I would leave them on. The GMT900s actually have them on the outer-most location on the door panels. They actually protect against most dings.

GMT800 had them on just about the worst position possible and do nothing.

 

If my wife didn't occasionally drive the truck with my son I'd take them off but I'm not going to make her park in the back forty and lug all the kid crap. Plus the sheetmetal on these new trucks is even thinner than the 800s. The totally color matched moldings don't really stand out any way.

 

Ihave no mercy on wife in that regard she knows if she has to take my truck for any reason she better have her walking shoes on. She thinks im nuts.

 

Do you have a young kid? When we were dating she would park my Dmax way in the back and walk. Now that we've got a small kid its a buy different now. With that said, she doesn't drive my truck very much at all. She's loves her civic si much better and I'm perfectly fine with that, don't have to adjust my mirrors/seat

 

No kids yet but the wife use to steal my truck all the time cause she hated the car I got her. It had a random issue a few times that scared her so she refused to drive it and just drove my truck. After I boosted it I decided to get her an SUV so she isn't driving my truck all the time.

I trust her with it I just don't want to have to deal with that phone call when I am at work that "your truck is acting funny"....

 

Mine are color matched so they are staying.

 

they'll turn yellow soon enough.... they all dis-color

 

leave em on if you plan on DD'ing the truck and using it for many truck like things.

 

not if you have a carport

 

Carport! Oh yea man! You, FTW... lol

That has nothing to do why they turn yellow... I assume you drive without your fancy "carport', and I assume your truck get dirty too...

Those facts, over time, will lead to yellowing. No way around it (especially silver and white)