Do I need mudflaps?
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Do I need mudflaps?
I live in Ottawa and the salt, snow, mud is disgusting on the underside of the tires? I am thinking of getting mudflaps, does that help in any way?
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2003 C240 4Matic Petwer/Charcoal
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i have the very same problem.... i didn't get mudflaps when i got my car.... Is there a way to retrofit them on yourselves?... or do you have to go to a dealer to have it done?
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Originally posted by aborwick
They must be installed by a dealer--installation requires a special tool. I find them useful in keeping dirt out of the wheel wells.
They must be installed by a dealer--installation requires a special tool. I find them useful in keeping dirt out of the wheel wells.
It does help to have the wheels off to do them.
Atom - I'll drive over to NY and install 'em, and charge you half of what your dealer would. :p
In all honesty, it's a simple install, and I like how they look.
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Fronts for the summer to keep the doors clean, fronts and rears in the winter to keep rocks from pitting the rear bumper.
Do not attempt to install them yourself! There is only one certified Mercedes Benz mud flap installer authorized to do such work in the US. Only he has the special tools developed jointly by DCX, NASA, and JPL. You must book an appoinment through his assistent one full year in advance. Installation will take a week or seven days. During that time the car will be transported and secured in a top secret hanger located somewhere in a desert in Nevada.
Do not attempt to install them yourself! There is only one certified Mercedes Benz mud flap installer authorized to do such work in the US. Only he has the special tools developed jointly by DCX, NASA, and JPL. You must book an appoinment through his assistent one full year in advance. Installation will take a week or seven days. During that time the car will be transported and secured in a top secret hanger located somewhere in a desert in Nevada.
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Originally posted by avlis
There is only one certified Mercedes Benz mud flap installer authorized to do such work in the US.
There is only one certified Mercedes Benz mud flap installer authorized to do such work in the US.
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Originally posted by avlis
Fronts for the summer to keep the doors clean, fronts and rears in the winter to keep rocks from pitting the rear bumper.
Do not attempt to install them yourself! There is only one certified Mercedes Benz mud flap installer authorized to do such work in the US. Only he has the special tools developed jointly by DCX, NASA, and JPL. You must book an appoinment through his assistent one full year in advance. Installation will take a week or seven days. During that time the car will be transported and secured in a top secret hanger located somewhere in a desert in Nevada.
Fronts for the summer to keep the doors clean, fronts and rears in the winter to keep rocks from pitting the rear bumper.
Do not attempt to install them yourself! There is only one certified Mercedes Benz mud flap installer authorized to do such work in the US. Only he has the special tools developed jointly by DCX, NASA, and JPL. You must book an appoinment through his assistent one full year in advance. Installation will take a week or seven days. During that time the car will be transported and secured in a top secret hanger located somewhere in a desert in Nevada.
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Re: Do I need mudflaps?
Originally posted by atom88
I live in Ottawa and the salt, snow, mud is disgusting on the underside of the tires? I am thinking of getting mudflaps, does that help in any way?
Cheers...
2003 C240 4Matic Petwer/Charcoal
I live in Ottawa and the salt, snow, mud is disgusting on the underside of the tires? I am thinking of getting mudflaps, does that help in any way?
Cheers...
2003 C240 4Matic Petwer/Charcoal
I'd also recommend finding a place to get the "clear bra" installed. If I wasn't leasing I'd do it, cause when I last washed/waxed my car I noticed several paint chips on the front bumper and hood... which of course are being fixed due to my little fender bender.
I bought the mudflaps, took an hour to install by myself, most of the time was jacking up the car and taking the wheels off, the fronts can be done without taking the wheels off, but its so much easier.
Who'd you purchase from?
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Originally posted by Mike T.
Be sure to get a set of rear flaps with Yosemite Sam on them, brandishing his guns and yelling "BACK OFF".
Be sure to get a set of rear flaps with Yosemite Sam on them, brandishing his guns and yelling "BACK OFF".
hahahhaha I like that !!!!!!!!
I was thinking the same thing....pretty ghey looking!!
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Re: Re: Do I need mudflaps?
Originally posted by taylor192
Who'd you purchase from?
Who'd you purchase from?
Thanks for the advice everbody, I think I will go buy the mudflaps.
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get the mudguards for the coupe. the dealership can order and install them. they look really great and catch almost everything coming off the tires. i know you're already convinced to get something, but you don't have to get plain old ugly mudflaps if you don't want to.
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Re: Re: Re: Do I need mudflaps?
Originally posted by atom88
I bought from Olgilvie Motors, not bad...had a good salesperson. I even received a gift basket one week after I bought the car.
Thanks for the advice everbody, I think I will go buy the mudflaps.
I bought from Olgilvie Motors, not bad...had a good salesperson. I even received a gift basket one week after I bought the car.
Thanks for the advice everbody, I think I will go buy the mudflaps.
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here's a pic of someone else's car. thanks to whoever's pics these are. 
these are called mudguards. mud flaps are just the flimsy pieces of rubber than hang there. you see much flaps on trucks and cheap cars. mudguards are the rigid plastic on nicer vehicles.
these are called mudguards. mud flaps are just the flimsy pieces of rubber than hang there. you see much flaps on trucks and cheap cars. mudguards are the rigid plastic on nicer vehicles.
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Originally posted by truelove79
about $100 to order them, and $100 to install them. that's from the dealership. could be cheaper from somewhere else.
about $100 to order them, and $100 to install them. that's from the dealership. could be cheaper from somewhere else.
Whoaaaaaa !!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by truelove79
yup, i think it was around that. maybe $80. they just threw that in with the price of my car so it didn't hurt as much.
yup, i think it was around that. maybe $80. they just threw that in with the price of my car so it didn't hurt as much.
They cost me $150 CND (which is like double any other mudflaps I've ever bought) so I decided to install them myself, it was very easy, and free.
The cargo net wasn't so easy to install, and I ended up breaking a retaining clip in the hatch, now I need to order a single little plastic clip.... how much will that cost? $20? $30? probably.
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Mudflaps
I bought the official mudflaps from the dealer ($50?) and installed them myself with no problems. The instructions are good and it took me about 45 minutes. I took the wheels off in the back, but just turned the front wheels out of the way for the fronts.
I believe they do the job nicely. When you wash the car, there is no road "stuff" on the car; you just need to use a brush to clean the mudflaps.
I believe they do the job nicely. When you wash the car, there is no road "stuff" on the car; you just need to use a brush to clean the mudflaps.
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Originally posted by Mike T.
Be sure to get a set of rear flaps with Yosemite Sam on them, brandishing his guns and yelling "BACK OFF".
Be sure to get a set of rear flaps with Yosemite Sam on them, brandishing his guns and yelling "BACK OFF".
they just cleared customs, should be here in a week. alright so i got the standard ones. damn thats gonna suck when i get them installed when i take my car in the end of the month. looks like we'll have another common part truelove79.
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Originally posted by CitronC230K_03
i have those on special order from the factory in germany. they say BACK OFF! in german! they just cleared customs, should be here in a week.
alright so i got the standard ones. damn thats gonna suck when i get them installed when i take my car in the end of the month. looks like we'll have another common part truelove79.
i have those on special order from the factory in germany. they say BACK OFF! in german!
they just cleared customs, should be here in a week. alright so i got the standard ones. damn thats gonna suck when i get them installed when i take my car in the end of the month. looks like we'll have another common part truelove79.
are you sure you dont' wanna repaint your car to capri and add wood trim Citron?
