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Old 05-08-2009, 02:35 PM
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of course you can has fresh carbon

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Old 05-08-2009, 02:39 PM
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carbon's car is ugly, no fresh fo him : )
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Old 05-08-2009, 02:59 PM
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very nice..
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Well I made it to the dealership @ 7:45am for my appointment to have the molding put on. In their notes they had windshield motor, not molding. So after an hour I get called back up to the front where they say they can't do it and they put me on the phone with the auto glass company they use.

Luckily, yesterday when I was at the first dealership that said they couldn't do it I also made an appointment at another local auto glass shop, in preparation for me arriving to the 2nd dealership and them saying they can't do it as they inevitably did, for 9am so after leaving the dealership I go to the auto glass shop where this happened while they were removing the old molding



And naturally they didn't have my windshield in stock so it could be replaced so I have to go back at 2pm to have the new windshield and molding put on.

So I make it home and decide to take a pic of the damage and naturally my glove box will not unlock so I had to go back to the dealership for them to fix that so i'm just now posting.

All I wanted to do was get the molding put on and wash the car
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Ouch! Luck is not on your side.
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Old 05-08-2009, 04:07 PM
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Wtf is a windshield motor?

And I know what you mean, I'm just saying that in terms of 'how dumb could that dealership possibly be.'
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Old 05-08-2009, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
Ouch! Luck is not on your side.
Who are you telling!! Yesterday was awesome, today is proving to be quite the pain.
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U truely r cursed!
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Old 05-08-2009, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ecko04
Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
Ouch! Luck is not on your side.
Who are you telling!! Yesterday was awesome, today is proving to be quite the pain.
Look on the bright side, at least the shop broke the windshield and fessed up to it.
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Old 05-08-2009, 04:33 PM
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^ true, they could have said that you brought it in like that
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Old 05-08-2009, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SATownScion
^ true, they could have said that you brought it in like that
Jee sounds like something A&A would do! Oh wait, they did! They dropped my carbon fiber Kaminari hood & claimed I brought it in like that, yet....the chips had wet clear coat on it.

bastards.
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Old 05-08-2009, 05:27 PM
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That's nuts. I just got a nice rock CHUNK in my windshield. It looks way worst because my whole windshield is tinted. At least your getting it fixed
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Old 05-11-2009, 06:27 AM
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To those that have done that swap to the sunroof on Specs are few and I'll give them props for getting it done. I spent $2,300 on my swap. lol, Well it got me a tC that's 2 years newer. It sucks to see your window cracked and the runaround to get a piece of molding installed.
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Old 05-11-2009, 01:42 PM
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New windshield is on w/ the new molding.

Its raining like the dickens so now I get to see how well it is sealed

Camera phone pic before the rain started coming down.

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Old 05-11-2009, 01:55 PM
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awesome job! I actually want the spec roof because I never use my moonroof. I jus keep it tilted upwards never actually open it. great job bro!
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:47 PM
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Question...are the spec headliners different?
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:48 PM
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I think the only difference is for the sunroof switch, could be wrong.
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Old 05-11-2009, 04:02 PM
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hmm that is a good question, I think they don't have the button but everything else should be the same no? I think they still have the curtain slider thingy
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Old 05-11-2009, 04:07 PM
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^Way to say the same thing CarbonXe did, dee dee dee.

p.s. I'VE BEEN DRIVING MY TC FOR 3 DAYS NOW. in yo face!
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Originally Posted by kiss_kiss_kill
^Way to say the same thing CarbonXe did, dee dee dee.

p.s. I'VE BEEN DRIVING MY TC FOR 3 DAYS NOW. in yo face!
Please never say 'dee dee dee' ever again.
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