Everyone, I am looking to replace/paint my 01 black mud flaps that came with the car to some white/pearl ones to match the car..I spoke with some dealers on the internet and found some painted for $82...They are the anniversary edition mud flaps and I don't think they will match up since the car is not an annv edition and I don't have the aero kit on my car...Is my next best thing to take off my black ones and get them painted at an autobody shop? Or if I purchase painted guards from on 02-03 fit an 01?? I thought about painting them myself but the touchup paint I have from Nissan is in the tiny brush bottles and it would take me forever since it doesn't come in aerosol...Any input is appreciated...

 

valid question,.. sorry i dont have the answer, but i've been wondering the same thing myself,.. to add to your ?,.. anyone know if they are made from the same material(painted vs non painted)? or is it different?,..

 

I have a Grey Lustre, but I'd like painted ones to go with my painted tail lights as well.

 

i just saw a guy over in poughkeepsie who had a sunlit gxe with mudflaps that he painted himself...he called nissan and got the matching sunlit paint in spray can, and sprayed it 3 times and cleared it twice...it looked ok, but obviously it was a little off...not bad for 50 bucks, i was thinking of doing it myself when i get some time

 

I have an 00 and I did not paint mine but I brought the 01 mud flaps that came painted.

Here is the car back in the day as you can see I have all 4 mud flaps. But once you put the kit on you have to take them off as you see in the 2nd pic I took the rears off.

 

looks good 2k...

I was actually thinking about taking my stock mud flaps to get them painted if a shop will do it for under 100 bucks Ill do it.
But if your thinking about getting a rear lip i guess it just doesn't make any sense

 

ive got a merlot pearl 01 and my mudflaps came painted

 

yeah imax if you are gonna get a kit then dont waist the money getting them painted.

 

I found my painted mud flaps for my 01 in pearl on nissanpartsconnection.com...I spoke with them and they stated the 02-03 flaps don't fit the 00-01's. They stated Nissan doesn't make these guards anymore but there are still a few warehouses in the country that stock parts for "older" cars. The part numbers were 999j2-mlqt103(fronts) and 999j2-mlqt104(rears)... The paint code being the "qt" portion of the number..They were $72 plus $8 shipping...Still a good price because I called several autobody shops and the cheapest I found was $100 to paint the black ones I have and they did not guarantee the paint would "stick" to the plastic...Get OEM if available to everyone....

 

i'd say that rear ones are the same for 00-03, except 02-03 always came paited; front m.flaps are different just because of the side skirts on 02-03.

 

http://www.courtesyparts.com/Merchan...de=999J2-00007
http://www.courtesyparts.com/Merchan...de=999J2-A33FR
http://www.courtesyparts.com/Merchan...de=999J2-A33RR