For some cars, a few well-placed protective plates can have a noticeable effect on air drag and related aerodynamics. Whereas, others need a full-blown underbody cover in order to achieve that objective.
If you use your vehicle for the purposes it is made for, the best skid plate option is your Honda Civic’s factory engine cover plate, also known as the engine splash shield. Where many vehicles come with fragile skid plates without many purposes besides keeping water away from your engine, Honda Civic’s factory engine cover plate is of higher quality.
You can still use a vinyl wrap on a plastic bumper. You just need to make sure that the application is performed carefully. With it, you also need to understand that the vinyl wrap will not remain on your plastic bumper for as long as it does on the car’s actual body.
Your Ford Focus comes with an engine compartment splash shield from the factory. This piece of equipment is often called a skid plate and does provide your Ford Focus’s underbelly with some degree of protection.
Taking your vehicle on a long drive, scheduling a regular tune up, and changing a flat tire: These are some of the things that are inevitable for a car owner. Your car’s encounter with a stray rock also falls under that category. Whether you drive a car with a conventional suspension or a lowered height, it is likely to run into obstructions at least once in its lifetime. But as unavoidable as that fate might be, it is not something to look forward to. It’s because getting hit by a rock can do significant harm to a car, especially to its undercarriage. Since a car’s underbody holds important framework within it, such an impact can result in massive damage to...
