So you want to put mudflaps on your p5? Well, hopefully I can give you some insight into how EASY it is. I have had a few people ask me about mine over the past few months, so I figured I would throw this thread together to make it easier for all.
(attention)
Obviously if you are reading this you are interested in possibly throwing some flaps on your p5. Either that or you want to b*tch me out for trying to turn my car into a subie wannabe. Well no, I do not want that, we all know P5>Impreza wagons anyways. I just want to make the p5 a more respectable car in the tuning community, and this is my way of helping that become a reality.
First thing you need to know is that there are tons of places that you can find mudflaps for the P5 BUT there are really none that will fit the car the way it comes without modification.
Here are the only type of flaps specifically made for the protege BUT they only work without the stock side skirts, and lets face it, taking those off will be a bad choice:
https://www.ebay.com (commissions earned)
So of course that means if there is no flaps made for the P5, you have to go the universal route. I know the world "universal" can scare a lot of people off when it comes to cars, but don't be scared, its quite simple. You can get your car to look like this:
Next step is to choose the mudflaps you want to work with. This can either be cheap and simple, or expensive and, well still simple haha. As you can see, I went with RallyArmor Urethane flaps. These are rather expensive all things considering, but I wanted to get them.
If you go the cheap, and honestly completely respectable route, RallyArmor has you covered there as well.
http://www.rallyarmor.com/store/universal-basic-mud-flap-p-274.html
Now what if you want to go the expensive RallyArmor route? Well you have options there as well. If you are like me and want to spend another $85(!?!?!?!) for some fancy lettering on the back, then you want to go with these:
http://www.rallyarmor.com/store/universal-urethane-rally-flap-red-logo-p-267.html
They have two other color options like this one, but these are the ones I bought.
Ok so by now you should know what kind you want. Here is the part all of you have been waiting for, how I mounted them. You are going to laugh at how easy this is. I apologize for the awful quality of the pics, I used my phone because I am lazy.
Fronts:
Now all I did here was use three self-tapping screws and one stock pop-tab from the side skirt. You can see the pop-tab is black, it blends in a bit but you can make it out.
The best way to get them mounted is to hold the mud flap to the wheel well, mark where the screws are going to go, then take the flap and cut the holes before you mount them. This is much easier than trying to make holes in the flaps while trying to mount them at the same time. Obviously the stock pop-tab will go back in its place and you have freedom to go where ever with the self-tapping screws. They will go through the wheel well lines and be set. You can put as many self-tapping screws as you like, I originally had only two but added one to the upper left to be safe. At $25 a flap I take no chances!!
Rears:
This time I used two stock screws (brown) and three self-tapping screws. Same idea as the fronts when mocking them up and mounting. Another thing you want to make sure of is that they are level, you dont want them sagging to the left or right, because that will look goody. Also, be smart, make them a decent height off the ground, mine are basically as low as you want to go.
These flaps do have some weight to them so don't be cheap with the self-tapping screws. I am paranoid with these things, and even now I am not 100% satisfied with the amount of hardware I got holding them up. But they honestly aren't going anywhere.
Moment of Honesty: If RallyArmor would have had the $16 flaps when I was searching I would have bought them. Don't get me wrong, I love the ones I have, but I do not know if they are worth the extra $85. I would have gotten the cheap ones,and they went out and got 4 red mazda24/7 decals an put them on the bottom corners. Would have done the same thing and I would have saved prolly $75.
Well I hope this helps all you out there. If you have anymore questions just shoot me a PM.
ZoOm-ZoOm!
(attention)
Obviously if you are reading this you are interested in possibly throwing some flaps on your p5. Either that or you want to b*tch me out for trying to turn my car into a subie wannabe. Well no, I do not want that, we all know P5>Impreza wagons anyways. I just want to make the p5 a more respectable car in the tuning community, and this is my way of helping that become a reality.
First thing you need to know is that there are tons of places that you can find mudflaps for the P5 BUT there are really none that will fit the car the way it comes without modification.
Here are the only type of flaps specifically made for the protege BUT they only work without the stock side skirts, and lets face it, taking those off will be a bad choice:
https://www.ebay.com (commissions earned)
So of course that means if there is no flaps made for the P5, you have to go the universal route. I know the world "universal" can scare a lot of people off when it comes to cars, but don't be scared, its quite simple. You can get your car to look like this:
Next step is to choose the mudflaps you want to work with. This can either be cheap and simple, or expensive and, well still simple haha. As you can see, I went with RallyArmor Urethane flaps. These are rather expensive all things considering, but I wanted to get them.
If you go the cheap, and honestly completely respectable route, RallyArmor has you covered there as well.
http://www.rallyarmor.com/store/universal-basic-mud-flap-p-274.html
Now what if you want to go the expensive RallyArmor route? Well you have options there as well. If you are like me and want to spend another $85(!?!?!?!) for some fancy lettering on the back, then you want to go with these:
http://www.rallyarmor.com/store/universal-urethane-rally-flap-red-logo-p-267.html
They have two other color options like this one, but these are the ones I bought.
Ok so by now you should know what kind you want. Here is the part all of you have been waiting for, how I mounted them. You are going to laugh at how easy this is. I apologize for the awful quality of the pics, I used my phone because I am lazy.
Fronts:
Now all I did here was use three self-tapping screws and one stock pop-tab from the side skirt. You can see the pop-tab is black, it blends in a bit but you can make it out.
The best way to get them mounted is to hold the mud flap to the wheel well, mark where the screws are going to go, then take the flap and cut the holes before you mount them. This is much easier than trying to make holes in the flaps while trying to mount them at the same time. Obviously the stock pop-tab will go back in its place and you have freedom to go where ever with the self-tapping screws. They will go through the wheel well lines and be set. You can put as many self-tapping screws as you like, I originally had only two but added one to the upper left to be safe. At $25 a flap I take no chances!!
Rears:
This time I used two stock screws (brown) and three self-tapping screws. Same idea as the fronts when mocking them up and mounting. Another thing you want to make sure of is that they are level, you dont want them sagging to the left or right, because that will look goody. Also, be smart, make them a decent height off the ground, mine are basically as low as you want to go.
These flaps do have some weight to them so don't be cheap with the self-tapping screws. I am paranoid with these things, and even now I am not 100% satisfied with the amount of hardware I got holding them up. But they honestly aren't going anywhere.
Moment of Honesty: If RallyArmor would have had the $16 flaps when I was searching I would have bought them. Don't get me wrong, I love the ones I have, but I do not know if they are worth the extra $85. I would have gotten the cheap ones,and they went out and got 4 red mazda24/7 decals an put them on the bottom corners. Would have done the same thing and I would have saved prolly $75.
Well I hope this helps all you out there. If you have anymore questions just shoot me a PM.
ZoOm-ZoOm!
I got the cheaper ones (for now) my dad made fun of me and called them folders x)
