Great idea, Jeremy. Up early this morning, off with the pans, and pulled out all that disgusting crap. Much better with all the foam and plastic gone.

I like the idea of keeping the pans in place, though. In addition to the aerodynamics, I like the idea of catching various drippings (though I can see that argued either way). But the big thing that motivates me, though, is protection against road debris, like a rock.

Interests me that what was originally a great idea in the minds of Mercedes engineers (namely, all that foam) is not such a great idea when a car is 17 years old!

Noticed some rust spots on the tranny pan....one of the liabilities of the soggy mess being there so long.

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