I was under my car the other day and I could not figure out what these are for. I am missing one because its broken, and the remaining one has lots of road rash. They are plastic. Any ideas?

 

My gf hit a curb parking and broke one off my car. When I tried to buy a replacement I was told they were there for transporting purposes when new and where actually supposed to be removed by the dealer.

Was that a load of crap by a parts guy so he didn't have to look it up ... maybe.

 

um i dont know what those are but i have one one my camaro aswell...

 

tis true

 

I concur with the above. I think they were made for transportation purposes off the trailer or something. I had them in my Trans Am and removed them...

 

So, I guess these could be classified as the umbilical cord?

 

I've always thought they were used on the assembly line, for moving the chassis, before any suspension/wheels/tires were put on.

Something had to support it during assembly.

 

thats what Ive always heard

 

Those all make good sense...I am probably going to take them off then.

 

exactly what Ive been told aswell.

 

Good to know. I melted one off my Bird with my propane heater. I had the car on stands and the heater under the car where I was working. Beauty to know it isn't that important.

 

i always thought they were for jackin up the car...

 

interesting... I have them on one front impact bar I have laying around and not on another.