Pro Guard rear skid plate, is it worth it?

[bawazir]

http://www.reinhartperformance.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=12345&Product_Code=MM-Proguard&Category_Code=9

Am driving to Canada soon. Was wondering to buy this before going to drive 800 miles back and forth dose it really save gas? is worth it to buy?

[SC Cheesehead]

http://www.reinhartperformance.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=12345&Product_Code=MM-Proguard&Category_Code=9

Am driving to Canada soon. Was wondering to buy this before going to drive 800 miles back and forth dose it really save gas? is worth it to buy?

Will it save you $60.00 on gas costs on your trip? Probably not.

[mtenderenda]

If you want your bumper in one piece and not balloon out. It's worth it.

[vkirkend]

If you want your bumper in one piece and not balloon out. It's worth it.

Ditto....bump...

[ctrlraven]

If you want your bumper in one piece and not balloon out. It's worth it.


Ditto....bump...
Ditto x 3

:beer:

[cougar9150]

Am driving to Canada soon. Was wondering to buy this before going to drive 800 miles back and forth dose it really save gas? is worth it to buy?

Should have bought a Honda if you were worried about gas mileage. It doesn't offer much of a performance benefit. I noticed no change in my mpg after installing it on my first MM but I also have a heavy foot and average a couple mpg less than I should.

As said by other members it does prevent your rear bumper from ballooning out and is worth it just for that reason. You can spend $60 to prevent spending a few hundred when you have to replace and paint your bumper cover.

[DOOM]

Keeps your bumper cover from warping bro. :beer:

[CBT]

This is an item I've contemplated buying for years. It stands to reason, the more air it catches the more it ballons out, and catches even MORE air. It acts like a parachute. Maybe only slightly, but it has to have a negative affect as speed increases, or sagging just from age makes it even worse. I'm getting one, dammit.

[DOOM]

or sagging just from age makes it even worse. I'm getting one, dammit.

Too easy!!! :D

[CBT]

Too easy!!! :D

I would have taken the shot, lol.

[Wires]

Director of Marauder Bumper Cover Degradation: Erasmus B. Dragging

[chapel1]

I noticed a lot less drag at highway speeds with the proguard.

[ctrlraven]

I wish the deal on the diamond plate I was going to get went through, I know Doom would of loved to have a shiny pro-guard. lol

[DOOM]

I wish the deal on the diamond plate I was going to get went through, I know Doom would of loved to have a shiny pro-guard. lol

:D :cool4: :coolman:

[mrjones]

I bought mine a couple of years ago, and I've noticed absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the performance of the car or the sagging cover. I may try this weekend to get it out of the box and install it, see if that helps any.

[Bluerauder]

I bought mine a couple of years ago, and I've noticed absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the performance of the car or the sagging cover. I may try this weekend to get it out of the box and install it, see if that helps any.
There will be a slight noticeable difference when you finally get it out of the box. ;)

As to the original question, you will save no more than $1.96 in gas on an 800 mile trip. However, the elimination of embarrassment due to butt sag and bumper cover flapping will be PRICELESS.

[Dennis Reinhart]

I bought mine a couple of years ago, and I've noticed absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the performance of the car or the sagging cover. I may try this weekend to get it out of the box and install it, see if that helps any.


No one said it would improve the performance, many peopls have stated it did in deed improve gas milage slightly on the interstate as well as help the stability of the Rear bumper.

[03blackmerc]

i got one didnt notice much of a diff. looks cleaner under the car, never checked to see if i got any better gas mileage.

[Big Black Beast]

Just drill a bunch of holes in the bumper cover to let the air out!:rolleyes:

[mrjones]

[QUOTE=Dennis Reinhart;856330]No one said it would improve the performance,


Reread it. It was a joke about my lazy butt not installing it yet. Mine is still in the box.

Maybe this is a good time to ask: Do I need to get hardware for it or is it in the box?

[babbage]

Bump - I'm going to get a pro guard - does it come with hardware?

[chapel1]

You are loosing existing bolts,sliding proguard in place and reinstalling bolts back to there original places.

[Seneca]

I bought mine a couple of years ago, and I've noticed absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the performance of the car or the sagging cover. I may try this weekend to get it out of the box and install it, see if that helps any. yeah I to might get mine on this spring thats been in the box since last spring.

[ImpalaSlayer]

Bump - I'm going to get a pro guard - does it come with hardware?
screw that pos, make your own piece to hold the bumper in place or do what i did to lift the corner back up

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51537&highlight=bumper&page=4

[Vortech347]

Mine has balloned out even with the proguard. I've had it on 2 MM's. Somethin about my 04's sags.

[CBT]

I bought mine a couple of years ago, and I've noticed absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the performance of the car or the sagging cover. I may try this weekend to get it out of the box and install it, see if that helps any.

LMMFAO! Ya think it might help a little?!

[Hadamustang1]

i bought mine a couple of years ago, and i've noticed absolutely no difference in the performance of the car or the sagging cover. I may try this weekend to get it out of the box and install it, see if that helps any.
what he said

[babbage]

screw that pos, make your own piece to hold the bumper in place or do what i did to lift the corner back up

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51537&highlight=bumper&page=4

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/3/3/1/4/bumperbracketfront.jpg

That's nice and I'll do that in addition to getting the pro guard which will help keep air and stress out of there.

I've got bumper sag under the taillights as well - have to do something about that too. Thanks for the threads.

[Hotrauder]

ROFLMAO.... I have been reading these posts for years. I have a Proguard. Proguard has a value should you spend time lying under your Marauder embarrased that its butt hole is exposed. There is no provision to effect bumper cover sag, no effect on fuel mileage and with the exception of perhaps helping with median crossing excursions save your money.I have followed MM on the road course at Sebring at over 130MPH and have never seen the dredded bumper ballooning. Should you want one with value there is one listed on this site for $30 or so that has been engineered to work with brackets that WILL eliminate bumper sag, the real problem with the ass end of our MM. The Proguard does fit with the Obama admin policy of income redistribution, however. Dennis

[Dennis Reinhart]

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::bs :

[babbage]

Took you a year to reply too eh? Lol

Don't like it? Don't buy one. Wow that was hard.

[massacre]

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[chrish]

I bought mine a couple of years ago, and I've noticed absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the performance of the car or the sagging cover. I may try this weekend to get it out of the box and install it, see if that helps any.

did you ever do it?

[Bradley G]

I was told most of the rear bumper sag could be eliminated by taking up the slack in the fasteners .
I have both the top corners and the bottom ballon going on.

[justbob]

Zip tie FTW! LOL Isn't that an official hot rodder part?

[SC Cheesehead]

Zip tie FTW! LOL Isn't that an official hot rodder part?

That, and duct tape, bubba! :D

[Brian H]

or sagging just from age makes it even worse. I'm getting one, dammit. (That what she said!!!)

[ImpalaSlayer]

That, and duct tape, bubba! :D

how do you think i held your fuel pump in?


:jk:

[Baaad GN]

What a minute, on the dyno it raised the HP by 14! Thats great right!

[JOEMERC]

I dont have a proguard but i did do the sagging bumper fix as done on here and looks alot better than it did.maybe some day ill get a proguard though.