Don't make this mistake
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Don't make this mistake
I was washing my 02 Camaro and I opened the hood with the wipers raised and cracked the windshield. I found no warning about this in the owner’s manual but I’m still feeling very stupid.
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Originally Posted by CANNIBAL
Yep, happens quite a bit
Funny, I thought I was the only one to do this.
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There is acually an addendum (sp?) that they give with the Manual that says not to to that. It also says to stay away from "No-Touch" car washes because the high pressure water can blow through the T-Tops and it recommends rubbing di-electric grease (not sure on that one) into the rubber T-Top seals to make them last longer.
It says a couple other things too, but I'm not sure where it is at the moment to check.
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It says a couple other things too, but I'm not sure where it is at the moment to check.
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Originally Posted by PSU_Engineer
Yep, did this the same way last September. That was a nice $400.
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Originally Posted by RobzwickidSS
Damn 400 bucks. I just replaced mine and it came to 184 labor and new seal included. But I was trying to get my wipers off when I cracked mine.
It's a funny story how I cracked the glass. I have a Z28 by the way (important to note b/c of the steel hood)
I was washing the car one sunny day and thought it would be a good idea to wash under the hood. Like Gary Z, I had put the arms up to wash under them as well. As I'm putting the hood up I hear creaking and cracking. So I think, "It's just the composite hood creaking on the metal hinges." and dismissed it as nothing to worry about. I even bounced the hood off the springs a couple of times to make the sound happen again so I can locate it.
Then about 5 min later my brain kicks in and says. Hey, you don't have an SS, that hood isn't composite!
Yet furthur proof that engineers have no common sense
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I just washed my car, was detailing it, raised the hood with the windshiled wipers up and broke off the right wiper...this piece cost me $98 and a smartass remark from my wife of 9 years.....
For sale: A bad cook with a smart mouth and bad attitude, responds to everything except what you ask for, and serves as a great reminder to slow down when exceeding 40mph. Will let her go real cheap. would offer pics but she breaks cameras............
For sale: A bad cook with a smart mouth and bad attitude, responds to everything except what you ask for, and serves as a great reminder to slow down when exceeding 40mph. Will let her go real cheap. would offer pics but she breaks cameras............
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ya, i started to do the same thing, it opened partially, i'm like WTF, so i push up VERY lightly and hear somethin so i immeadtly release pressure of the hood and drop it back down and then realized what i did, but nothing broke
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When I broke mine, people all over the neighborhood could hear me cussing so hard I ran out of english, It was this sickening cracking sound like a leg bone being broke real slow.... my wife walks out and sees me holding this thing like a wounded bird, and goes "what the hell did you do that for, need another reason to blow some more money on your toy?"
Note: It also works as a great boomarang...........
Note: It also works as a great boomarang...........
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Originally Posted by Joker
When I broke mine, people all over the neighborhood could hear me cussing so hard I ran out of english, It was this sickening cracking sound like a leg bone being broke real slow.... my wife walks out and sees me holding this thing like a wounded bird, and goes "what the hell did you do that for, need another reason to blow some more money on your toy?"
Note: It also works as a great boomarang...........
Note: It also works as a great boomarang...........
HAHAHAHAHA THATS GREAT a BOOMARANG!!!! hahahhahahahah
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The only other stupid thing I will admit to when it comes to cars is that was traveling across the UP of Michigan and driving all night to get to a club date in Traverse City. Major snow storm was going on at about 5 below 0, hadn't seen another person on the road in a couple of hours, had to have a smoke and since I don't smoke in the car, got out and left the engine on with the heater running full blast and locked myself out of the Honda I was driving. Spent twenty minutes digging in the snow for a rock to knock out the vent window of the back door window....in Michigan, every mechanic I talked to gave me **** for driving a Honda.....
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Originally Posted by Joker
For sale: A bad cook with a smart mouth and bad attitude, responds to everything except what you ask for, and serves as a great reminder to slow down when exceeding 40mph. Will let her go real cheap. would offer pics but she breaks cameras............
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I know of at least 5 local guys that have cracked the windshield doing the exact same thing. I make it a point to NEVER lift up the wiper blades, I just lift them up with my hand and wipe underneath them and put them back down immediately. Just because I fear memory loss and a cracked windshield.