[TheMAN]

the door mouldings are very helpful... they will keep your doors from getting dinged up at car parks... they're not 100% effective, but they cut down the dents a lot... I know mine have worked very well, if it haven't for them, my doors would be so stuffed

the difference without them and with them are the same as far as looks... if you took them off, there's still a crease in the body right above where the door mouldings go... painted mouldings matches up to that crease very well and isn't very noticeable... it plays a functional part that doesn't detract from the looks of the car

if you've seen painted door mouldings on a protege, you will see how much better they look as opposed to your cheapie ugly black ones