General side protection strips any good? anyone got these?

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General side protection strips any good? anyone got these?

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Any Panda owners got these factory fitted ? or aftermarket ? these are not genuine parts but still look o.k to me and almost £30 cheaper than Fiat part, my sugar cube is white and not sure if they will look good or not, more interested in protection though and am not paying £60 for colour coded.

what do you guys/gals think? check the link and cheap postage at the moment


check out on the web from a company called automotiva, only new so no URL's allowed for me yet!!! check out attachment for picture.
 

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I got them on mine. Useful in the car park for a little bit of protection... They also provide enough black for my yellow one...

I think Pandas look a little bit naked without them lol.

 
yes they look sweet on yours, you got that black roof and bars thing going on which ties in with your side stripes, still thinking about it! are yours proper fiat or generic jobbies??
 
That's the skydome. lol

And yes, everything is Fiat original... I went a wee bit overboard on optional extras. :p
 
Our MJ picked up several supermarket dents ( :mad: ) in its first couple of months from new, so we added a set of Fiat original mouldings, at about £70. Definitely made our bland MJ Dynamic look better.
Didn't actually help in the slightest though - with such straight-sided panels it still collects random dings above the waistline.

Most annoying one of all was on its very first day out from new - a nice sharp indentation in the centre of the drivers door. This was followed three weeks later by a dent in the n/side sill ???.

Now it's almost five years old we just don't care any more....:(
 
yeah yeah we know you've got skydome!!! not in your league with my bog standard dynamic but still love it, thanks for your comments 5yrs old and dont care anymore?? bad trimdoner!! poor panda!!! but know what you mean suppose these little urban warriors are gonna get battle scarred, just trying to think if it is worth it or not leaning towards getting them.
 
They're bound to give some added protection against careless parkers and door-openers. Also, non-metallic Pandas do look a bit slab-sided and they add some visual interest.
 
Bought a set and fitted them to the misses panda 100hp the other week. My father has the original manufactors ones on his; which are the same size and exactly the same design. Although those have a little panda logo/motif on each sided rear door protector, that is black with 'panda' in silver on our black model looks ok. Slightly lighter black plastic finish than the other trimings, sideskirts, etc on the 100hp but hardly noticable! We brought them in the hope they will protect the car a little more. Happy customer, much cheaper than from fiats and almost identical :)
 
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I thought about these for my new white 100hp I have just got.

Anyone got any pics of them on a 100HP as I'm not sure whether they will go with the extra black trims on this car or clash.

cheers,

G
 
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