Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:33 am
This is a thin flim of plastic that surrounds the middle area of the front bumper. I suppose it protects the paint in case you drop the plug on the way into the charger.
We ordered the protection package thinking that it would be a cover over the entire bumper front and back. As near as I can tell, the package consists of the clear charging port protector and the black strip that protects the back bumper near the hatch.
It turns out to not be what I was thinking, but not a bad thing to have in the long run.
Too bad the rear protector does not extend over the edge of the bumper, but better than nothing.
And plugging in the charger may not be a close tolerence event, but the first time you scratch the paint dropping the plug (which is not light), you will wish you had gotten this heretofore unnecessary option.