Ok.

Who has them on their 09 and ALSO has a digital camera and wants to help me out?????

 

No one has spash guards on their 09???? Anyone?

 

I've got them but can't post pictures yet. They're very subtle. Not like the old style, but do add an additional styling cue.

 

I have them on SV black/black with tech package. They do not hang down like traditional ones. Very nice looking however.

 

rkurlander, do you have a digital camera?

 

email them to me, I will post them....
JoeyNYCMaxima@gmail.com

Or just put them on photobucket or imageshack & post the links.

 

I'm actually looking for closeups of the screw/push pin configurations of both front and back.

They didn't come with any install instructions and I want to make sure I do it right considering it says to drill holes...

 

I emailed closeups to "joeynym".

 

you can email them directly to me if you want.

compusmurf @ compusmurf . com

 

They're on the way.

 

Thanks.

 

A few more posts and I can email you all the pics you want, I have a ton of pictures of my new 09 readu to post splash guards and all!!!

 

I received the pics from Radsil09, I have the same things on my car, are those considered the mud guards??

 

I just reviewed my window stickr, my car comes with splash guards & maxima carpet....

 

that's them.

 

it looks sleek but does it serve a purpose?? is it worth the money and pain to get them?

 

Some would argue that they don't serve the intended purpose. Lightonthehill said he would be adding some type of rubber pieces to his when he gets his 09 Max. IMO I think they look fine the way they are, it almost gives the appearance of a body kit. They probably aren't worth getting if they didn't come on the car from the factory though.

 

do you really need to drill holes in order to install them?

 

the "partial" instruction sheet calls for a 1/4" drill bit. I've not been brave enough to do it yet.

 

the forward piece will be nice once you get rock chips. removing and repainting would be so much easier. that area of my maxima and other gens i've seen is always speckled. maybe that's the purpose?

 

ditto

 

You remembered well! I have always insisted on splash guards, as they really can help keep the side of the car cleaner. As you mentioned, these '09 splash guards are more for looks than function, as the 'working' part (the vertical front edge facing the tire) only reaches down around two inches lower than the quarter panel.

I definitely will be mounting a flap of strong rubber on the front face of these stylistic '09 splash guards. I will have the flap reaching down around two and a half inches lower than the face of the splash guards. That additional reach should enable the splash guards to be functional. The black flaps will be virtually invisible down that low on the car, especially since I always make and install 1" wide, 1/2" thick black rubber molding around the entire edge of all four wheel well openings on every vehicle I own. That helps guard against door dings from other cars.

 

I thought you weren't going to do that on this Max.

 

I will be shaping and installing the 1" wide, 1/2" thick black rubber molding around the wheel well openings on my '09. I have already drawn this black strip to scale on a photo of an '09 Winter Frost to confirm it will pass the 'looks' test.

What I WON'T be doing on this '09 is shaping and installing a 'ding strip' along the SIDE of the car. The '09 is the first Maxima ever made with no 'ding strip' running along the side of the car. Nissan finally omitted it because they had already moved it so low on the car (for cleaner styling) and made it so thin that it no longer served any functional purpose.

I would love to have a protective bumper of some sort along the sides of my '09. But every approach I can think of would negatively impact the styling of this '09 beauty. I can't do that.

 

I wondered if these rear ones would fit my 05 Maxima. Stealership wanted $160 bucks or so because u have to buy the whole set of 4!! Ergh!

 

LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP I GOT REAR VIEW CAMARA AND SPLASH GUARDS?

 

$160 is ten bucks below MSRP for a set of '09 Splash Guards. But the '09 Splash Guards will NOT fit 6th gen Maximas. Not even close. Stand between a 6th gen and an '09 and you will see that, although the shapes of the side of the two cars are similar when viewed straight from the side, the variations and depths of sculpting are not close.

 

buy them and testfit them? return if they don't. i think there is a good degree of being able to get them to fit decently.

 

I just ordered the splash guards and the sunroof deflector. i guess i'll find out how to install the splash guards the hard way.

 

Did you get a rear view camera after market? If so I'd appreciate details on cost, monitor and mounting.

 

Bought a set of Splash Guards and Returned them.

I want to put after Market 19X8 rims on my car; but will have to settle for 40mm offsets which will put the tire .4" further out in the wheel wells.

I've done this on other cars and it increases the risk of rock chips along the lower body side.

If anyone knows of an after market Splash Guard, please let me know. Otherwise I guess I will have to use some generic PEP Boys ones.

