Not sure if they are called a side skirt but thats the only name I could think of, but what I am talking about is the black plastic piece that runs along the bottom of the Pat. Has anyone removed this before, if so how did it look?

That's part of the reason I ended up using Plasti-Dip on my 2009. It also covered up superficial scratches in the front and rear bumpers.i dont like the look of the mouldings along bottom of new pat but they will stop the stone chips that the older pat gets. (mine is spattered with them)
you should just get them colour coded