year.

 

Thanks very much for that mate - I love the car as she puts a smile on my face everytime I start her up.

THe wheels are Prodrive PFF-7 18" copies that i have had sprayed a darker shade of anthracite as I didn't want them to be too close in terms of colour to the crystal grey paintwork.

Dave

 

LMAO! £2K+ vs £224!

 

Cost is relative. I'd rather have the unspoilt looks of a mud flap free car, especially on a 22b.

 

lol @ the thought of the one true rally rep Impreza being 'spoilt' by mudflaps! lol

 

there was a group buy on here a few months back fo propper kylan ones. price was about £70 i think. i'd be up for a set if we could get the person that done it to run another one.

 

Some sort of moron.

 

lol lol lol! from someone who's willing to spend £2K every three years on resprays ill take that as a compliment!

 

What part of "cost is relative" don't you understand?

 

Relative to your income or value of the car?

 

I can well afford to do it so I'd do it. And God knows where you got 2k for the small area that would require paint. Mud flaps spoil the whole lines of the car, and IMHO are not necessary at all on any other Impreza model unless you drive about wearing a helmet.

 

I disagree, i live in the sticks and the sh!te that used to come up the side of the door from a "leisurely" drive was crazy, now it's a lot less. If they save me one stone chip, then they've been worth it. And i've gotta add, i think they lOOk sweet. No logos for me and the same colour as my car, so are quite inconspicuous too.

But hey, some people may hate them, we're all different, thank ****.

I agree with DazW, if i would've had a 22B, i'm sure i'd of had them on, it's the "true" impreza rally weapon.

 

Crass,Over-opionated & more money than sense ...& I thought Michael Carroll had an Evo?