[Japanese Lotus]

Originally Posted by Breanna

I don't have power anything in my car..

Also i wasn't going to try to paint the mud flaps with spray paint.. That would look awful.

They felt like a plastic material though so i wasn't sure if i could get them painted..

If i take the molding off will it look strange?
I don't like it, it's faded.
I'm going to get the paint re-done (the same color) eventually so would the glue be a big issue?

Also i wasn't sure about body kits..
I don't know which one i'd want or what they'd look like.
You should show me more pictures of yours in your sig.


The side vents came in different styles too!?

What's an airdam?

I have a base(no power anything) 87 N/A(normally aspirated, no supercharger).
You could paint the mudflaps with plastic paint but the color won't match! The best thing to do is take them to a body shop and they will paint them with the proper color and add flex agent to the paint so that it won't chip and crack when they bend.
Taking off the molding isn't hard and you can obtain xylene solvent for the glue.
Be careful with body kits as there are many poor quality ones out there for CHEAP! But you will end up spending a couple thousand for a body shop to get them straight enough to mount and paint.
They changed the side vents in 1987 to a single vent(look at my gallery pics)...85-86 had the vents like your's has.
An airdam is the piece mounted below the bumper on the front of the car. The 85-86(some) came with a black plastic lip unless you ordered the "aero package" from Toyota(included side skirts below doors) and rear mudflaps. Look at the front of mine and you will see what the stock airdam looks like...I also have the rare and now unobtainable front mudflaps on mine!

Greg-Japanese Lotus