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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:14 PM
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ok... so i thought i was the only one who had this but i already noticed 2 Z's w/simliar if not the same marks on their rear bumpers. At first, i thought a valet attendant in ktown did this to my bumper... but i noticed two other Z's w/this imprint. it's shaped like this ---> _____| under the license plate. about the size of a large broadway mirror. here's a pic but you can barely make it out in the pic. anyone know anything about this?

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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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oh yeah i see what you are talking about....i have never seen heard or noticed that before....i'm going to go check mine now
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:22 PM
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just checked mine and i didn't see anything like that...but my car is yellow and a bit dirty right now so i'll check again when its clean and shiney but i didn't see anything
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:27 PM
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I can't see what you're talking about....
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:29 PM
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its smack in the middle of the picture, its very faint, if you follow the right corner of the license plate down to the bumper you see it almost looks like a slightly lighter shade of grey
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:32 PM
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Ohhh shoot! I have that on my '05 DB Z too!!! Noticed it awhile ago. I thought someone just tapped my car or something. It's barely noticeable, but if you look at it from an angle you can see it. WOw... anyone else?
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:36 PM
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highside107 are you being serious or you being sarcastic? if you're serious, then...








WTH??! your car got abducted by aliens too!
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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its smack in the middle of the picture, its very faint, if you follow the right corner of the license plate down to the bumper you see it almost looks like a slightly lighter shade of grey
I see it now. I'll check when I get home. I have the same color Z.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:38 PM
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I may not have it though. My rear bumper has been replaced once.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:49 PM
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WTH??! your car got abducted by aliens too!
Dead serious man. It's not exactly like yours though where it looks like _____|. Mine just looks like this, with one-ever-so-slight crease: |
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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yea... i noticed one of those... actually my gf did. she was like... hey! that guy has the same mark as you but it doesn't have an "underscore".

noticed one in so cal koreatown at club karnak as i was driving by... he was getting valet. same silver

now i'm really getting curious as to where it came from... someone must know
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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I also have it!
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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Maybe if we could get a photo of the other (inside) side of the bumper... there could be a ridge running along the plastic which distorts the urethane in a L shape on the outside during molding.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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I see it too. Look really close at the picture....
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by USN HM 350Z
I see it too. Look really close at the picture....
Ewww acrylic! Nothing but glass on glass.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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As far as I can remember there isn't anything on the inside to cause that...but I don't remember the inside of the bumper too well.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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damn, i have it too...looks like its time for a new bodykit
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:26 PM
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Cracky, i'd rather it be on my forehead then the car!!
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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checked mine...don't have it.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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