At low speeds on smooth hard surfaces, maybe.
My rear window (and everything else on the rear) is covered with dust, so I'm not in any hurry to suck that into the cabin.
Are these off-roading upgrades going to include a bumper and skid plate? Those will probably do more for you than that little stub of tubing.
Or just make sure that when you're in a head on collision you nail them dead center.
Kind of disturbing how many are just installing the front for their own protection and basically telling everyone else to go **** themselves by not installing the rears.
The one thing I bought before getting my Bronco was a set of gatorback flaps -- I drive several miles of gravel every day and knew what to expect. Seeing a few extra black rectangles on a vehicle doesn't bother me.
I use gatorbacks, and drive several miles of gravel every day in all kinds of nasty weather.
I was more concerned about their function and preventing my doors from getting blasted than I was with wether or not one black rectangle was more aesthetically pleasing than another black rectangle.
I was crossing my fingers someone would integrate this into a bumper. No dice so far. I'll probably have to do it myself, just like the sliders.
Gives me an excuse to buy a tube bender.
You stopped it by trying to make the front tires turn the same distance while cornering in 4wd on a high traction surface. One didn't slide/skip without some throttle.
Going to have to one-up Jeep and have a second accessory windshield that sits on top of the first one. When it's folded down it eats all the rocks and can be discarded in a race like the tear away film motocross riders use.
I have no interest in paying to be a mobile advertisement, unless it costs much less than its competitors with equal or greater quality.
Even conspicuous consumption has limits when it becomes tacky.