front mud guards... absolute necessity

since buying my outlander V6 VRX i have noticed (too late) that the design of the front wheel flares means the sills are completely exposed to stone chips and despite obeying speed limits over new seals it has complely wrecked the paint work of the sills (it's less than  6 months old). anyone else think that front mud guards should be standard on the outlander?
 
if anyone is thinking of buying one i would recommend inisting on them being thrown into the package free.
 
we love our outlander, how it drives and handles, but this has been disappointing
 

I would agree.  I too was very disappointed to see the chips after driving half the winter without them.  Went and picked up a set as soon as I realized.
 
They should definitely be standard.

Get some clear 3M Vinyl on there.

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ORIGINAL: Sebba

Get some clear 3M Vinyl on there.

Hmmm... the amount you would need... the mudguards are probably cheaper?

Get them both as I have the mud guards (front&back) since new and the sandblasting is still going on, but not too much into the rear door.  Do a search on this subject (in this forum) and you will be read up on the problem.

3M Clear vinyl is fairly cheap. Not to mention it has a lifetime guarentee.
 
Not to mention its clear, and you can only see it when your face is right up to it. So its not an eye sore.

what is 3m vinyl ? anyone have a pic of it on there car? i would like 2 see how this works and where can i get some of it

You cant see it. My brother has it on his Lotus Elise.
 
Its totally clear.

where can i see it on a website may be or buy it ?

You need to have it done by someone that knows what they are doing. There are examples on the internet though...
 
http://www.automotivearticles.com/Clear_Bra_3M.shtml

wow it can take a gun shot lol how much does this cost

Its a BB gun... lol but still.
 
The vinyl itself is cheap, having someone put it on bumps up the price a lil. I guess you have to call around and see where you can get the best deal. It varies a lot.

lol woops thanks for all the help i wish i had this on my hood i got a nick on my hood already. does it stay shiny do i have 2 do anything extra to keep it clean or is it just like taking care of any old car without it

Just clean it off, it stays shiney

hi, that one big thing i dont like abot my car, why mitsubishiwa sso cheap they did even put mudflap on the outlander?
if you take a look they have sticker,( my car black with black sticker ) , where the rock go on the back, that mean they know it, but they where to cheap to put some mud flap.

No... means they are smart enough to make it an option.

3M wants people to install it because of the difficulty of getting it on correctly and bubble-free. It comes cut exactly for the make and model of car. But this is because the film is usually applied to extremely curved surfaces like the front of the car.
 
I wonder if I can buy a sheet of the stuff from anywhere because it would be really easy to cut a square and stick it on the big flat surface of the side of the Outlander.

^^ Exactly. You need to know what you're doing.

I've heard that...
The paint problem may be because of the new EPA paint regulations.
 
Someone I know has the same paint chip problem with their 2008 Toyota Tundra truck and he spent nearly $40,000 for the Crew Cab model.
So don't bash Mitsubishi if you don't really know the problem.

 
My UK Outlander has some 3m film on the rear wheel arch sill at the bottom near the rear door and the whole bottom sill has a black plastic guard all the way from front to back. 
 
 In addition my UK Warrior edition has silver trim on the front and back doors where you have the indentation on the doors ¾ the way down so stone don’t hit the body work.  It fits the whole of the indentation
 
I have noticed this trim is missing on US/Canadian models, Zonarth sell the trim and you can have it supplied painted if you wish
 
puddy