Flaw, how exactly? As ready pointed out, it is a material cost decision. My undercarriage panels all look great: I also drive with full attention and plenty of space between me and the vehicle in front. That way I can detect and hopefully avoid all the panel-destroying crap in your short list. If there is a flaw, it is in the driver not the car.
Wrong thread.I would rather talk about the rear climate controls.
Inflation must have jacked up the price. Three years ago, both front under panels together cost $516. I got them through the dealership.
It's that $500 installed? If so just get the part and do it yourself. Save on the labor
I would reco drilling a couple new holes and buying some body panel pins and reinstalling it , save your $$ for something more interesting ................
I suggested the same thing. Maybe I'll crawl up under there and do it when the wind stops
Welcome, regardless of the reason. Hah.
I would NOT drill holes in my car's frame, end stop. But do what you want.A would have called the dealer and made them pay for it. If they didn't put it back properly and it got damage beyond use its there problem, not yours.
The holes for the clips are pretty much gone, rubbed off by the road. Not my doing. I haven't been underneath yet to see what, if anything, I can attach the panel to. If all else fails, he owes me a new one which I managed to find for about $180. Thanks for the welcome, btw.Welcome, regardless of the reason. Hah.
My guess, and I say this because I never initially checked, is that the plastic rivets were already gone when I bought her this past June and the panel was simply tucked under the front clip. When the hubs ran the carcass over in September (the deer get big here in Ohio), it pulled the panel out and the front was dragging on the road. Got it home, popped the panel back in place. Had the oil changed yesterday, but it got wicked windy here last night and at some point, the panel came back out while the hubs drove the car to work about 45 minutes away. He said he had the radio up loud so he wouldn't have heard it dragging. An hour and a half round trip of the panel rubbing on asphalt ate away a good portion of it. This is why I hate letting other people drive my car.
In hindsight, I should've bought the stinking rivets three months ago.
Lol, SMH: of course, you were talking about the PANEL holes, jeezlouise. Yes, driving around for any decent amount of time would utterly destroy the panel; it's only compressed fiberboard of some kind. A spanking new panel and set of push rivets will put you right. No harm done, I'm sure (unless a hoof or similar punched in your catalytic converter or tore a line or something; but by now, I think you'd already know: I'm just surprised that you could run over a deer carcass without damaging your splitter or even your grille, and then what about the under edge of the diffuser catching on it?
).He got very very lucky. I may have made myself a widow that night lol. Needless to say, there was no damage done to the splitter or undercarriage. Had a live deer not been standing in the oncoming lane staring at his dead buddy, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. HahaLol, SMH: of course, you were talking about the PANEL holes, jeezlouise. Yes, driving around for any decent amount of time would utterly destroy the panel; it's only compressed fiberboard of some kind. A spanking new panel and set of push rivets will put you right. No harm done, I'm sure (unless a hoof or similar punched in your catalytic converter or tore a line or something; but by now, I think you'd already know: I'm just surprised that you could run over a deer carcass without damaging your splitter or even your grille, and then what about the under edge of the diffuser catching on it?
Merlin , I did not say drill into the metal frame .......................those pieces are plastic to plastic ................what a sensationalist ! hahahahaha!Welcome, regardless of the reason. Hah.
