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I just purchased a red 2016 Honda civic, and I am doing everything I can to protect this car from the world lol. I have been exploring mud flaps to protect my paint, but will they look stupid? Should I just get the splash guards? Do they do the same job?

 
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That's a matter of opinion and depends if you think they look stupid. I don't like them personally. People use hood bras and bumper guards to protect the paint to but you get to a point where you protect it so much that it no longer looks like the car you bought .


Welcome to forum too. Enjoy your new Civic, it will bring you years of enjoyment.

 
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What's the difference? What are YOU thinking of here?
Got links to specific products?

I think the two terms may be interchangeable. Products may vary wildly though.






I have Honda accessory splash guards on my car.

One customer had a set of these painted body color before we installed them (Accord).

 
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Get OEM only.

I put them on every car 1st thing.

 
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Well I have looked at Rally Armor mud flaps, but I am 100% skeptical about the concept of "universal." They don't make them specifically for the Honda Civic, it seems like no company actually does. Otherwise, I looked at splash guards; the kind that are screwed onto the car and don't hang down. I just am not sure if the reason no one makes mud flaps specifically for a civic is because they should not be on one.

 
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Thats another question I had. All the guards that I have looked at appear to only come in black. How can you get them in other colors?

 
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To the best of my knowledge the only honda product that has OEM splash guards available from the dealer color matched to the paint is the Acura RL/RLX. I have never seen color matched available for any other honda product.

I personally have splash guards on mine, and I wouldn't hesitate to install them on any honda I purchased.

 
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Send the brand new Honda set to your favorite (and qualified) body shop and have them painted before installing. They should know to use a mix that will flex without cracking, much like the original paint used on plastic flexible bumper covers.

We had one customer do this before we installed them on his new car and IMO they looked good. (this was several years ago)