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From: Neil Jones on 21 Jun 2010 14:19 Hi, I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to prevent dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they sell any such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by myself? Thank you for any info and advise. NJ
From: Shaun on 21 Jun 2010 14:45 On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all > coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to prevent > dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they sell any > such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by myself? > > Thank you for any info and advise. > > NJ I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good. The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far into the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no matter where my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to me dinged me.
From: W on 21 Jun 2010 19:42 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0400, Shaun wrote: > On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all >> coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to >> prevent dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they >> sell any such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by >> myself? >> >> Thank you for any info and advise. >> >> NJ > > I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good. > > The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far into > the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no matter where > my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to me dinged me. Find a parking lot where wheels are parallel to the road. Bumpers will protect yours from other cars. I see no other solution.
From: Dillon Pyron on 1 Jul 2010 16:25 Thus spake W <W(a)yahoo.com> : >On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0400, Shaun wrote: > >> On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all >>> coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to >>> prevent dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they >>> sell any such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by >>> myself? >>> >>> Thank you for any info and advise. >>> >>> NJ >> >> I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good. >> >> The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far into >> the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no matter where >> my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to me dinged me. > >Find a parking lot where wheels are parallel to the road. Bumpers will >protect yours from other cars. I see no other solution. You've never seen my wife parallel park. Door dings I can live with. Headlights, marker lights, tail liights, bumper covers. Ouch!!! -- - dillon I am not invalid Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth) March 1998 - June 2010 What a dog. What a dog!
From: W on 5 Jul 2010 15:16
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:25:53 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote: > Thus spake W <W(a)yahoo.com> : > >>On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0400, Shaun wrote: >> >>> On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all >>>> coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to >>>> prevent dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they >>>> sell any such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it >>>> by myself? >>>> >>>> Thank you for any info and advise. >>>> >>>> NJ >>> >>> I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good. >>> >>> The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far >>> into the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no >>> matter where my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to >>> me dinged me. >> >>Find a parking lot where wheels are parallel to the road. Bumpers will >>protect yours from other cars. I see no other solution. > > You've never seen my wife parallel park. Door dings I can live with. > Headlights, marker lights, tail liights, bumper covers. Ouch!!! To file for divorce seems an acceptable option in this case. |