Has anyone tried wind deflectors on their cars? Do they make any difference?
Seen some for the C8 on ebay for £35 for the 4 piece set. If people recon they make a difference i may take a look.
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Re: Wind deflectors
Had them on my Vel Satis, they do surprisingly work quite well. If you do take the plunge i have a little tip for fitting them, either do it on a warm day or warm the plastic up with a hairdryer before fitting. They are quite brittle when cold and easily break so be very carefull.
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Re: Wind deflectors
If you mean the tinted plastic ones that fit onto the door frames I'd leave them well alone on at least the front doors unless the door has 1/4 lights which means that the deflector will only be on top of the window. I drove a few cars at work that had them fitted and found them bloody dangerous as they effective widened the 'A' pillar due to the tinting/distortion.
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Re: Wind deflectors
I had a set fitted to my A Class and currently have some on the Prius. The biggest advantage is being able to open the window for ventilation when it's raining without getting water inside the car. I buy mine via ebay from a german supplier.
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Re: Wind deflectors
I had them in my previous car, installed by the previous owner. I don't think they are really necessary.
I wouldn't install to my Xantia since it's air conditioned and I never had to to drive with window open
I wouldn't install to my Xantia since it's air conditioned and I never had to to drive with window open
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Re: Wind deflectors
Got the four piece set fitted to my car they look good. The reason i got them was on the C5 you can open the windows open a little via the key so on a warm day i could leave the windows open and it did not matter if it rained.
Also you can not really tell the windows are open a little with them fitted.
Also you can not really tell the windows are open a little with them fitted.
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