Wind deflectors

[MonkeyMark]

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.

[SaabC5]

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.

[DickieG]

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.

[steelcityuk]

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.

Steve.

[VertVega]

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

[waynedance]

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.