Door guard to prevent dings/dents on Honda?

Hi,

I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all
coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to prevent
dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they sell any
such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by myself?

Thank you for any info and advise.

NJ

On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all
> coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to prevent
> dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they sell any
> such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by myself?
>
> Thank you for any info and advise.
>
> NJ

I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good.

The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far into
the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no matter where
my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to me dinged me.

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0400, Shaun wrote:

> On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all
>> coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to
>> prevent dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they
>> sell any such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by
>> myself?
>>
>> Thank you for any info and advise.
>>
>> NJ
>
> I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good.
>
> The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far into
> the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no matter where
> my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to me dinged me.

Find a parking lot where wheels are parallel to the road. Bumpers will
protect yours from other cars. I see no other solution.

Thus spake W > :

>On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0400, Shaun wrote:
>
>> On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all
>>> coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to
>>> prevent dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they
>>> sell any such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by
>>> myself?
>>>
>>> Thank you for any info and advise.
>>>
>>> NJ
>>
>> I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good.
>>
>> The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far into
>> the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no matter where
>> my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to me dinged me.
>
>Find a parking lot where wheels are parallel to the road. Bumpers will
>protect yours from other cars. I see no other solution.

You've never seen my wife parallel park. Door dings I can live with.
Headlights, marker lights, tail liights, bumper covers. Ouch!!!
--

- dillon I am not invalid

Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth)
March 1998 - June 2010
What a dog. What a dog!

On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:25:53 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:

> Thus spake W > :
>
>>On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0400, Shaun wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all
>>>> coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to
>>>> prevent dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they
>>>> sell any such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it
>>>> by myself?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for any info and advise.
>>>>
>>>> NJ
>>>
>>> I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good.
>>>
>>> The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far
>>> into the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no
>>> matter where my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to
>>> me dinged me.
>>
>>Find a parking lot where wheels are parallel to the road. Bumpers will
>>protect yours from other cars. I see no other solution.
>
> You've never seen my wife parallel park. Door dings I can live with.
> Headlights, marker lights, tail liights, bumper covers. Ouch!!!

To file for divorce seems an acceptable option in this case.

On 06/21/10 19:42, W wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0400, Shaun wrote:
>
>> On 6/21/10 2:19 PM, Neil Jones wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I bought a 2009 Honda Civic coupe. The 2 doors are big as in all
>>> coupes. However, this Honda does not have any side protection to
>>> prevent dents/dings from my car or others in a parking lot. Do they
>>> sell any such protection guards online? Are they easy to install it by
>>> myself?
>>>
>>> Thank you for any info and advise.
>>>
>>> NJ
>>
>> I've never had much luck with body side molding doing any good.
>>
>> The door shapes, configurations, vehicle types/heights and how far into
>> the adjacent parking space they pull is so variable that no matter where
>> my side molding was, the self-centered sumbitch next to me dinged me.
>
> Find a parking lot where wheels are parallel to the road. Bumpers will
> protect yours from other cars. I see no other solution.

You mean your car floats (or the parking lot's vertical)?