symcbean
Standard Member
Got some wind deflectors a month ago, thought I'd share the experience....
Really I was looking for "rain" deflectors rather with wind deflectors. Living in the west of Scotland, we get a lot of rain and only having had my ZS for 5 months I'd still getting over the whole range anxiety thing / not wanting to switch on the heater to clear the fog from the windscreen.
Looking at Amazon, although there's lots of people selling different brands of ZS wind deflector, it actually appears that there are only 2 products available. One features a chrome strip around the door line. The other (also available in a full chrome finish) is black - indeed, it appears to be opaque. Both types attach to the outer surface of the door rather than fitting into the window apperture. The different brands vary HUGELY in price for what seems to be the same product (£40-£200). Although I think that the chrome inserts don't look as nice, since these were obviously smoked rather than opaque, this is what I went for.
Amazon product ASIN B09CQ1NWQD
Going for the cheap ones of course meant that I had to wait for them to ship from China - which took 3 weeks. They were a pig to fit. The plastic mouldings have double-sided tape on them for attachment to the car - and the tape did a better job of sticking to the backing than to the mouldings. I eventually removed the supplied tape and attached them to the car using 3m tape sourced from Europart (£12).
The plastic parts come with little metal hangers attached - I don't know if these are structural or just intended to help with alignment, but they weren't very well attached and fouled on the door seals. I took those off too.
2 months on and I'm still glad I took the plunge - they keep the rain out and most of the drafts. With the 3m tape they show no signs of coming away from the doors.
Really I was looking for "rain" deflectors rather with wind deflectors. Living in the west of Scotland, we get a lot of rain and only having had my ZS for 5 months I'd still getting over the whole range anxiety thing / not wanting to switch on the heater to clear the fog from the windscreen.
Looking at Amazon, although there's lots of people selling different brands of ZS wind deflector, it actually appears that there are only 2 products available. One features a chrome strip around the door line. The other (also available in a full chrome finish) is black - indeed, it appears to be opaque. Both types attach to the outer surface of the door rather than fitting into the window apperture. The different brands vary HUGELY in price for what seems to be the same product (£40-£200). Although I think that the chrome inserts don't look as nice, since these were obviously smoked rather than opaque, this is what I went for.
Amazon product ASIN B09CQ1NWQD
Going for the cheap ones of course meant that I had to wait for them to ship from China - which took 3 weeks. They were a pig to fit. The plastic mouldings have double-sided tape on them for attachment to the car - and the tape did a better job of sticking to the backing than to the mouldings. I eventually removed the supplied tape and attached them to the car using 3m tape sourced from Europart (£12).
The plastic parts come with little metal hangers attached - I don't know if these are structural or just intended to help with alignment, but they weren't very well attached and fouled on the door seals. I took those off too.
2 months on and I'm still glad I took the plunge - they keep the rain out and most of the drafts. With the 3m tape they show no signs of coming away from the doors.
