Stone guard protection...
 

This is probably a quick answer for somebody...

While shopping for a used HHR, I saw one that had a color-matched plastic stone guard protector piece, mounted to front face of the 'flare' area on the rear door - as wide as the flare part that sticks out, and about 10-12" tall. Anyone know about these?

Was a dealer/factory installed part on older HHRs to help keep the doors from looking like poop when hit by stones/sand/etc if you didn't have side running boards installed.. On my 09 all they use is a clear piece of vinyl protector.

Yeah the stone guards went away in the middle of the '07 model year to be replaced by clear vinyl. If you ordered the running boards they were deleted, some folks had the running boards installed and kept the guards for extra protection. I'm not sure if they were a better idea than the clear anti-chip film or not, you can still get the odd chip even with the boards.

Yeah, I think that's going to be a perpetual problem. Thanx for the info....

The stone guard protectors nick and pit as bad or worse than the door paint. They are easier to repaint than the whole door though. My solution which some like and some don't.

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Tape them off and paint them with two good coats of spray on bed liner......Have stayed nice looking ever since......

We were talking about these in another thread not too long ago..... For an old school look I'd like to see a pair in chrome...... something similar were options back in the 40's/early 50's

Here it is. A real BEAUTY!
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I just bought the clear 3M guards last month. I wasn't to successful installing them. (They didn't stick very well) There are 2 pcs, one big and one smaller one. The dealer will charge around $30 a piece. Even for the smaller one.

Hadn't noticed it until now. Appears I have the clear guards on the rear doors.