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Old 01-28-2010 | 02:22 PM
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Effin Road debris destroyed my front end..

Sad to say this year is not going well with me..
My whole front end is torn up and my second front lip was destroyed by something on the road.. but good thing is i didn't swerve.
Guess its time again for a new lip.... or should i get another evo-r... or new bumper.. hmmm

Pics will be up later
Old 01-28-2010 | 02:44 PM
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Well a decent clear bra might help your bumper, hood and fenders.
Old 01-28-2010 | 02:45 PM
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Sorry to hear this. I hate road debri.
Old 01-28-2010 | 03:36 PM
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Road debris is the worst. Any pics for us to see the damage? Good luck!
Old 01-28-2010 | 03:44 PM
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that sucks man.

time to get a bush guard. :D

Old 01-28-2010 | 03:49 PM
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I find the more I try to protect something it just makes it more prone to getting damaged exactly where the protection is not covering it. So I say screw it.

Sorry to hear, good luck on getting it all fixed.
Old 01-28-2010 | 04:02 PM
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clear bra definitely helps
Old 01-28-2010 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Vlaze
I find the more I try to protect something it just makes it more prone to getting damaged exactly where the protection is not covering it.
Or that you care about it so much you know every little spec of metallic, every little paint scuff, etc, so when you do slightly damage it, you can tell from a mile away. lol
Old 01-28-2010 | 04:36 PM
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I lost a front bumper on my previous car due to a flying piece of plywood! Scared the heck out of me when it came flying towards the car.
Old 01-28-2010 | 04:54 PM
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Some dipwad lost an aluminum ladder on the interstate last week. I saw it come off a few cars up. Several cars took it out, most of them tailgating so much they couldn't have avoided it. Luckily the 8 was nimble enough to dodge it and the pile of cars along the sides of the road that weren't.
Old 01-28-2010 | 05:12 PM
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ouch that sucks man, i've been through 2 of that lip myself, i told my self no more and saving up for a ms bumper instead
Old 01-28-2010 | 06:35 PM
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sell me your lip and get you a new one
Old 01-28-2010 | 07:43 PM
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that sucks man i was driving on the highway some guys whole exhaust fell off his car cat back and everything broke my right front light and scratched my bumper bad stupid ppl
Old 01-28-2010 | 09:48 PM
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Yeah im going to grab a few pics tonight when i jack her up to see the damage.
I know the following is broken..
-the carbon front lip
-the under tray
-the two side pieces next to the undertray is torn up.
-the rotor shape thing is smashed.

I hit what appeared to be a good sized tree branch.
Someone told me to contact CalTran since it was road debris, anyone know of this?

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Old 01-28-2010 | 10:31 PM
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Sorry to hear man.
Old 01-29-2010 | 09:33 PM
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Old 01-29-2010 | 10:56 PM
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Sorry about your incident. I had the exact same thing happen to me around end of April last year. You can check my threads to see the damage. Your damage looks similar to mine.
Old 01-31-2010 | 01:01 AM
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interesting how much was the repair?
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