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veedubfreak posted:Not to mention the el cheapo carbon hoods are much more likely to slap the poo poo out of your windshield at speed. Or that they are usually made of fiberglass and only covered with one layer carbon or that they will yellow with time due to UV damage
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eyebeem posted:I hate that I actually like how carbon and/or black hoods look on some cars. Especially white cars. The finest carbon vinyl money can buy.
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Feb 10, 2016 21:49
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Wolfsbane posted:Hey guys, I'm going to install a carbon fibre bonnet and be one of the cool kids Even if I squint, I can't guess what '24CKK' is supposed to mean
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Feb 11, 2016 00:14
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MetaJew posted:Does anyone have a pic of the Forza 4(?) Aventador skin with all the parts labeled a la A vent, A door, A wing, etc?  Not shown: "A Stig" under the driver side window  First skin I downloaded when I got the game.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:
Generic Lamborghini.
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spog posted:Even if I squint, I can't guess what '24CKK' is supposed to mean I'm pretty sure most countries don't let you order personalized plates
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Feb 11, 2016 00:57
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Maker Of Shoes posted:
Yessssss. Do you recall what the skin was called?
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The UK does though. That's not a standard format plate, so he paid money to have it on his car for some reason. The image is a link to his build thread if anyone gives enough of a poo poo to go digging. It's probably worth it just for his terrible wheel choices. e: if you've never seen a DS3 in person, the scale might not be coming through in that picture. The black bit is the only part that opens, and it's less than 2 feet long. Wolfsbane fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Feb 11, 2016 |
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eyebeem posted:I hate that I actually like how carbon and/or black hoods look on some cars. Especially white cars. I've got a black bonnet on my car because a manhole cover fell from a garage roof (girlfriends parents house) during a cyclone and it was much cheaper to just have it painted black than to have the metallic silver blended in correctly. I think damaged paint on bonnets is the number #1 reason why most of them are painted black around here.
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Why the hell did they have a manhole cover on their roof? I know you said it was during a cyclone but if the wind was powerful enough to lift a manhole cover out of the street and toss it onto someone's roof I very much doubt a dented hood would be your biggest problem.
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spog posted:Even if I squint, I can't guess what '24CKK' is supposed to mean 24 Karot Gold muthafukka 
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Jo3sh posted:KK would be potassium (twice), though. Gold would be AG. Silver is Ag Gold is Au
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Feb 11, 2016 05:18
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Damnit, you're right.
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Feb 11, 2016 05:43
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That's going to be expensive 
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spog posted:Even if I squint, I can't guess what '24CKK' is supposed to mean I want to say 'ZACK' but with a superfluous T and K.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Why the hell did they have a manhole cover on their roof? I know you said it was during a cyclone but if the wind was powerful enough to lift a manhole cover out of the street and toss it onto someone's roof I very much doubt a dented hood would be your biggest problem. Im pretty sure he means the little timber or gyprock panel that covers the hole into your ceiling cavity rather than the cast iron bastard out in the street that covers the sewer...
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dissss posted:That's going to be expensive I'd say the suspension will be cheaper to fix than the body panel which should just be replaced
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Ferremit posted:Im pretty sure he means the little timber or gyprock panel that covers the hole into your ceiling cavity rather than the cast iron bastard out in the street that covers the sewer... That makes a lot more sense to me. I used to work in manholes (phone, not sewer), and those covers are loving heavy.
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tobu posted:I've got a black bonnet on my car because a manhole cover fell from a garage roof (girlfriends parents house) during a cyclone and it was much cheaper to just have it painted black than to have the metallic silver blended in correctly. You did it wrong. All the cool kids sand the paint off then pour lemon juice/pee on the hood so it has a "patina".
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The Locator posted:That makes a lot more sense to me. I used to work in manholes (phone, not sewer), and those covers are loving heavy. I've seen one fly twenty feet straight up during a storm. That was some scary poo poo.
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MetaJew posted:Yessssss. Do you recall what the skin was called? Sadly, no. I vaguely remember searching for 'a vent a door' but that was years ago. Sorry duders 
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dissss posted:That's going to be expensive my friend saw that happen!
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Sadly, no. I vaguely remember searching for 'a vent a door' but that was years ago. Oooooooooooooooooooh i get it now!
