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Old 13-07-2007   #1
 
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These protect the car from people swining their doors open next to you in car parks...mine didnt come with them...should i get them?
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These protect the car from people swining their doors open next to you in car parks...mine didnt come with them...should i get them?
thats a personal choice i think the gps looks 3better without,but if you decide to put them on,maybe colour code them......ps £20 off fiat
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Re: Side Strips

they do nowt anyway as the furthest outward point of the door isnt protected by them
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Re: Side Strips

I agree its not protect-all, but better than nothing and can look stylish
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Re: Side Strips

i prefer the GP without them... just my opinion though.
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Re: Side Strips

I think the GP looks better without side strips too and the protection they offer seems fairly minimal as pointed out above.
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Re: Side Strips

This certainly is true, they do very little in terms of protecting the car as the widest part comes out further than the strips.

They came on mine without me even asking for them and if im honest i actually quite like them. I think they help make the car look lower.

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Re: Side Strips

I fitted them to mine i think they look ok

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Re: Side Strips

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I fitted them to mine i think they look ok

I think so too
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Re: Side Strips

not too keen on them on the blue but rich yours certainly do look good against the red!
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Re: Side Strips

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not too keen on them on the blue but rich yours certainly do look good against the red!
Cheers mate, i didnt like them at first but it makes mine look different to all the rest and they have grown on me a lot.

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Re: Side Strips

still not keen on em, think of all the extra bumper car black trim wax you would have to use on them... yuk! hehe.
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still not keen on em, think of all the extra bumper car black trim wax you would have to use on them... yuk! hehe.
would defo have them if they where colour coded it would break the sides of the car up.they are only stuck on anyway but ounce taken off you would need new ones to replace them or strip all the tape offi dont like matt black trims on a car they get polish on them and it a b*****d to get it off.black wax just comes of in the rain.i black waxed all the trim on my girlfriends panda 100hp just for it to come off in a heavy shower.its the one and thing i dont like about the styling of the gp abarth..would colour code it all if and when i get one
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how are the put on, is it just stuck on or are they on with clips or bolts like on some other car, coz i wana take them off they annoy me haha
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how are the put on, is it just stuck on or are they on with clips or bolts like on some other car, coz i wana take them off they annoy me haha
Pull the tape off and apply thats it. you want them go to your dealer £20
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