Hi. Im new here so admins send this thread into oblivion if i have done something wrong.

I found something that looks odd in my rear wheel wells. I was inspecting them as i had heard a rear dull rattling noise when going over bumps at slow speeds and the sound is irregular and only sometimes.. There are other threads that seem to investigate this so that's not what this thread is about.

There is plastic sheared off of my plastic rear wheel well plastic trim/lining. On both drivers and passenger rear wheel arches. Here's some photos. I just want to know if anyone has any idea why someone would shear off plastic from the wheel well lining on both sides, and what doing this would gain them access to? looks too symmetrical to be from damage.



Passenger side: Pasteboard - Uploaded Image

Drivers side: Pasteboard - Uploaded Image