I was previously using just the front and rear skid plates on my Tekno eb410, problem was it still wore quite a lot in the middle of the chassis. The new full skidplate covered the ENTIRE chassis. It's about 1mm think, and weighs nearly nothing. So for me it doesn't affect handling at all. I had to pull it off to replace the front gearbox, and it was nice to see a perfect chassis underneath. It's held on by 5 screws, and is super easy to pull off for maintenance, instead of trying to peel back a stick-on chassis protector. I will order a second one to keep on-hand.