Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Plastic Peices Underneth the Celica Is It Important?

Yesterday, i was drive my car and the plastic peice under the car came off half way. I looked at it and it looked like shit. I wanted to know if its okay to remove it or do you guys think I should replace it?

you will be fine without it, but you should also call your toyota dealer and find out how much a new one is.

depends on which piece.. but it is designed to keep water and dirt out of your car. I would suggest either replacing it or ghetto rigging the old one to stay in place

I agree

I would look into getting a new piece. They usually aren't to expensive but help to protect (as said above).

all the dealerships in southern california pretty much wanted 200 dollars for all 3 pieces, the right, center and left.

Yeah I'll just bolt the plastic peices together for now, until i have some extra cash to buy the new peices. Thanks guys.

fix it or get a new one cause if it isn't there...dirt, poop, rocks, crap will go up in there and it will look like crap

The same thing happened to me. I got my oil changed at a dealer and they must not have put all the screws in because it broke loose too. It was only holding on by one screw. I managed to save it and had the dealer replace it for me but I almost lost it. They don't seem to important but there is a reason for them.

i hear they keep your hood nice and clean by blocking out dirt and what not from the engine.

It is like $80 for just the small center piece. What the hell is up with that. I just ghettoed mine, I figured no one will see it anyway.

Good luck

heh. that happened to kim. we drove around for awhile and didn't even know it was dragging. get it replaced

or replace the alminum panel

Hey Satoshi, where can I get that aluminum plate?

hmm, mine didn't fall off..but i got my oil changed at a valvoline place and they took it off to change the oil and the guy told me that it really isn't needed (BUT WHAT DOES HE KNOW) and said if i keep it off i will be able to get the oil changed faster. after i left and went to work i thought about ti and realized i shoulda told him to put it back on there. like stated b4..it's obviously there for a reason..but it was too late for me to go back and get it. damn me!!