At my current height i am scraping the mud guards which is the rubber or plastic piece that sits behind the front wheels and in the front of the rear wheels, does anyone else scrap this part when lowered? i was thinking about taking it out or just cutting off the area that hangs so the annoying scraping will go away

any thoughts?

 

Just take it out

It's easy to take off and will solve your problem quickly! Don't bother cutting it, it wont serve much function if you cut it, might as well remove it lol

 

how simple is it to remove?

 

No idea about the front but my rear ones ripped off driving through that blizzard that Chicago got early this year. I took off my friends when we were installing blue underglow and it was simply two push-in clips and one 10mm hex to remove, that's to remove the rear ones.

 

You can remove them by taking out 2 push-type clips and a bolt that hold them on. BTW, these aren't 'mudguards' - they're actually diffusers that sit right in front of the tires. According to the factory service manual, these help stability and grip at high speeds by pushing air out from in front of your tires.

Javier

 

If you have a 2010, it's very simple. There are 3 bolts that are under the car the hold it in place on each side. If you feel right in front of the mud flap, you'll be able to locate them. There 10mm socket if I'm not mistaken. Remove all three, and the flap should come right off. I took mine off a couple weeks ago while doing my fogs.

 

Yeah from my understanding its just a couple clips, mine was coming off once and Longo just fixed it for me real quick.

 

has anyone removed them and notice any unstable driving at high speeds? the scraping on them is annoying

 

easy to remove, don't notice any difference.

 

Wish they had simply used two or three bolts to hold each one on. I've had those push pin clips (part #75867-30120) break twice now while driving on heavily flooded roads. The dealer gets $6.99+tax for each pin, so it is a $15 mistake. (Sewell is cheaper, but the mud flap (sorry, diffuser) kept bouncing into the tire and making noise, so I wanted to take care of it immediately.

 

I've been driving back and forth on the highway.. No difference at all.

 

sounds good, thanks for the help everyone.

 

If anyone lost their mudguards/diffusers, I'm giving my old pair away for free: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is2...ud-guards.html

I think sanding them down would be your best bet to minimize scraping.