raingaurds

[quick4dr]

the raingaurds for sale @ subaruonlineparts.com: are they one peice or 2, jdm style or AVS? anyone have them reviews?

[Gire]

I think r-rev sports, a vendor here, knocked off the JDM 1 piece look and are currently selling them.

 

 

The AVS version is more effective at keeping the rain out, but more bulky. I love the JDM versions as they look really sleek, but they aren't really effective in hard rain, unless a quarter inch window crack suits you.

 

I don't know which are sold at the Subaru parts ecomm store.

[TSiWRX]

Since R-Rev Sports is a Foirum supporting Vendor -

 

http://rrevsports.com/p_pro_05rainguard.htm

 

^ To me, that looks like a one-piece design, but - at least from the photos - it looks like more of a copy of the AVS than it does a copy of the JDM.

 

As with brother Gire, I agree - the bigger AVS unit(s) offer(s) better weathering as well as wind-buff protection, but for me, I just couldn't get used to the impact (what I perceived to be negative) on aesthetics that the AVS unit(s) demanded, as a compromise.

 

The above compromise is particularly hard to stomach, now, in retrospect, given the rather impressive amount of weathering protection that the JDM units confer, despite their low-profile appearance.

 

More information:

 

http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120362&highlight=avs

 

http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2622515#post2622515

 

http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110385

 

All that said, I honestly don't know exactly which product is offered at SubaruOnlineParts, however, in looking at their pictures (specifically, at how they attach to the vehicle), it would seem to me to be that of the AVS/"USDM" two-piece.