taking off monsoon shields. thoughts?

[Jonnysnow]

hey i'm thinking about pulling off the monsoon shields on my yellow bg5 limited. has anyone done this or seen any cars with it done. don't really want to take them off if its gonna make the car look like ass.

[ReubenH]

Car will look fine, but the car looks fine with them. So why go through the effort to achieve little?

that's my take on it at least.

[Guest]

it can be really hard to take them off without breaking them and i think there rather expensive to replace

i took them off my BH5 and like it without them, not seen a BG5 without i dont think.

-smurff

[ReubenH]

My old BG had none, it didn't have roof rails either. IMHO they look bald without these little things

my car also doesn't have a passenger side one

[RAYDEO]

if theyre broken or cracked take em off, otherwise its more effort than its worth...

[Guest]

 Jonnysnow said:

hey i'm thinking about pulling off the monsoon shields on my yellow bg5 limited. has anyone done this or seen any cars with it done. don't really want to take them off if its gonna make the car look like ass.

the problem is the adhesive used is difficult to remove and often leaves a mess on the paint work.

[Guest]

NO! Leave them on! Some muppet removed them from my WRX and it looks whory.

Seriously, those little pieces of plastic are a lifesaver... when it's hosing down with rain outside, you're going down the back straight of manfield, it's hot as all hell in your car, you're sweating like a pig, the windows are starting to fog up, and you've ripped out your aircon...

To be able to put the window down a crack and stop it fogging up, without getting wet, is awesome.

(can you tell I love monsoon shields)

[Guest boostin]

I think they should be called light drizzle shields, not monsoon shields as they're almost pointless. They stop sfa and make an absolute mess of your paintwork when you take them off.

If you have them, leave them on. They're impossible to get off cleanly without damaging the paintwork.

If you don't have them, don't get them. They're a pita to put on, and are worse than useless anyway.

[Jonnysnow]

yeh okay, sounds like a pain in the ass to get rid of them. the foamy stuff that holds them on is staring to deteriorate so was going to pull em off, but might just try fix them up now. Reuben you're right they do look bald without them, makes it look like a standard brighton or something.

[dubbedup]

had broken ones and pulled them off straight away....then respray.. ;D

[Hailz]

Mine have been taken off, I reckon it makes them look "cleaner" so to speak, no residue or nothing on my paint, I can email you a pic of mine if you want to compare - same colour ect lol

[Scoobydoo]

I prefer without them. My old BG never had them on and looked good, without the roof racks as well :-)

I do agree with the PITA it is to remove them. I had broken ones on my old impreza. Removed them then took ages to remove the foam stuff. Used a plastic scraper and rubbed off as much as I could manually, then took to the glue residue with white spirits.

Worked well though!

[Jonnysnow]

yeh i would love to see a pic of your ride without the sheilds hailz as my car is the same colour as well. thanks

[Hailz]

 Jonnysnow said:

yeh i would love to see a pic of your ride without the sheilds hailz as my car is the same colour as well. thanks

I've emailed you some pics man

[RSB]

Absolute PITA to get the double sided tape off. Though i've been told 3M does a product exactly for this.

I took them off my lifted Terrano Because Clay banks were getting the better of them, but god do i wish my legacy had them!

Try being a smoker in bad weather in a highly polished legacy with no monsoons. it sucks. badly.

[Scoobydoo]

Give up smoking then

[Bumpty]

 Erelyes said:

NO! Leave them on! Some muppet removed them from my WRX and it looks whory.

Seriously, those little pieces of plastic are a lifesaver... when it's hosing down with rain outside, you're going down the back straight of manfield, it's hot as all hell in your car, you're sweating like a pig, the windows are starting to fog up, and you've ripped out your aircon...

To be able to put the window down a crack and stop it fogging up, without getting wet, is awesome.

(can you tell I love monsoon shields)

+1 YES!

Looks is just a personal thing. I like them because ^ of their use.

Admittedly, I've never had Monsoons on my Subys, but 'weather shields' on anything else work really well. Especially offroad, you can't afford to have windows too far open, or the inside gets re-decorated!

[GTBLTD]

 RSB said:

Absolute PITA to get the double sided tape off. Though i've been told 3M does a product exactly for this.

I took them off my lifted Terrano Because Clay banks were getting the better of them, but god do i wish my legacy had them!

Try being a smoker in bad weather in a highly polished legacy with no monsoons. it sucks. badly.

my 2 cents is they look better with the monsoons on them i used to have them on the GTB Limited like reubenH's but i dont have them on the v4 sti it sux in a smokers terms but i think they make the legacys look finished again i can feel the wrx spoiler no spoiler war coming back hahaha ;D

[Guest]

Are you guys still doing this?! GRRR SELL IT TO US AUSSIES!

[Guest huff3r]

I dunno what a cars like with monsoon shields, but without them i get a massive amount of wind noise from my frameless windows and if the wind is just right it'll actually suck them out by about half an inch! Scary stuff really

[dumbskate]

And what if they are smashed all to hell and you need to get them off?

Who has a success story doing this? I need a technique that has worked and not required a respray.

[Guest boostin]

 huff3r']

I dunno what a cars like with monsoon shields, but without them i get a massive amount of wind noise from my frameless windows and if the wind is just right it'll actually suck them out by about half an inch! Scary stuff really

It sounds like your windows need adjusting.

[quote name='dumbskate said:

And what if they are smashed all to hell and you need to get them off?

Who has a success story doing this? I need a technique that has worked and not required a respray.

If you need to get them off, try a caramel wheel. The only technique that prevents a respray is fitting a new set.

[dumbskate]

And I bet they are rather pricey. Even for a 95 legacy?

Where could I get a caramel wheel from? Scratch that. Found one here for anyone who needs it: http://www.completepaints.co.nz/product_detail.php?code=TLH41000