^^^, no, its actually made to prevent dings on the door when some fools dont pay attention and open their doors on yours. Saved me a few times, i ve use rubbin compound on em a few times to clean off some marks from other doors. Some people had it and took it off, i think its clean so i kept it, u should be able to see it well in my sig.
EDIT, maybe not, here is a pic from back then, should be visible here