Kizashi OEM Mud Flaps

[Ronzuki]

Has anyone here installed the Suzuki flaps?

http://www.suzukiauto.com/kizashi/accessories/?r=left

Any good install docs come with? I'd like to see them if I could before I purchase to see how they attach to the vehicle. I WILL NOT drill holes in any sheet metal.
Where I live there's an extraordinary amount of horse manure on the roads and it dries on paint like caulk. Not that I really care for the look, but it's pretty much mandatory on vehicles around here if you know what I mean.

Thanks for any info you can provide.

[kayjay]

I put on a set. You DO have to drill three holes (per flap) into the plastic fenders (there is no metal) Very good instructions and they fit very nicely (but take care and dry-fit several times before you drill).
We've had some rain, recently, and the mudflaps works pretty well.

[Ronzuki]

OK, thanks for the info, no problem drilling into plastic....what fasterners do they supply? the push-in plastic type, or a metal clip w/ a screw? something else?

[mapeterson2]

I'm def getting me some of these when I get my Kizashi too. I like my paint to not be scratched when driving through salt and sand in the winter back home in MN.

[Ronzuki]

I put on a set. You DO have to drill three holes (per flap) into the plastic fenders (there is no metal) Very good instructions and they fit very nicely (but take care and dry-fit several times before you drill).
We've had some rain, recently, and the mudflaps works pretty well.

kayjay,

I was wondering if I could trouble you for a picture of the rear flaps installed.....can't locate any pics on the web anywhere of the rears.

Thanks much,

[gentle_ben]

We have them on our Kizashi, the dealer installed them, no word of a lie it took them 3 hours...

They have our car right now for repairs, I can post a pic when we get it back.

[Ronzuki]

first....thank you!
second....what kind of repairs? Nothing terribly bad I hope...

[Ronzuki]

Thought I'd bump this up in hopes of getting some pics of installed Suzuki OE mud flaps on the Kizashi (specifically what the rears look like).

Here's a little DIY install thread from the Hong Kong eBay flaps I put on the SX4. Suzuki's OE mud flaps for the SX4 are pathetic and these are designed to 'fit' the car's curves.

http://www.sx4club.com/forums/showthrea ... light=flap

I'll do a simililar one here for the Kizashi if/when I install the Suzuki flaps.

[Ronzuki]

No sooner I posted this, I found what I was looking for....

http://www.kizashiclub.com/forum/viewto ... f=28&t=241

I need to use SEARCH more!

[gentle_ben]

second....what kind of repairs? Nothing terribly bad I hope...

My wife was driving the Kizashi and she had to slam on the brakes when some people ran across the road in front of her, and the guy behind her wasn't paying attention and slammed into her.

The guy who rear ended our car was driving a Dodge Dakota truck, over $5000 damage to the truck and was borderline not driveable, while the Kizashi just had some minor cosmetic damage to the bumper and continued on the trip.

Thats the good part, bad part is that when anything goes wrong with these cars it takes FOREVER to get parts. We've had a rental car for 15 days now and needless to say we REALLY miss the Kizashi.