Has anyone left theirs off after removal? Its an S body car if that makes much difference. I got one side off, I was lucky it was not too bad. I followed the online instructions and a few videos for applying a new one. For some reason it stuck almost immediately and I used plenty of water (w soap in it). Anyway, new one looks kind of crappy. Still looks better than the old faded and cracked one though. Anyway, before I spend another $60 to teach myself how to do this, I thought I would see if anyone has left theirs off and how much wear showed up. I drive 15k a year and participate in a fair number of de events.

Thanks
Jim

 

Bad idea. I have a NB and mine have lots of marks on them....They are there for a reason.

 

+1

Very bad idea to run without the stone guards.

 

+2

The paint will be sandblasted in a few hundred miles. Any tint shop can install those stone guards like new in thirty minutes if you don't want to DIY.

 

Agree. I replace mine every year or so because they get crappy. I can't imagine what the paint would look like without them.

 

Alrighty, looks like they go back on. Mine were beat up but they had also been on for many years.

 

Definitely on an S body. As luck would have it, I got a chip where the stoneguard wasn't! Just have the film installed if applying it yourself isn't working to your satisfaction.

 

Buy 'em from FD Motorsports, they even give you an extra one to practice with.

 

Do not leave them off the car, even a "narrow" body. They're there for a reason and note that sometime during MY 1995, Porsche increased the size of these stone guards on NB cars. Doesn't take much to come up with a reason for this. As many have said, they look quite rough after some time, without them your paint would be taking the hit.

 

I had a few things I needed from Pelican anyway so I added them on. Didnt know Darin gave you a practice piece, would have been helpful.

 

And his are 14 mil thickness film.

 

dont want to get flamed but ive driven over 10k miles on my c2c without stone guards, and didnt have them when i bought the car. Yes, it does have paint chips etc where the stone guards should be, but what i use and you will not notice from 2 feet away is a 3M or turtle wax "lip" stick (dark colors.) Rub the included wax around it. Once you do that you cant even tell from 1 foot away. Just my 2 cents, if you dont want to spend all that money and have that plastic look on the sides.

 

"All that money"? They're not that expensive. Way cheaper than a new paint job in the affected area.

To each his own, but there's a reason every other person recommends having stone guards on the car. Including the company that originally built the car

 

+1 for FD very nice product and the practice piece is a godsend.

 

your paint will become peppered with stone chips without it. Deep chips at that.