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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dqlostsoulz
What really wont the paint crack??? I removed the bolt hammered in that part..shaved down part of the lip and fender lining and still rubbing.
take out the plastic piece that's attached to the bumper.. that might'be been one of the problems..
Old Feb 14, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BlkTC
take out the plastic piece that's attached to the bumper.. that might'be been one of the problems..

See Ben this is the same prob i was trying to explain to you about. When i would drive off the bumper clip would get caught on my tires and rip off!
Old Feb 14, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BlkTC
take out the plastic piece that's attached to the bumper.. that might'be been one of the problems..
No it is definitely not the plastic part. It is the metal part that just ate my tire.
Old Feb 14, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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You have to shave that off and drill a hole in the fender and bumper and use a ziptie
Old Feb 14, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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alright well im looking to get "aggressive" wheels soon! YAY! haha but im not going anything over 17's

im looking at 2 sets of wheels. 17x9 +35 is the first set (all around) and 17x9 +30 is the 2nd set (all around) do you guys think fender rolling/pulling will be necessary? and which one do you guys think i should go with? is that extra +5 offset a big difference? what do you guys think? any advice would be great.

also ill be looking into tires aswell. somehting stretched but nothing crazy. will 215/45/17's be fine? and again will i rub? ill be around 2.4'' front and 2.0" back

thanks
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by davedavetC
You have to shave that off and drill a hole in the fender and bumper and use a ziptie
This is what is looks like after beating it with a hammer...

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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:50 AM
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you dont even wanna see my rear wheel well^

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put in work today n painted them
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:57 AM
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ballin. I'm lovin the white on blue.
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 06:07 AM
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ktothesass, you know how it is..lol! Man my fronts are rubbing bad and I am afraid I am going to dent my quarter panel again when I turn.
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 06:08 AM
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Nice did you just change the color?
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by dqlostsoulz
This is what is looks like after beating it with a hammer...

nice!! mine's completely flat.. but since i had to bend the metal part that touches the bumper, the bumper doesn't sit flush.. but at least i don't have any metal cutting the tires..
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 08:45 AM
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im still having a hard time trying to figure out what you took a picture of?
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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im gonna be doing some work on mine tomorrow tho
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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BlkTC, how the hell did you get yours flat? I was banging the crap out them lips..
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ktothesass
im still having a hard time trying to figure out what you took a picture of?
and kevin its a picture of the rear lip bumper (inside) where the bolt was. I just cut some of the plastic off, trimmed off some bumper lip, removed the bolt and hammered away an the medal piece. Than painted it white so it would't rust.
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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ktothesass, more pics!
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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^that
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 07:43 PM
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do they glow in the dark?


Old Feb 15, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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ha no. thas anthonys matrix.
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