Driving without a fender liner? Don’t, just don’t.

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    If anyone is curious, this is what happens when you drive with the front fender liners missing….
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    Air intake right there too.
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    Idaho may not destroy cars the way salt on roads on east coast does, but the Prius I worked on that was from Idaho looked like this everywhere I pulled a panel or a cover off. People don't realize how brutally harsh the dust of Idaho really is!!! But that photo brings back memories of one of the nastiest Prius I ever worked on...
     
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    Fender liner is $33 from Rockauto, why would anyone go without?
     
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    Plastic cars... :rolleyes:
     
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    Just never found the time?

    Would like to see photo of air filter and inside box.
     
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    Not to mention fuel economy also take a hit without it... my experience from a gen 3...

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    This is a gen 2 along with the fender liner missing it looks like the whole nose is off the car The rubber part that would certainly be a disastrous hit I've run without the fender liners quite a bit I do run down dirt roads my GPS is set not to avoid them and I'm in the southeast United States I think the general Lee etc when the fender liners out the car gets like that but I'm strange I hose the car off everyday every evening when I get in just because I live on a dirt road or I'm near dirt roads all the time and I just like to wash all that dirt off it just sprays right off really quickly gone

    SM-A715F ?
     
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    Actually I just got it from the PO where it spent its whole life in Reno Nevada.... possibly even worse than Idaho!

    I already changed and tossed the old one. it was pretty bad. the airbox not so much.

    ee-gads! I can't make heads or tails of this run on sentence. Anyway I was after the headlight housing when I discovered this mess. It's a good thing I got it cheap!

    I don't know, Ask the previous owner. I think he may have passed though.

    No, The PO lost it. I just got this car.

    Rock Auto fender liners are $#ite!!! extra thin and barely fit. its worth it to get factory.
     
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