Stripes on..well half :)
06-20-2006, 12:08 AM
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Stripes on..well half :)
After trying to get someone to put on my stripes, and everyone saying no, I decided to nut up today and try to do it myself. Got my buddy over and we did the hood and front bumper. It's definetly a bia-bia! Anyone attempting this, soapy water makes it 10x easier...on my next day off i hope to finish, pics soon it's dark out, and i want to wait on pics till i get my painted lip back and on anyway 
That's the good news, bad news is i had a parking lot fender bender with an SUV today. I was backing out and already straightning out and he back out at the same time right behind me...I hear a huge crunch then i cry "Oh ****!". I ended up backing into his side, amazingly no damage at all to my baby, thank god...somehow he got a big ol' dent in his door where we hit though. Long story short, cops came, noone was ticketed so each of us would've had to claim on our own insurence, I told him in leiu of him calling his insurence <and thus mine being called, because i wasn't claiming anything i wasn't calling> and making my rates go up, I offered to go half with him on the repair...which totals 400- from me. So i guess no c&l/ tuner this month
But hey-
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That's the good news, bad news is i had a parking lot fender bender with an SUV today. I was backing out and already straightning out and he back out at the same time right behind me...I hear a huge crunch then i cry "Oh ****!". I ended up backing into his side, amazingly no damage at all to my baby, thank god...somehow he got a big ol' dent in his door where we hit though. Long story short, cops came, noone was ticketed so each of us would've had to claim on our own insurence, I told him in leiu of him calling his insurence <and thus mine being called, because i wasn't claiming anything i wasn't calling> and making my rates go up, I offered to go half with him on the repair...which totals 400- from me. So i guess no c&l/ tuner this month
But hey-
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06-20-2006, 12:13 AM
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RE: Stripes on..well half :)
ah shame about the ooopsie dude, but hey, look on the bright side, its not 400- for his repair AND 400- for ur repair 
i also went to see my stripe guy and we have changed the design from 1 big stripe to 2 10 inch stripes as he thought it would be too much work to wrap the 5 angles on the GT front bumper
i also went to see my stripe guy and we have changed the design from 1 big stripe to 2 10 inch stripes as he thought it would be too much work to wrap the 5 angles on the GT front bumper
06-20-2006, 12:57 AM
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RE: Stripes on..well half :)
Oops! From what I've been hearing from other people our bumpers are really strong(also from personal experience[&:]). Hope the strips come out nice and not crooked.
06-20-2006, 01:22 AM
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RE: Stripes on..well half :)
the bumper may be strong but .... the paint isnt strong.... people like hitting my car.... i got keyed the other day ....... and yea... from people hitting my car in parking lots and being keyed... a 2mph hit rips the paint off...
06-20-2006, 01:33 AM
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RE: Stripes on..well half :)
ORIGINAL: Puleo76
the bumper may be strong but .... the paint isnt strong.... people like hitting my car.... i got keyed the other day ....... and yea... from people hitting my car in parking lots and being keyed... a 2mph hit rips the paint off...
the bumper may be strong but .... the paint isnt strong.... people like hitting my car.... i got keyed the other day ....... and yea... from people hitting my car in parking lots and being keyed... a 2mph hit rips the paint off...
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