Over the weekend I was off roading a bit. I was trying to avoid running over my dog when backing up and wound up going over a large rock that ripped up my front plastic under engine protection panel. I have it wired on for now.
I called MB and a new front panel is 200 bucks.
Do I really need those panels for anything other then protection- aerodynamics, noise abatement?
Do they perform any other function? Can I just remove and forget?