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Originally Posted by skylinetwo
I've got two questions:
1. The left side of my car doesn't even have this panel. Is that stock, or did the previous owner remove it for some reason?
2. Do I need to buy a new panel to cover this area back up?
Any advice would be appreciated!
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1. Yes, that is normal. Standard versions of the cars bound for the states were set up with one long plastic panel on the left side and one small panel in the back covering lines and part of the fuel tank. The special editions (Release Series, 10 Series, Series.Blue/.Yellow, etc.) were the ones that you'd tend to find the full set of underbody panels that the rest of the world got on all the cars from the factory, which covers a lot more of the underbody surface with more substantial panels.
2. Do you absolutely need to? No, but consider that if you have another scrape like the one you did, you'd risk damage to the parts it was covering if it was enough of a drag to rip the panel off. If it's even remotely possible that it could happen again, I'd say replace it. And if you don't want to go about getting the JDM/Rest of the World set of panels (though it's a lot cheaper to do so now than it was a few years ago and provides a ton more coverage), replacing the one you lost is probably not a terribly expensive piece of plastic to buy. If I were you, I'd replace it for a little peace of mind.