Front fascia protective strip
05-18-2006, 07:49 PM
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Front fascia protective strip
One day while driving to my co-worker's apt. to pick him up, I pulled into a parking space as I usually do, thinking absolutely nothing about the fact that the concrete barrier was crooked at an angle. Heard a nice scrapping noise while backing out, and it took a nice chunk out of the black plastic piece that protects the bottom of the front fascia.
I guess small damage like this is inevitable, but damn, with a car like this one becomes hypersensitive to it. I called up to the dealership and I was quoted $45 for a replacement. $45 just for a plastic strip and a couple of tacks to hold it in place.
What would you folks do? Replace it or let it go as a battle scar? (Can't even notice it unless one gets under the car.)
I guess small damage like this is inevitable, but damn, with a car like this one becomes hypersensitive to it. I called up to the dealership and I was quoted $45 for a replacement. $45 just for a plastic strip and a couple of tacks to hold it in place.
What would you folks do? Replace it or let it go as a battle scar? (Can't even notice it unless one gets under the car.)
05-18-2006, 07:55 PM
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RE: Front fascia protective strip
if u want 1, I have 1, i did the same thing but it didnt get damaged at all. just a scratch.. i might let it go at the right price 
.. (saving for my stripes so every little helps, sorry to be a penny pincher!)
Paul
.. (saving for my stripes so every little helps, sorry to be a penny pincher!)Paul
05-18-2006, 08:18 PM
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RE: Front fascia protective strip
I've thought about replacing it, however I also have an interest in the body kit from Street Scene, which would replace the front fascia anyway... I'll probably end up just waiting for now.
05-18-2006, 09:44 PM
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RE: Front fascia protective strip
Man replace it!!! I can't stand when I see an older or younger persons in a new BMW,Mustang,Camaro,Mercadies, or any sport,exotic,muscle car of any knid with a dent that they didn't get fixed because they thought It wouldn't be that bad. Or "nobody will notice it" or " I needed the money for something else at that time" It blows my mind. You pay to have a new car with no scatches or dents so keep it that way man, other wise you making you car look bad and making it easer for people like me to keep my car clean looking LOL.
There is this kid that I see around my town with a yellow one. Now I don't know if he bought it like that or what but it looks like ****. Hes got dents all over it!!! Now that i think about it he prolly did buy it like that. Cause I can't see what he did with all the insurence money. He doesn't even mod it, he just drives it around town like it don't need anything to go faster LOL.
All Im really trying to say is keep it clean man. Thats what drops jaws to tha floor. I see 98 mustangs around town that look like they just came off the lot and they catch my eye. Not many but there are some. The paint & body is the first thing people see.
Especially for $45 thats cheap, thats about what my lower grill costed me
There is this kid that I see around my town with a yellow one. Now I don't know if he bought it like that or what but it looks like ****. Hes got dents all over it!!! Now that i think about it he prolly did buy it like that. Cause I can't see what he did with all the insurence money. He doesn't even mod it, he just drives it around town like it don't need anything to go faster LOL.
All Im really trying to say is keep it clean man. Thats what drops jaws to tha floor. I see 98 mustangs around town that look like they just came off the lot and they catch my eye. Not many but there are some. The paint & body is the first thing people see.
Especially for $45 thats cheap, thats about what my lower grill costed me
05-18-2006, 11:48 PM
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RE: Front fascia protective strip
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Man replace it!!! I can't stand when I see an older or younger persons in a new BMW,Mustang,Camaro,Mercadies, or any sport,exotic,muscle car of any knid with a dent that they didn't get fixed because they thought It wouldn't be that bad. Or "nobody will notice it" or " I needed the money for something else at that time" It blows my mind. You pay to have a new car with no scatches or dents so keep it that way man, other wise you making you car look bad and making it easer for people like me to keep my car clean looking LOL.
There is this kid that I see around my town with a yellow one. Now I don't know if he bought it like that or what but it looks like ****. Hes got dents all over it!!! Now that i think about it he prolly did buy it like that. Cause I can't see what he did with all the insurence money. He doesn't even mod it, he just drives it around town like it don't need anything to go faster LOL.
All Im really trying to say is keep it clean man. Thats what drops jaws to tha floor. I see 98 mustangs around town that look like they just came off the lot and they catch my eye. Not many but there are some. The paint & body is the first thing people see.
Especially for $45 thats cheap, thats about what my lower grill costed me
Man replace it!!! I can't stand when I see an older or younger persons in a new BMW,Mustang,Camaro,Mercadies, or any sport,exotic,muscle car of any knid with a dent that they didn't get fixed because they thought It wouldn't be that bad. Or "nobody will notice it" or " I needed the money for something else at that time" It blows my mind. You pay to have a new car with no scatches or dents so keep it that way man, other wise you making you car look bad and making it easer for people like me to keep my car clean looking LOL.
There is this kid that I see around my town with a yellow one. Now I don't know if he bought it like that or what but it looks like ****. Hes got dents all over it!!! Now that i think about it he prolly did buy it like that. Cause I can't see what he did with all the insurence money. He doesn't even mod it, he just drives it around town like it don't need anything to go faster LOL.
All Im really trying to say is keep it clean man. Thats what drops jaws to tha floor. I see 98 mustangs around town that look like they just came off the lot and they catch my eye. Not many but there are some. The paint & body is the first thing people see.
Especially for $45 thats cheap, thats about what my lower grill costed me
05-19-2006, 11:18 AM
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RE: Front fascia protective strip
This same thing happened to me at my job, only the curb was much higher. It put scratches all over the actual paint part, and broke that plastic piece in half. I just took it off and threw it away when I got home. :\
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