may I ask how much?
Side Molding - AKA door ding protection
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Keep us informed, Peaty. That is something that I have been thinking hard about ever since DubyaSTI's post... 
Site was down but it's working now
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Got a chance to take some pics and added them to the install page :
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They look great Peaty. nobody would suspect they weren't Original Equipment. I wondered if they are a little low to be effective....the body panel seems to bulge out somewhat above the protector....but then the Tribeca is higher than most vehicles so that would help.
I'm reminded of last night, we took our 7 yr. old son out to eat before his basketball game. He is known to end up with food on his shirt so my wife gave him another "safety" shirt and wind pants to pull over his basketball uniform. Soon into the meal I saw a nice chunk of chili falling down onto his lap. Sure enough, there was a tiny bit of his uniform sticking out below his "safety" shirt and that is exactly where the chili landed!
You can probably figure out the relevance of this story.... In my case, if I installed the extra dent guards....something would find a way to dent me.
Any accessories you don't have on that Tribeca? I've contemplated the roof racks but it would be purley for looks. Are they easy to remove?
Also, it must be a trick of the camera, but it looks like your garage wall with the door is slanted backwards...illusion?
I'm reminded of last night, we took our 7 yr. old son out to eat before his basketball game. He is known to end up with food on his shirt so my wife gave him another "safety" shirt and wind pants to pull over his basketball uniform. Soon into the meal I saw a nice chunk of chili falling down onto his lap. Sure enough, there was a tiny bit of his uniform sticking out below his "safety" shirt and that is exactly where the chili landed!
You can probably figure out the relevance of this story.... In my case, if I installed the extra dent guards....something would find a way to dent me.
Any accessories you don't have on that Tribeca? I've contemplated the roof racks but it would be purley for looks. Are they easy to remove?
Also, it must be a trick of the camera, but it looks like your garage wall with the door is slanted backwards...illusion?
Yes I have most all OEM things installed myself My wife won't let me do anything cool The roof racks can be taken off pretty easily but not like the rails on say an Outback or Impreza wagon. These racks are fixed and will not move fore and aft which kind of limits their usefulness. I have an OEM hard cargo case that's why I got the racks. Otherwise I'd say skip them if you don't need them. I did take a lot of pics during the install some time ago, but have not put them up. (I made the mistake of taking them in RAW format and not jpg, it's a lot more involved to edit those)
As for the funky pic that is a combination of a wide angle and me correcting for the slight up hill the car was sitting on. I usually crop and rotate around the subject to make it look level
As far as the molding, like any strip it will be the luck of the draw if it prevents dents or not. If you take a birds eye view above the door, the strip does stick out the further than the door skin itself by about 1/4" or better.
My wife won't let me do anything cool The roof racks can be taken off pretty easily but not like the rails on say an Outback or Impreza wagon. These racks are fixed and will not move fore and aft which kind of limits their usefulness. I have an OEM hard cargo case that's why I got the racks. Otherwise I'd say skip them if you don't need them. I did take a lot of pics during the install some time ago, but have not put them up. (I made the mistake of taking them in RAW format and not jpg, it's a lot more involved to edit those) As for the funky pic that is a combination of a wide angle and me correcting for the slight up hill the car was sitting on. I usually crop and rotate around the subject to make it look level
As far as the molding, like any strip it will be the luck of the draw if it prevents dents or not. If you take a birds eye view above the door, the strip does stick out the further than the door skin itself by about 1/4" or better.
Peaty,
Your car looks so good in those pics. I'm curious, what type of wax to you use? I've been using Zaino and find it good. Problem is, I wash the car, the next day my wife takes it to work and brings it home dirty
Your car looks so good in those pics. I'm curious, what type of wax to you use? I've been using Zaino and find it good. Problem is, I wash the car, the next day my wife takes it to work and brings it home dirty
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