Bottom engine cover ---wtb?

[amerikim]

After getting my car dooded up, the darn black plastic covers under the engine are trashed. On Gen 3 V6s there is a front and back. I am looking to replace this but most sites linked here are for hard parts.
Also looking for window trim (scratched up and rotted rubber) and rubber seal for trunk.
This is driving me nuts.....HELP!!

Any links to anything you see here greatly appreciated.

[terrastrife]

dealer, wrecker, not in that order, but try em. just because big blinky search now with use me cant find you an answer, that doesnt mean you cant a bit of intuition and figure out this yourself

another thing, how did you end up stuffing it that bad? all my door seals and window edging bits are still nice and soft =)

[SmokingTires]

The plastic covers on the underside are pretty uch worthless. I took mine off a while back. All that happened was dirt collected in them. It doesn't protect much. If your going to hit something hard, that's not going to soften the impact much.

And the underside of my engine is still very clean even without. And considering Minnesota Winters, that says a lot


For trim, the only place I found that carries it are dealerships

[amerikim]

i know about dealers and they have to be the last resort because of price.. Wreckers for parts like that have them typically in a condition similar to mine.
I just bought the car in March and its sits outside. The rubber had already hardened and cracked and is beyond salvage. The trunk seal is to take care of a leak. It could be coming in through a tail light but I think it only leaks underspeed.

[terrastrife]

my covers under my engine are fine =) i hit stuff all the time too,had animals stuck under running over them, hit multiple parking bumps as i run over them, jeez i have no idea how you guys kill yours, unless road salt and stuff kills it =)

[Mikey21]

Originally posted by SmokingTiresV6
The plastic covers on the underside are pretty uch worthless. I took mine off a while back. All that happened was dirt collected in them. It doesn't protect much. If your going to hit something hard, that's not going to soften the impact much.

I'm not trying to be funny, but do you think it's possible that the engine cover below the engine works to clean up the air flow under the car???

I really have no clue but it seems like it's a possibility.

Any ideas?

[amerikim]

Mine were torn by the screw holes that were already enlarged from overuse/misuse. So my present mech asked me if I wanted it back on if it was kind of hanging there and running the risk of semi-coming off and dragging while driving. I opted to leave it off for now.
Yup, the cover cleans up airflow and also functions as a guard against stuff bouncing up in there. Like squirrels, rocks and crap.