What's the collective view on fitting these?

Do they actually protect the car from "dooring" in car parks?

Do they ruin the look of the car?

yes they do ruin the look. Gone,,TDV8 arctic frost,black leather,colour coded handles,rear entertainment,sunroof.
1980 Rolls Royce,shadow 2 in white.
Gone 07/57 TDV8 santorino,black leather.chrome handle's/mirror's.
Gone 02/52 FFRR vogue.

I had them fitted at the first service on my "old" RRS but I haven't got around to having them put on my 2009 yet. They probably won't stop anyone else "dooring" you but you won't ding yor own dorr on any walls etc.

They look good when fitted and certainly don't ruin the look of the car Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

Looks vs Practicality.

You could get away with it if the car is black. Gone: RRS : HSE : TDv6 : 57 : Java Black : Ebony : 20"

- Is that of any importance?

- NO

- YES

SW

I have them on my car, And untill now i thought they were standard
Are they easy to remove? Just stuck on?

Toys

Stuck on so shouldn't be too difficult to remove. Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

Have them on mine, which is black.

Obviously do provide some extra protection from others dooring you, but the determined car park fu**wit will get passed them.

Think the sidesteps provide more protection from doors of lower cars. If you don't lower to access in car parks.

IMHO the RRS without them looks a tad naked, especially in Silver.

Mine were suicidal, kept trying to jump off the door, from the leading edge. So make sure the Dealer fits them properly. As they are stick on.

anyone got any real world photos of them?

Have some, but as mine is Java you probably won't get the same effect as with Stornoway.

Will dig some out and post up.

Here you go:

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Found this one as well, sorry haven't gone any others from side on.

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check my gallery, you can see them in rimini red. I think you just get used to it and it is difficult to say whether they look nice or not.
I can say one thing for sure. they are really useful when parking in narrow places between cars parked side by side. They save your door and do not damage other's doors. My name: Patryk
RRS 4.2 s/c Rimini Red

Thanks for the photos