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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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well, a critter in the road took out my greddy lip and front splitter last night. was more like an explosion of the front end, and now on top of it i am left with the smell of burnt hair and general dead animal soup all under my car. i set the front up to be replaceable, and it did separate at the right spot so i just need a new lip. the down force lost is VERY noticeable
curious to see if anyone local has anything cool. would be open to just getting a new front spoiler, or might just get a whole new front bumper also. let me know what ya got!
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 10:31 AM
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I had 2 greddy front lips back in the day...they both busted in the same spot, just shy of the right fake inlet. A c-west front lip would look sick w/ your setup with the center kept carbon...
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 10:54 AM
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ya, i knew they broke right at those spots, i even went through and really reinforced it in those areas to help it from cracking. at 130mph though, it would of needed to be made of steel and welded to the frame, lol. didn't even see it, just a quick snap and then the sound of dragging parts that i quickly scubbed off witha few turns of the steering wheel. luckily, there is only a couple supperficial scratches outside of the greddy lip outline. i could get another and paint it and be good, but might change things up abit.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 11:03 AM
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Stupid animals, jumping out in front of vehicles moving at high speed.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 11:22 AM
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stupid animals jumping out in front of you LOL! RIP front lip..
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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That almost happend to me, I was driving on a somewhat windy road and this squirrel pops out of no where and just stares at my car....

I actually saw one squirrel that would sit on the fence and look for a clear crossing then cross, that's a smart little rodent.
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Pics or it didn't happen.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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This is precisely why I hate all deer & Grant's Pass, OR.
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 02:40 PM
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Barely avoided two raccoons that tried to cross 520 right before the bridge, just this year. Poly > FG in these situations!
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thats great!!
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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Pics or it didn't happen.
i will post some up. don't really want to go and look at it right now i did see a bunch of fur and other pelt like debris under the car and it swirled up with blood and fur on my rear bumper

effed that little dude up, whatever it was

for those who havn't seen how low my car is, there was only about 2" of clearance. i knew it was bound to happen, surprised it took almost a year!

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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 03:12 PM
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Maybe you have enough critter pieces left for your next motorcycle seat?
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 03:19 PM
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thinking more of a matching hat! something in the davey crockett style
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 12:13 AM
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i feel your pain...i destroyed mine from a raccoon doing 70 on I405
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still had its intestines on the front lip.
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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oh yeah, dont forget to lift your car and see if any of the culprit is left under there...had this guy down there for about a month, maybe more...was wondering why my car still smelled bad...



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^^^

That's gnarly!
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 06:15 AM
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lol at the remains being stuck under the car
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 06:21 AM
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Lol! omg that is gross, I think I would just go through an automatic car wash and get the under body spray
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