A lightweight, flexible, removable, bullet-resistant protective shield placed easily on the lateral side of a vehicle door which includes a magnetic backing covered by a bullet-resistant mesh material. It lacks any further mounting apparatus and can be manually placed on either lateral, exterior sides of that portion of a vehicle that encloses the front or rear seat compartments. The two-layer, protective shield can be easily installed, removed and transferred from one vehicle door to another. The bullet-resistant exterior vehicle body protector is of such a dimension as to cover the portion of the vehicle below the side windows and between the front and rear quarter panels longitudinally.