What did you do to your car today? My car isn't fast, it's only 10s in the 1/4 mile

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Lighthammer: Mar 13, 2007

My car has a goatee as of last week. It's not low enough to worry about scraping but it doesn't look like one of those trucks they race in the desert anymore either.

Now I need to clear up those headlights.

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Lighthammer: Mar 13, 2007

kalvick posted:

then get a Mach 1 Grill Delete to complement the Mach 1 chin spoiler!!!

Thought about it, but I can't trust myself not to replace the pony with an Autobot symbol or something equally ridiculous. So for now I'm sticking with the corral.

Vanagoon posted:

First: Needs to get a bottle of Plast-X. stat. Hazy headlights suck.

I got some Blue Magic headlight cleaner yesterday. It completely cleared up the passenger side light but there's a bit left on the driver's. Thanks for the link though.

Pixelated posted:

Me and a friend were talking about Don Hertzfeldt yesterday so I decided to conduct an experiment with some cheap pinstriping tape:

Awesome. I would've gone with a balloon but seriously, that rules.

Edit: This balloon.

Lighthammer fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Jul 8, 2009

# ¿ Jul 8, 2009 00:47

Lighthammer: Mar 13, 2007

I took the spoiler off Wednesday on my lunch break. Used nylon plugs with RTV sealant to fill the holes. I'm not real happy with the paint job I did on the plugs but they'll be replaced as soon as I find smaller ones.

Today when I got home from work I noticed one of my neighbors had removed the spoiler on his Probe. This car has a rattlecan orange paint job complete with(somewhat appropriate) orange peel finish and overspray on the tailpipe, and until recently a big ugly ricer wing. From the way the metal is pulled up around the screw holes it looks like he pried it off with a 2x4 without even popping the trunk. I hope the guy plans on filling the holes with something before it rains again.

Edit: Pic

Lighthammer fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Jul 11, 2009

# ¿ Jul 11, 2009 06:19

Lighthammer: Mar 13, 2007

kalvick posted:

then get a Mach 1 Grill Delete to complement the Mach 1 chin spoiler

Ok.

Before:

After:

# ¿ Jul 25, 2009 17:18

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