Yep, those are the "offroad" mud flaps. realchef has some better pictures than mine, but we have the same kind. I never understood why the regular ones had the inner edge cut out, as debris would get past the flap that way and defeat the whole purpose of a mud flap.

And to address the exhaust issue, it may happen but not likely. One of the exhaust trim covers fell off one day since it was already damaged. We decided to take the other off and now you see that huge gap when viewing the exhaust at eye level. The most I would do to the exhaust is go to an exhaust shop to have the resonators removed and have straight pipes installed, then also have them weld on some cheap Pep Boys Y-pipes. It is only a 3.0i, so I'll never get a great growl so I'll try and go for a "purr" instead.

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