 

just got my splash guards and the sunroof deflector. the installation instructions doesnt really instruct anything. its a 1 pager that lists the items. it seems like there is no need to drill. it comes with screws and push pins. each of the splash guards have adhesive tape on the inside.

 

Sunroof deflector had decent instructions and were quite simple. Could have used a 3rd hand or a helper.

The 1 pager DOES list a drill bit for the splash guards tho.

I've been busy at work and haven't had a chance to go back to mine and do the install. My car is dirty too and needs a bath.

Grrr, so much to do, so little time

When you do your splashguards install, you should do a writeup with photos like the LED lights one. We'll get it stickied for others to follow.

Do it for the sunroof deflector too!

 

i was going to install both the visor and the splash guards this past saturday but it was way too cold. hopefully i can get to it this week.

 

i just installed the sunroof deflector...it wasnt the easiest thing to install by yourself. definitely couldve used an extra pair of hands. word of advice...definitely take measurements, be careful with the bolt, washer, and nut. i dropped 1 of the washers in my driveway and could not find it again. i went to the dealership for an oil change and since i was there i asked for a replacement washer...they told me that they do not sell this!!! so retarded. i ended up insatlling it w/o the washer but u have to be careful when tightening the bolt...w/o the washer u may crack the deflector.

 

i had a chance to see factory installed splash guards on a few 09's at the sf auto show over the weekend and noticed there's a plastic clip/fastener on the bottom portion for the rear splash guards. besides the other two clips on the inner wheel well, i'm guessing its mostly held in place with some double-sided tape.

 

Did you ever install the splash guards? I'm interested in installing them on my Max but want to know for sure whether or not drilling is required.

 

You might want to look back a few posts to DarkSlateMaxima's post of November 23. The splash guards are attached by screws inside the wheel wells and push-pins along the bottom of the car. I have not seen anyone here mention having to drill anything. The problem is getting to the face of the rear splash guards, as that surface is only an inch or so from the face of the rear tire, so you either need to replace those screws with hex-bolt faced screws you can turn from the side, or remove the rear tire.

The Nissan splash guards for the '09 Maxima are strictly for looks. Mine came with them, and the sides of the car collected glop and gunk at an alarming rate. I bought generic mud flaps at Pep Boys and shaped neat, trim front and rear mud flaps for my '09 Maxima, and attached them by removing the screws in the face of the OEM splash guards and re-installing the screws with my new flaps against the face of the Nissan splash guards. They have made a huge difference in keeping the sides of the car clean.

 

Do you have a pic or two would love to see them. I am thinking the same thing.

 

Sam - My old camera broke, and I haven't bothered to replace it. I seldom take pictures of anything anymore. Old age sometimes affects us that way.

In this case, you wouldn't see much. By the time I finished shaping these mud flaps, they are not noticable unless you are looking right at them.

For the front, I purchased a pair of Groboski Highland Long Life Duraflex 13" X 7" Splash Guards (very plain hard rubber things - $3.99 a pair) at Pep Boys. Similar things could probably be had at other stores. I trimmed 1" off the top of these flaps, then mounted them against the face of the OEM front splash guards, using the same screws that are holding the OEM guards on. I positioned them so the outside edges are vertical, and stick out about a quarter of an inch further than the outermost sidewalls of the front tires. I have them extending 2 1/2 inches below the bottom of the face of the OEM splash guards.

For the rear, I purchased a pair of Graboski Long Life Duraflex 15" X 9" Splash Guards (plain hard rubber - $7.99 a pair) at Pep Boys. I trimmed 5" off the top of these flaps, then mounted them against the face of the rear OEM splash guards, replacing the OEM screws with hex-head screws I purchased at Lowes (or any hardware), so that I could get a small socket wrench on them from the side (the rear tires are just two inches away, making the use of a screwdriver almost impossible, unless you remove the tires). I painted the hex head screws black so they would not stand out against the hard black rubber flaps. I positioned the outer edges exactly vertical, aligned exactly even with the outer edge of the sidewall of the tires. I have them extending 3" below the bottom of the face of the OEM splash guards. I selected the 9" wide flaps for the back because the bottom edge of these can be seen by motorists following behind, and the flaps would look wimpy unless they were about the same width as the tires.

One reason these flaps are hardly visible on my car is that I applied a 1" wide, half inch thick black hard rubber molding around the full length of the outside edge of all four wheel wells, and, because my car is white, and the white things still showing inside the wheel well looked stark when set off by the black molding, I sanded and painted everything inside of that molding with several coats of black enamel. The black flaps are sort of lost in all that other black.