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Are you driving around with your plastic underpanel?

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Old Jan 5, 2006, 06:19 AM
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Are you driving around with your plastic underpanel?

Just curious....
Old Jan 5, 2006, 06:20 AM
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Yes.
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Yup! It has a purpose under the car, keep it on always.
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I think the correct question should be:

Are you driving around WITHOUT your plastic underpanel?
Old Jan 5, 2006, 06:47 AM
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I do not have it on.

It's a PITA to work under the car with it.
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i leave it on
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Not only does it protect the underside of your car, but it also has air ducts in it that channel air towards your brakes.
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does have some effect on aerodynamics as well
Old Jan 5, 2006, 06:59 AM
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The only reason I see people taking it off is because they are lazy :\

It's really not that hard to take off / put on once you do it a few times. I would like to have one of the nice aftermarket ones just for the fact that mine has taken some abuse
Old Jan 5, 2006, 07:00 AM
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mines off, no room to work, and all my clips started to break and plastic was flapping around
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Sometimes I wonder if it makes that much difference. Specially when I drop something when working on the car.
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I drove without mine for one day (as i was still tweaking my ehaust) and it snowed while I was at work. After the drive home, the amount of snow under there was scary. It jammed in everywhere. Big mistake, I know, I am a plonker.
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no... better:




but I'd definitely leave it on, if that's the question. It's like wearing a plastic helmet when you go spelunking: it doesn't seem like it would do much until you get to that one sharp rock... Also, it guides air to the brakes and stuff like smoothmarine said...
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mine's long gone....mitsubishi and those cheap a$$ clips that used to keep it in place.
i think i riveted it back on once..and then needed to do some work under the car again..so it was always coming off.
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no
I hate that MFer , its off in the coner of the shop . The plastic screws are one of the most painfull thing things ever made EVER . But if you never work under your car , dont care about looking for boost leaks.... just leave in on .

































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