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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:15 AM
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Well, I ordered oem mudguard and injen hydroshield from mcgeorgepart.com last week and received them today. I was planning to paint mudguards to silver metalic to match my car but wasn't sure whether it would look good or too classy. Well, painting took over 4 hours cuz of dry time between coats, during that time I also installed hydroshield and Fig side vent grilles as well. Installation of mudguard was really easy, I had to take off the rear wheels to drill two holes in the back tho. I think they look pretty good. Sad thing is I'm gonna buy oem ground effect eventually, so I gotta take them off then. What do you guys think?

(I only painted outer part, inner part is still black to match the inside of wheel well)




Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:17 AM
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O, looks nice, nice rims 2 btw. I thought bout putting some on, but theres not much mud around here.
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:18 AM
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I like it
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:24 AM
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very clean, farther away pics?
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:28 AM
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very clean, farther away pics?
Well, I was late for work so I just took few pix quickly and unfortunately I don't have farther away pix but i will take them tomorrow and post them.
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:40 AM
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very nice. Im a fan of the mudgaurd painting as i have done it on sw.
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:47 AM
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you know... my birthday is ocmming up (well.. in august anyways) and so is christmas...


can i have your wheels?







the mudguards look cool. if i ould fit them with the rs1 kit, i would.
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:52 AM
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Looks good man! Maybe I should do that to my mudguards too
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:55 AM
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I like the look. Good idea with painting them....let me know when you get your kit. I will buy those off of you!
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thanks guys. Yeah ppl who have them should paint them to match their color of car. They look way better than I thought
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Originally Posted by Neothin
you know... my birthday is ocmming up (well.. in august anyways) and so is christmas...


can i have your wheels?







the mudguards look cool. if i ould fit them with the rs1 kit, i would.
I like your rims too! I'm a fan of 5 spokes
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 06:09 AM
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wanna swap? :-P
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I will swap the whole car
your car is just SICKKKK
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bah, i dont want a silver car though ;)


i just want the wheels.. like... seriously.
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Neothin
bah, i dont want a silver car though ;)


i just want the wheels.. like... seriously.
Oh well, I wanted these rims so bad, I guess I will keep them
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 06:22 AM
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bah
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 07:06 AM
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Painting them is nice. I painted mine black for the SSM. Blends in quite well with the tires and looks like they're not even on! And YES; They do keep crud and stuff off the car.
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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i was actually thinking about doing this on my bcp
Old Apr 12, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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Looks good!

I just installed mine last weekend, but they're not painted. I'm still considering whether or not to do it...they really look ok as-is, but yours look great painted too. :?
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 01:28 AM
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:debating on getting them:



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