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Scraped the crap out of the front bumper yesterday

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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 12:49 AM
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wow get used to it...... you have to hit it just right or grit your teeth............
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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get used to it it happens often it just hurts my feelings
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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this happened to me more than once. its worse when you hear metal from your exhaust scraping. Just try to stay away from driveways like that.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 04:47 AM
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That piece of plastic in the front from the 'aero package' catches all the time. Usually I touch it a little bit trying to park too far into spots. It's a little fraid on the bottom but not visible, oh well, it's a $65 piece of plastic.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by 07TouringZ
my only advice is to approach anything uneven from a 45 degree angle (like when entering/exiting parking lots) - this helps me not to scrape
That does help alot..my driveway is such that I enter it at an angle and havent "bruised" the bottom of the car yet. This is a good point!!
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 06:14 AM
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what a biatch...you should see how low my car is...my lip will never forgive me
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 06:23 AM
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sounds like everyone has a story or two, this makes me feel better abou the situtation. My Z is an 07 and the 1st one I have owned, so the 1st little scrape or ding I wanna shoot somebody! :>
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 06:31 AM
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Same here it's almost impossible not to scrape if you are lowered. I scraped my new V1 CF lip and I was mad, but I remember the same thing happening to me when I had my Vertex kit. No matter how careful you are it's going to happen.

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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 08:51 AM
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people get pissed because i pull in and out incredibly slow, but its inevitable, your gonna scrape it. the bottom of my trial lip is scraped top hell. good thing you cant see it.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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yea, your story sounds familiar... one of the primary reasons of buyin the aerosync bumper
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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Get it repaired. That fiberglass rusts like crazy and will act like a cancer to your whole car.






jk. Just don't pull up too far to a parking block. Instead of a scratching sound you could hear a loud "crack". Then you will have a reason to be sick in your mouth.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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zipties save lives...nuff said
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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i always scratch the front too when i park in my driveway because of the steep hill. like people said, its not visible, but do try to angle your car. its hard for me to angle it since everyone park so damn close to me.
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