Nick200

Will a main dealer be able to provide a set of these, will they fit an my97 that doesn't have them and do they just stick on or is it clips. I never noticed them on an impreza before and my car needs the doors protecting.

P.s do they come colour coded?

RON

Nick, you can get them from a main dealer, they will fit all years of cars, and they can be colour coded if you wish, it'd be a bodyshop job though, they don't come painted, and they stick on, no need to drill anything!

kenny.c

and they look the dogs danglies once they're colour coded

IN THE STICKS

Try this site ..good info about the strips (Mondeo ones do the job !)

http://www.gregh.co.uk/html/sip.htm

TolTec

I had colour coded side protectors put on my DBM MY99, cost £226.

I think they look OK even if they do spoil the lines of the car a bit, much better than dents though.

pcdude

£46 + vat £50 ish all in from subaru

pcdude

i checked out

http://www.gregh.co.uk/html/sip.htm

and it does say mondeo ones are better looking ? which model mondeo are they talking about though ?

TolTec

Pcdude,

The strips were £46+
Having them colour coded was the expensive bit but as the rest of my car is coded I had to do it.

Nick200

Cheers people.

Wont standard plastic primer and paint do it?

TolTec

I was told that a plasticiser had to be added to the paint to keep it flexible when set. Ordinary paint could/would crack if the protectors are flexed i.e. hit by a door or during fitting.

They did a good job on mine, the paint matches and they masked off the Impreza badge on the rear door strip very tidily.