Rally Armor Mazda Speed 3 mud flaps now available

[dimaxxxl]

I think these are a great looking addition to the exterior. I have been following them and just got an email from Rally Armor letting me know they are available. I just wanted to let everyone know.

The MazdaSpeed flaps are now available
http://www.rallyarmor.com/store/mazdaspeed-urethane-c-60_102_104.html

 

[Kain]

Here's the existing thread: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123711970

 

[clos561]

thats alot of money for some flaps

 

[iBoost]

thats alot of money for some flaps

agreed.

 

[Jasnall]

What mud are we gonna be flapping?
rally? I don't think a stock MS3 is suited for rally
armor? um...I don't wanna be driving my speed where I would need car armor.

 

[aswhdc]

they protect against rock chips and other stuff that your tires fling up. I am planning on buying a pair, but that is a lot for mudflaps.

 

[fasteract]

Probably could be cheaper if RallyArmor didn't have to slap their logo on them. Can't really see what they look like in their photo..are they 3D molded flaps or just flat pieces like the Subaru urethane pix shows ?

 

[Moultese]

Meh, I'll pass.

 

[SwampAss]

I want Yosemite Sam ones.

 

[hifipete]

2010 Mazda 3 mud flaps

Hi to all!

Does anyone know where can mudflaps for the 2010 Mazda 3 GT (s in the USA) be purchased? The dealers do not sell them for this model, it has the lower body sills. The same was true for the 1st gen 3. Dumb if you ask me, as if they couldn't make these!!! I may have to go to universal models, much as I dislike that option. Any info will be appreciated.

 

[340CID]

Probably could be cheaper if RallyArmor didn't have to slap their logo on them. Can't really see what they look like in their photo..are they 3D molded flaps or just flat pieces like the Subaru urethane pix shows ?

They are not 3d moulded flaps, just flat pieces.

Why anyone with a Mazda3 or MS3 would need these massive flaps is puzzling as it's not a rally car. Why someone would spend $40+ on flat pieces of urethane shows that some folks are insecure enough to validate their worth by needing or wanting name brand flaps.

I've got mud flaps on my MS3 but they are not the hideous 4x4 flaps that RA sells and they didn't cost more then $5. The $5 flaps do the same thing (no rock chips) but I can also live with other folks sneering down at me when they don't see the brand name mud flaps.

 

[oaklandopen]

http://a.imagehost.org/view/0696/mudflaps

mine ended up being the cost of 2 trash cans from Kmart and some oil based paint, and spray can clearcoat

 

[GoFast]

http://a.imagehost.org/view/0696/mudflaps

mine ended up being the cost of 2 trash cans from Kmart and some oil based paint, and spray can clearcoat

how are those holding up?

 

[oaklandopen]

how are those holding up?

at first i didn't use the right paint and it chipped after going through a car wash with undercarriage sprayer. but after changing it to oil based and throwing on probably 10 thin layer of clear they are still going strong. i've scraped them a few times on sharp angled driveways but they've managed to keep their original shape

they really do an amazing job at keeping the rear bumper clean

 

[GoFast]

did you do the fronts too? where was that pattern again? also, where did you get those garbage cans?

 

[oaklandopen]

i had a set that i rough cut for the front but i never followed through with it. can't rmember why but it might have had to do with me not being able to mount them correctly

i did mine from scratch. i took the existing "look" of some other mudflaps and then cuz mine accordingly.

i basically drew a design on some paper, cuz the trash cans (only like 4 or 5 gallon cans) down the corners to work with the flat sides. did a rough cut of the pattern on one, traced the cut one around the other and did a rough cut. then sandwiched them together and made straight final cuts on a band saw

used some duct tape to mount them, then taking numerous trips i eyeballed them by standing behind the car sometimes 10 feet sometimes 30 feet, sometimes standing sometimes laying flat on my chest. then i drew the outlines onto the inner wells and drilled a couple times and used some bolts, washers, and wingnuts.

 

[TRDMS3]

sorry to resurrect the thread, rally armor flaps are indeed very costly lol

 

[GoFast]

sorry to resurrect the thread, rally armor flaps are indeed very costly lol

..and that's why you resurrected it? (eek2)(rofl2)

 

[guitarsoloist87]

It keeps the grime off my rear bumper and what not. Makes it much easier to clean. Especially with wheels sticking out. Utah is pretty much a rally course. Constant construction and horrible winters. Only time it's nice is summer. I run winter tires most of the year.

 

[destrux]

Yeah I'm wishing I installed these back when the car was new. We live up in a part of town that's elevated a few hundred feet above the rest of the town... there's only 3 streets that go up here and they're all very steep. They make the hills passable in the snow by dumping tons and tons of gravel and huge rock salt pieces down them. The stuff stays on the hills till april when they finally get the road crews out with loaders to scoop the stuff up and sweep the streets. This hasn't been good for the paint on the sideskirts, undercarriage or rear bumper. I sprayed undercoating behind the front wheels under the car where the rocks were hitting the paint, but it wore through the undercoating anyway. Driving around here in the winter is pretty much like rallying.

I'll be getting these paint areas resprayed and putting mudflaps like this on for next year... no matter how ugly they might be.... they're better than chipped up paint and rust.

Next time I buy a house I'll pay more attention to things like that... buy a house where the roads around it have no steep hills.