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have any of you guys taken any of the under plastic off under the motor and attached to the front bumper. Mines is barley hanging on there with only a few clips left. will it be OK to drive with them not being there. I live in New England so mind the weather (rain, snow, etc) thanks. 2000 gts

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That's just a splash / brush guard piece. I assume it probably holds some aerodynamic properties but they're negligible. You can remove it and it wont cause any damage directly, but you will open up a new area for junk like rocks and fallen limbs to get lodged up into. If you have a CAI installed that hangs way low you will be asking for water damage.

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thank for our opinion wasn't sure if i should take them off and increase the risk of water damage don't have an intake so i wont have to worry about that. It should be just 3 pieces of plastic right?

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Here are some pictures of the Celica undercarriage...
https://celicahobby.com/gallery/index.php/category/celica-undercarriage

More specifically, here is the undercarriage showing just the front part with the plastics cut -- to make it easier to swap out the front bumper often:
[Linked Image]


Here is that cut-out from another angle:
[Linked Image]

The two center undercarriage plastics were cut just under the radiator, but ahead of the fasteners that keep the rest of the plastics attached, leaving those fasteners untouched. The wheel-well plastics were also left untouched, and have had no problems with them after driving through several bad rain storms and driving sometimes over 100mph/160kph speeds.

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