Damian, your color code is posted on the plaque on your driver's side door frame. There should be a listing for color code on that plaque.

 

thanks rynberg!!! that is what i needed to know!!!
(motego blue color code was M8)

 

I painted over MB rears since I couldn't find them in black

 

Anywhere we can get the OEM rear mud guards for FD now?

 

6-year thread res FTW!

someone posted the part numbers on page one.

try calling Ray @ malloy mazda...

 

Rear mud guards are fairly easy to find. The front ones are almost impossible these days. ++ on calling Ray. I've ordered from the other mazda guys (this is when I first got my FD and didnt know any better) and they just gave me awful service. I ended up getting 2 rears because someone forgot to tell me that they didnt cancel my order.

 

Bumping this up because I don't want to start another thread.

Let's see em! I just got a set and had them painted, but I'm having a little trouble convincing myself to install them.
If you have them, do you like em? I wonder if FEED sides would work with them or even look good. Please post some pics if they're on your car, 'cause the ones in this thread are long dead.

 

If you have FEED sides then you'll probably install just the rears. I got lucky and found a full set in BB for 50 bux shipped to me from oversea, anyone know how to remove the plastic plug on the rear bumper? There are 3 of them and one looks like it needs to be drill out?

 

Thanks for the reply! It's weird how hard it is to find a nice clear shot of an FD with F&R mud guards.

Here's a shot I found with google, but they really are few and far between.


Has your car been repainted? Mine has. I went outside to see what you were referring to and it looked like the clip in the fender (the upper one) needed to be drilled to get it to come out. I pushed on it with my finger from behind, in the wheel well, and it popped up. It didn't pop all the way up, but it's definitely a clip that comes out. I guess my new paint-job concealed it a bit. The two lower ones that attach to the bumper are not there on my car, just two small square shaped openings.

 

Rich's old FD.

I have F&R mudguards for mine, but not fitted yet. I think the front wings look unfinished without them.

Also the fronts do work with the FEED sides.

 

It is original paint AFAIK, I will take a look at that 3rd clip when I get home tonight.

 

Here's mine in Montego Blue Mica

 

I only have the rears installed because of the sideskirts, the fronts are in my closet

 

Since this thread is revived, I have a really nice set of Brilliant Black factory mudguards I removed from my car a few weeks ago (replaced with Veilside rear mudguards) in perfect condition if anyone wants them. Better they go to a forum member than being thrown out.

 

*Mudguards now sold, pending buyer's happy with the coming photos of them
(Thanks for the PMs, to ALL the people who wanted them, I have replied to all of you)

And the thread continues....

 

So the 3rd clip is just a plug with clips on the back, I was able to remove it by poking at it from the back.

 

Thanks again for the replies and pics. Mine are going on tomorrow.

 

I'm embarrassed to say how many times I've been back and forth to the autoparts store to find the freekin clips to install these things.
What I've learned (I have 0 auto-body experience ever, BTW):
You need the square "female plugs" to push into those square holes in the fender, then you can screw (clip? I dunno) into those to install the mudguards.
They look like this:


I finally figured that out today. My problem is I still don't know what size they are. 8mm? 10mm? It's tough to tell when you're stooped over with an old rusty tape measure. lol

Definitely not 1/4". That's too big. I'm hoping they have 10mm in their tiny selection at O'Reillys, and I'm definitely bringing my car this time for parking lot test fitting.


haha, /end rant. Hopefully, someday, this will help some other poor sap along the way.

 

Wow. Didn't realize these were so difficult to find these days. I have a set of new-in-box red ones that have been sitting in the garage for a few years now. Was going to install them at one point but decided not to. Will probably wind up selling them once I get to the box. It's buried under Spec Miata spares right now.

 

Got the mudguards on. The clips are 10mm and you'll need 10 clips.

Here's a quick iphone pic of my dirty car.

 

I put these on 11 years ago. I think they still look pretty good. Mostly I put them on to keep rocks and other objects from chipping the paint behind the wheels.

 

Almost missed this. Thanks for posting, I've been wondering the same thing.
Any trimming (guard or sides) involved at all? Would you have a pic?

And fwiw........

 

Jim, that is a museum-worthy picture you have!

 

That pic of Rich's car is pretty nice too, with the city in the BG

 

Bringing this thread back again, I'm about to undertake putting a new set on my fd that never had anything installed there before. Here we go