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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 04:19 AM
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awesome job. i want one too.
Old Jan 11, 2011 | 04:23 AM
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looks good but dang thats lowww
Old Jan 11, 2011 | 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by TscionC05
looks good but dang thats lowww
It's not that low, my driveway is really sloped...

Speaking of sloped, there was a freak snowstorm in South Carolina today, and while I tried to shovel the snow off of my driveway, my xB decided to go sledding down my driveway and run into the back of my wife's 4Runner. Seriously...my "parked" xB started sliding on the ice by itself, that's how much of an incline I have...

And the resulting damage...




Ran right into the 4Runner's trailer hitch...guess I'll be doing some zip tie bumper stitching in the near future...I think it shows character!

Some other snow pics...


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Had to chock the wheels off after my little incident to try to keep the car from sliding anymore...






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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 12:55 PM
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dang your driveway is sloped bad, that sucks
Old Jan 16, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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lol, with all that snow it looks like you are using the rack to transport it.
Old Jan 16, 2011 | 11:53 PM
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what year.
Old Jan 17, 2011 | 01:22 AM
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Wow... that actually fits surprisingly well...
Old Jan 17, 2011 | 01:38 AM
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Sorry to hear about the sliding on ice incident. The lip looks great, looks a lot better than I thought it would.

Where in SC do you live?
Old Jan 17, 2011 | 01:54 AM
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Live in Greenville...




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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 02:19 AM
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Awesome I lived in Charleston, well Summerville to be precise. I miss SC
Old Mar 4, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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Neat followup to your HD lip ! I can't even consider such a thing since depending on angle the fascia bottom already scrapes my driveway entrance . Damned shame about that ice accident -- maybe you could just fiberglass the inside of that rip?
Old Mar 5, 2011 | 03:23 AM
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dude better chalk your wheels from the back.
Old May 22, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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so I decided to bite a little bit and did this with my xB. All I have to say is: Emanuel's came out nicer than mine. Lol! Mine has a couple bulges in the front. Haha!
Old May 22, 2011 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by xseveredveganx
so I decided to bite a little bit and did this with my xB. All I have to say is: Emanuel's came out nicer than mine. Lol! Mine has a couple bulges in the front. Haha!
Pics or it didn't happen.
Old May 23, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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Not the best picture, but a picture regardless. Weather has been pretty Seattle-ish for the past month.
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Old May 24, 2011 | 02:06 AM
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Looks good to me! But what the hell did you do to your bumper??
Old May 24, 2011 | 02:50 AM
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Haha! Long story. I haven't had luck with front bumpers... first front bumper got hemmed up when I first got it. I was backing out and didn't notice my roommate's girlfriend's car to the right rear of me. I turned into her driver's side. Then on an icy snowy day, I was stopped at a light behind a 16year old kid in a 2wd 4cylinder S-10. Kid didn't know how to drive it well in the snow and started peeling out. I hopped out of my car to help him and yelled "STOP!", he didn't stop. Slid into me.
Fast forward a bit and I finally get it fixed and shaved the tow hook knockouts. Then about 8 months later, while pulling into a restaurant parking lot taking the JDM angle, a guy (not paying attention) ran into me. It was Xmas and the police officer that showed up wasn't very helpful. Since it was technically on private property, he couldn't do anything. We exchanged information and his insurance had lapsed 4 months ago. Geico wasn't at all helpful, so I've been rocking it.
You didn't get the memo? It's the cool thing to rock a fudged up front bumper. It's going to be the next sticker bomb and plaid craze. :D
Old May 24, 2011 | 06:46 AM
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That blows!! Maybe you should just take the whole bumper cover off, LOL! I have been thinking about doing the whole black out thing with the plasti dip stuff since every rock in the state of MD seems to bounce off the front of my B. I am not a huge fan of the Hitler stash but its either that or get some vinyl cut that says "Rock chips aint sh*t!!"
Old May 26, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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sweet

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Old May 26, 2011 | 07:06 PM
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this ground clearance is sick. what are you dropped on in this pic?



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