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iwentdoodie posted:I've seen one fly twenty feet straight up during a storm. That was some scary poo poo. Was it from wind suction, or pressure head from the storm sewer? Either way, pretty loving insane. https://youtu.be/DmVy9y956Dk
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Ferremit posted:Im pretty sure he means the little timber or gyprock panel that covers the hole into your ceiling cavity rather than the cast iron bastard out in the street that covers the sewer... This is the right of it. We still call those manholes but we basically gently caress up language on a daily basis in North Queensland.... oval office. veedubfreak posted:You did it wrong. All the cool kids sand the paint off then pour lemon juice/pee on the hood so it has a "patina". Actually the sun and lack of insulation under the bonnet was kinda already doing that...
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NoWake posted:Was it from wind suction, or pressure head from the storm sewer? Either way, pretty loving insane. Pressure from the sewer. It was happening all over the island, few people and vehicles got seriously hurt by them. I had honestly never even considered that happening as a possibility in life.
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Pictured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odbvUh76sJo
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kastein posted:Pictured: hahaha the random "oh my god!" from the guy in a pink umbrella is priceless.
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Stay safe parking pawl
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I like the morons who drive through anyways. "Yep this is a place I want to be, in fact I think I'll get closer. There's no way this could escalate without warning."
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kastein posted:Pictured: Looks like it's getting a sloppy enema
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All this flying manhole cover talk and today in Boston a woman was killed by such a thing. They're saying another vehicle dislodged the cover sending it airborne when It crashed through the windshield of the woman's Honda. Pretty terrible car stuff there. Full story for those interested https://www.bostonglobe.com/2016/02...2ZRN/story.html They're saying that it was most likely a heavy vehicle, possibly a truck, that dislodged the cover and sent it airborne but they are looking over surveillance footage to try and figure out exactly what happened.
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bigbillystyle posted:All this flying manhole cover talk and today in Boston a woman was killed by such a thing. They're saying another vehicle dislodged the cover sending it airborne when It crashed through the windshield of the woman's Honda. Pretty terrible car stuff there. Full story for those interested https://www.bostonglobe.com/2016/02...2ZRN/story.html Wow... that's, pretty terrible. Not a drat thing you could do about that either if you are the poor person that it flys up in front of. I'm sort of shocked that they have unsecured manhole covers on an interstate though. Here we don't have any manholes on any of the freeways or interstates, they are only on surface streets which have lower speed limits, and even there, if they are on semi-high speed streets in main traffic lanes they are typically secured, usually with terrible 5 pointed bolts that are always screwed up and a huge pain to get off, but sometimes they are actually welded, which is even more of a pain in the rear end if you need to get into that manhole. The picture of that manhole cover from the article shows no visible securing points. Still would take some freak set of circumstances to get it dislodged and launched into the air though.
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When I was in high school a teacher at my school was killed when an oncoming truck hit a deer that smashed through her car's windshield on a 4 lane, divided highway. Pretty bad luck, there.
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kastein posted:Pictured: On the plus side I bet the undercarriage of that car is spotless now
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I hope they never publicly ID the truck. What a lovely feeling to know you caused someone's death, even though it was by pure coincidence.
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The Locator posted:Wow... that's, pretty terrible. Not a drat thing you could do about that either if you are the poor person that it flys up in front of. I'm surprised at that too, that there are unsecure manhole covers on such a busy interstate. Supposedly there is an inspection process for all the drains and manhole covers set by the state that happens every 2 years and this cover was inspected in June of 2014 so it was just about due for its bi-annual checkup. I don't know what there is to inspect though if it isn't even held down by bolts or welds. Maybe just the overall fit?
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Ether Frenzy posted:When I was in high school a teacher at my school was killed when an oncoming truck hit a deer that smashed through her car's windshield on a 4 lane, divided highway. Pretty bad luck, there. Deer are amazing car destroying weapons once airborne. I was behind a Grand Prix when a Dodge Ram hit a deer in the opposite lane of a county road. The deer flew across the road, hit the Pontiac, then rolled over it and went under my car. I got airborne and destroyed my bumper and wheel bearings, the Ram was a total write off, and the Pontiac was missing most of it's front quarter, had a broken windshield, and a creased roof.
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8ender posted:On the plus side I bet the car is totaled now fixed that for you. All those focus need to die.. all of them.
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