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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 01:12 AM
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i hit some road debris outside of memphis. guy in front of me ran over pieces of tire left over from big rigs, i was traveling right behind around 85mph and hit. knocked out my lower grill, my fog covers and broke my upper grille.
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 01:14 AM
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Ouch! Is your windshield ok? You can find those pieces and buy them used from someone but that sucks, glad your ok.
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 02:41 AM
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time for billet
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 02:42 AM
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Good thing it was jsut the grille. You should consider yourself lucky.
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 06:05 AM
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sorry about the bad luck....however....picture a '60's-70's mod... remember the "tube grills"????
ie: small horizontal bars/tubes to give it a chrome grin.....

just a thought
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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man that's more damage than what happened to mine. I just lost my fog cover and one piece of da bottom (corner) grill. Atleast your okay and it waas only cosmetic parts!
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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Glad to hear your okay ! I see those tire treads all the time on the highways, glad not to tangle with any myself.
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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i do count my blessings as i was ok, and did not damage my windshield. it also cracked my bumper. i forgot to mention that. as i have no money for repairs rigt now im just gonan keep it as is. i have the upper grille in place with some bungee cord lol. dont wanna go thorugh my insurance because i just turned 25 and dont want to lose out any discounts
Old Jun 8, 2006 | 06:41 PM
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Hey its a Good reason to go aftermarket now still sucks though id be bent for awhile
Old Jun 9, 2006 | 12:24 AM
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man i thought mine was bad...there was a hole in the road and i nose-dove into it...



Old Jun 9, 2006 | 02:33 AM
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ouchies.
Old Jun 9, 2006 | 02:34 AM
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Ouch! Sorry to know of what happened. Time for a chrome grille.
Old Jul 1, 2006 | 04:20 AM
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get a three piece billet grill, you have an excuse to and it's fresh
Old Jul 1, 2006 | 04:26 AM
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ouch, ggez well at least those are easy to fix/replace, at least it didnt screw up the bumper
Old Jul 1, 2006 | 04:31 AM
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Same thing happen to me just the other night. Time for yet another front lip. Going onto my 3rd. lip.
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