Has anyone found a mud flap for the rear of the XF? I put wider rear tires on the car and would like to keep the mud, tar and stones from hitting the side of the car. It would be ideal to have something that matches the contours of the car and something I could paint the same color as the car. I also think it would give the car a wider and lower look from the rear. Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

You could rig these somehow...

 

Rick, just go to Autozone, or any car parts store and pick up the widest mud flaps you can find. Usually for pickups.
I wouldn't suggest painting them. The best trick is to leave them black so they blend in with the tire.
Just make sure when you install them so that they are lined up with the tread of the tire, and don't stick out beyond the tires shoulder on the inside or the outside. (You can trim them if necessary) That way they are nearly invisible from behind.
Another thing is to hang them low enough to actually be functional.
Just take a wooden yardstick, and jam it under the tires tread, then pull the other end up to the bottom edge of the mud flap and you will see exactly where the mud, sand, and gravel is going to hit your rear bumper or your rocker panel.
Forum member Shibing "KURATSUNADE" installed them on his beautiful aero-blue coupe a couple years ago, and they really didn't look that bad.
Send him a PM and I'm sure he would post up some photo's of how it looked.
Good Luck

 

There is really no molded factory mud flaps for Crossfire like Mercedes offered for their SLK. Even though the ones for SLK looks like pig ears, not my cup of tea. So my SLK does not have mud flaps even I drive it daily.

Please note the ones claims that they are molded, they aren't being molded too well. I've tried some molded ones with the Crossfire and they look like crap. (plus wasted $50 bucks since I drilled into it)

I personally would not paint them. Nor I would recommend installing them as they will require some drilling through the panel. (one mistake, screwed.) I really wished I never done it. Now if you have to have them. Here's the thing:

The rear has 2 places that you can have 2 screws from factory, and you will have to drill the top 2 onto the painted surface. (plastic bumper)
The front will have only 1 from factory, and you will have to drill into rocker panel.
I had mine mounted very low on the rear, and not low enough for the front. I used the mud flaps for cars for the front, and ones for trucks for rear to cover the 255 width rear tires.

They don't look too bad, and in person they look even better. Here're the pictures
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Hope it helps. And listen to +fireamx said, he got me good on the test of the effectiveness of the front mud flaps.

 

Thanks for posting the photos Shibing, "You're the Man".