Received mine today. They are very thick plastic. Some slight give but certainly not rubbery as I was expecting. No chance of bending like in the picture. Wonder if they have changed the material, but this is the current product spec that I ordered so no mention of it. I think I will be returning them unless its a perfect fit and no chance of rubbing.
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I too ordered a set of these from Amazon, and I’ve fitted them today.
@VanillaAir_UK is right, they are nothing like as flexible as the photos suggest. Lots of similar items seem to be using the same photos though. I guess it’s pot luck what you get, unless the factory has moved on to a more rigid plastic.
Having said that, they fit very well. I don’t think there’s much chance of paint rubs.
My set arrived with all the required fixings (more than was actually needed) but no instructions. I watched a couple of YouTube videos to see if anyone had encountered problems.
Fitting was easy, it took me about an hour to clean everywhere up and then fit. The only issue I had was with the screw on the front plates. This has to screw into the flimsy plastic liner around the wheel arch. On my first attempt, I tried with a very small pilot hole, but it was like trying to screw the screw into custard
Once I’d drilled a larger pilot hole it was no problem.
Also because you’re screwing self-tapping screws into thin plastic you need to make sure you don’t over tighten the screw, or you’ll strip the thread in the plastic.
The set I bought was about £23 delivered, but there are sets on Amazon for as little as £16 at the time of writing. Just keep an eye on delivery times though, as the cheaper ones often come direct from China and take a week or three. My set was delivered next day.
