Remember the earlier post reg. fender flares - as you can see I finally installed them...or almost installed them - for now I only had time for the front. Or to tell you the truth I didn't have much idea how to go about installing these on the back, considering the decorative plastic trimming and bumper which extends on the sides and will be difficult to attach to. Nevertheless I already did some mud testing and these work great. i.e. many people install the flares to keep the car road legal - well if your tires do not extend beyond the standard wheel wells, install something like this anyways - do it for your own comfort. Earlier, whenever I would hit a larger puddle of water even on the stock tires, it would amazingly make it across the hood and then flow inside through any of the open windows. Another problem was that if such a wave of water hit the windshield and flowed down onto the hood, some of it made it into the air intake of the interior blower fan - making the windows inside fog instantly. Now with the flares installed the problem seamed to dissapear - I did some testing on a flooded parking lot after the recent rainfall and the water beautifully splashes at 45deg. angles to the sides - next time I'll have to take someone with me to take pictures - it must have been a very nice view from outside.
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