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Old May 26, 2006 | 02:36 AM
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Exhaust leak?? Baaaad back fire??? Flame throwers? lol

This is what we found when we pulled the rear bumper off.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 04:46 AM
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Exhaust leak?? Baaaad back fire??? Flame throwers? lol

This is what we found when we pulled the rear bumper off.

What could have caused this to happen??
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Old May 26, 2006 | 05:22 AM
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My first guess would be that the tip of the muffler came off and let the exhaust blow up under the rear bumper.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 07:01 AM
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Thats nothing a little Viagra wont fix
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Old May 26, 2006 | 07:51 AM
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Thats nothing a little Viagra wont fix

what dean, no photo to go along with that statement??????

ohh thats right some people just got suspended for that
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Old May 26, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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talk about thermal breakdown...
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Old May 26, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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Looks like my 12 year old leaned against it and farted.
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yup, exhaust tips that didn't extend past the rear bumper, It was just like that one mine, although not as bad.
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