Anything I Can Do???

"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213) 01/06/2015 at 14:04 • Filed to: None

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I back into spots at work and school and just today noticed this piece of plastic hanging from under the car. It looks like shit. Can I just cut it off? Its dangling but connected to that metal skidplate(?) so it isn't leaving any time soon.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/06/2015 at 14:07

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Snap that shit off. Looks to be pointless.

OkCars- 22k Crossroads > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/06/2015 at 14:08

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Go zip ties crazy

Rainbow > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/06/2015 at 14:08

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If there aren't chunks missing already, I'd whip out the drill and zip-ties. It's not vital, but it's there for a reason. Better safe than sorry.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/06/2015 at 14:08

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Duct tape or cut it off. It's probably only there to improve highway mileage and/or reduce cabin noise, but it might not be a bad idea to take a look to see if there's some kind of module under it that could get sprayed in the rain just to be certain before deciding what to do. Other options include just adding washers to the screws (if they're screws and not plastic snaps) since usually these things break at the points where they're mounted and are otherwise fine.

Trunk Impaired 318 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/06/2015 at 14:10

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Duct tape and zipties

Rock Bottom > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 01/06/2015 at 14:16

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If it was pointless, the car company wouldn't have spent the $3.15 to mold and install it. In here, they fight tooth and nail to save $.50 per car...

mattc993 > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/06/2015 at 14:21

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Danglin'.

It's just a splash guard/brush guard - probably not of much consequence unless you're frequently running over shit higher than your ground clearance (hey, don't do that). It does keep the underside of the chassis cleaner though, which is nice.

You can see if the mounting holes are still on it (or not) and refasten it. If it has your oil filter or drain plug behind it, prepare to see it ripped down again next time you have the oil changed.

TheOnelectronic > Rock Bottom 01/06/2015 at 14:27

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Likely aero efficiency.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 01/06/2015 at 19:37

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Looks like the acoustic panel. I-285 ate the one on my Mercedes, and I just removed it. I figured that was better because then I could see the fluid spots on the floor of the garage (which is how I spotted the diesel leak)