Plastic "Stickers" on part of the body?

Might be a dumb question, but on my truck on the back side in front of either wheel, I see a heavy-duty clear sticker that's on part of the body. Is that supposed to come off, or stay on?

 

Those stay on

 

extra rock chip protection in addition to the orange peel texture look that toyota puts on the lower 1/4 panel.

 

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I figured, thank you for confirming

 

I always pull them off. They're technically supposed to stay but look crappy.

 

I’m thinking of pulling mines off. On a white truck. You can see the dirt line where the film stops. 5 month old and 6000 miles. Never off-road.

 

Yup. That's why I pulled all mine off the first time I ever washed it lol.

Plus even besides that, once you get close you can see it's there and just generally looks crappy.

 

I wish this forum had a way to mark people as “do not take advice from”. Paint protection film is not “technically” supposed to stay on. It’s engineered and installed specifically to protect leading edges of paint from road debris. People pay good money to have it added to hoods, a pillars, front bumpers, headlights, mirror covers etc. Leave it on so we don’t have another thread in 6 months about all of your rock chips where it used to be.

 

So yeah technically it's supposed to stay on - but many remove it.


You mad?

 

Not mad. Calling out bad advice since he’s admittedly unsure of the purpose of his “stickers”.

 

Literally no one (like, no one) gave him any "advice" at all. Everyone said their opinion/thoughts of the ugly ass tape and you're on here getting unhinged about it lmao.

 

That’s a lot of laughing. They say it’s good exercise.

 

Deflect when wrong? Sheesh. K.

 

Not wrong. Enjoy your sandblasted bed sides. Ugly sticker> $$$ paint repair. All I’m saying.

 

Weird. I peeled it off on my 17 tundra and all the lower panels still looked like the day I bought the truck when I traded it last month.
Enjoy your ugly stickers.

 

My drivers side is starting to peel. Is it something thats under warranty?