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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 12:52 PM
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it finally happened, the day i was dreading. i was pulling into my friends driveway, and then i heard it, took my front ground fx's right off lol i knew it was gonna happen, just a matter of time, this really sucks but at least ill have money to fix it after this sunday(graduation ) ill get some pics, good thing is its only paint scraped off and no other damage to it, o well **** happens
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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if there was no other damage clean it up and get some good double sided tape and put it back on lol
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by My84Z
if there was no other damage clean it up and get some good double sided tape and put it back on lol
im gonna repaint it before i put it back on, its scratched/chiped pretty bad.
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Sorry to hear that Steve. I know the feeling well!!

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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 07:10 PM
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Your certainly not the only one. My passanger side one took a pretty good hit. That's the reason I replaced them with the Wings West front peice.
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 10:05 PM
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ya i didnt even realize intill i went to leave and i was like ****, lol its all good they needed to be painted anyways
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by GM Muscle
Your certainly not the only one. My passanger side one took a pretty good hit. That's the reason I replaced them with the Wings West front peice.
Is the front piece the only aftermarket piece on your car? Are the sides and rear the factory Y3F ones?
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by GoldenBird
Is the front piece the only aftermarket piece on your car? Are the sides and rear the factory Y3F ones?
Yep it's the only aftermarket piece on the car. The WW front peice is the only one that really matches the factory side skirts.
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That's interesting...was there extra drilling involved or does it mount like the factory side skirts? Yours caught my eye because the replacement ones I've seen (even from Wings West I thought?) look more like a modernized version of the RS body kit from the 93-97 cars in that they have several openings in the front in a vented look. Is it just the picture, or is yours one big wide opening?
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The whole thing is held on with double sided tape. You will probrably have to drill some two new holes in the fender wells for push clips. It is one big opening that has 3 little peices connecting it. I photoshoped mine out but will probrably end up cutting them out since it looks better like that. Their are some better pics on my website, http://nitrousfedmuscle.com/ .
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