Cars made with mudflaps as standard

[Vinylseats]

Which shite cars have come with mudflaps fitted as standard? I can only think of the Lada Samara, which for some reason ALWAYS had mudflaps.

 

[scooters]

CX Gtis and my BX Gti has four mudflaps factory fitted - citroen ones of the 80's are cool with "Citroen" in white along the bottom

[Father Ted]

First series Nissan Micra K11 ALL had flaps, later ones had them deleted.

[Guest]

Nearly every old Japanese car I can think of.

[Des]

I believe some in Countries mudflaps were mandatory, poor roads covered in crap, would have been the case with Lada / FSO, that kind of thing. Helped prevent rust if there were 4 of them.

[155V6]

[boobydoo]

I think every car should have mudflaps... they look great! However I don't really think they serve a purpose anymore as most cars are sufficiently rustproofed to not need them.

 

In fact, most aftermarket ones just become dirt-traps anyway and probably cause more corrosion.

 

I always insisted on mudflaps on my company demos, for which people took the piss ...especially when I put them on new Merc SLKs and the like.

 

My Chrysler 2-Litre is the only car I have at the moment with any on....four proper Chrysler ones...but they actually look a bit minging....

[Father Ted]

Does make a difference if you are behind one on the road on a wet day, in terms of spray thrown up at you.

[Angrydicky]

My Maestro had them on all four wheels, and as it's a base model I assume they all did. It only has three now though, as one of the front wheelarches has rusted away where the mudflap is mounted and it came off while I was washing it

[kinkersaab]

all skoda estelles had them i think, and, i seem to remember never seeing a bluebird without, excpet turbo or kitted executives. old subarus i seem to remeber had them if they were 4x4s, pre legacy L series. i could be speaking absolute shite of course.

[dollywobbler]

CX Gtis and my BX Gti has four mudflaps factory fitted - citroen ones of the 80's are cool with "Citroen" in white along the bottom

 

Add 2CVs and Dyanes to that list - though only on the front wings. Primarily to stop them chucking road filth down their own sides I think.

[Shep Shepherd]

Most Volvos made before the 1990s were fitted with at least one pair of mudflaps as standard, as they were a legal requirement in Sweden. Ditto Saabs:

 

 

Personally, I think that mudflaps look good and serve a useful purpose. Ergo, all of my cars have had a full set fitted

[ashmicro]

All Merc 190s seem to have those little short type mudflaps, also I don't think I've seen a Jag S or X Type sans mudflaps.

[Split_Pin]

My Dad's 240 was a later one on an F, and it had tiny mudflaps as standard.

 

They didnt look like they had a chance against what the big tryes would throw up!

 

Mum_L had a base model Metro then a later city. One of the few things they had were mud flaps, so were they standard across the range?

[daverapid]

[Lukas]

Nearly every old Japanese car I can think of.

 

Right!

[Nervy Si]

Echo that post about mudflaps trapping dirt and causing their own rust - happened on my old XJ40, and on my Nova saloon years ago. I thinks it's true that corrosion prevention has improved and negated the need for flaps, I suppose also so many cars are (especially at the rear) all fibreglass below the wheelarch.

 

Most Volvos made before the 1990s were fitted with at least one pair of mudflaps as standard, as they were a legal requirement in Sweden. Ditto Saabs

 

That reminds me, where I grew up was a big caravan showroom called Welland Holiday Hire, and when I was a nipper they had a couple of 240 estates, both fitted with full-width coach style mudflaps to as not to spray the new caravans with grit, chippings, mud and all that. A bit like this puppy:

 

 

I remember that a full set of original mudflaps was one of Quentin Wilson's fetishes, when he was giving tips on how to find a 'cosseted' original example of something like a f-reg Merc 190e 1.9 or BMW 525e.

[Split_Pin]

 

Excellent picture, I remember coaches with these! Dont recall seeing too many like that now.