Abstract: An apparatus for protecting the finish on the door of an automobile from damage caused by someone opening the door of an automobile parked in the adjoining parking space. Secondly, the apparatus serves to protect the door of the adjacently parked automobile when the user opens his or her door. The device includes a transparent housing wherein a plurality of arcuate protective strips are deployed therein. Said arcuate protective protective strips including a guide track or channel located along the intermiate section thereof, said arcuate protective strips also including T-shaped flanges substantially depolyed along the opposite ends of each arcuate protective strip, whereby said guide track or channel and said T-shaped flanges communitively allow said plurality of said arcuate protective strips to extend along the longitudinal portion of the door of the automobile. Also provided is a tensile retention band wherein said device may be selectively retracted into said transparent housing.