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Old Jul 31, 2016 | 06:40 PM
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Have you ever seen someone replace a reinforcement bar by cutting up the car from the top?

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Old Jul 31, 2016 | 06:46 PM
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Those nice sharp corner cuts in the fiberglass are going to be a pleasure to conceal… especially after the car's been painted for a couple of years.
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Holy hackjob Batman!
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Old Jul 31, 2016 | 08:49 PM
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Those nice sharp corner cuts in the fiberglass are going to be a pleasure to conceal… especially after the car's been painted for a couple of years.
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What was the thought process that went into that idea?
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FantomWorks? I saw that episode, brief shot to the cut away surround panel.

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Old Aug 1, 2016 | 07:36 AM
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...What was the thought process that went into that idea?...
Ignorance. Not knowing enough about C3s to know how to make the proper repair.
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Old Aug 1, 2016 | 09:28 AM
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Yikes!
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Old Aug 1, 2016 | 10:12 AM
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Funny enough, but sadly there will probably be a couple of hundred cars being hacked up because some of the owners watching these shows think that the bozos in them have a clue about what they're doing.
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wow, can not believe they did that !
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Even pros can do Bubba work when they don't know what they're working on.
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FantomWorks, not one of my favorite examples...but??? Strange, you never see the shows about do-overs???
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Wow.. they'll regret that soon..

I guess they didn't find my pdf on how do to this from below.

http://repairs.willcoxcorvette.com/1...-installation/

There should be a thread on here possibly as a sticky titled "What not to do to your car" and this would be one of the first post...

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Originally Posted by 3JsVette
What was the thought process that went into that idea?
Originally Posted by Easy Mike
Ignorance. Not knowing enough about C3s to know how to make the proper repair.

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Wow.. they'll regret that soon..

I guess they didn't find my pdf on how do to this from below.

http://repairs.willcoxcorvette.com/1...-installation/

There should be a thread on here possibly as a sticky titled "What not to do to your car" and this would be one of the first post...

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They didn`t do their homework!
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if you/somebody was stupid enough to take off the header bar and bonding strips too,how would you re-align them or does the header bar only go in 1 place?,and what about the height ?,im sure that makes a difference as to headlight fitment?
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OBVIOUSLY someone DOES NOT have a clue knowing how to work on a Corvette.

MAN-OH-MAN.....Are they going to regret that in time.....I would bet on it. 6 points where the seam can begin to crack.

And what is CRAZY...no one there knows about the 'Corvette Forum' and asked for help.

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Wow.. they'll regret that soon..

I guess they didn't find my pdf on how do to this from below.

http://repairs.willcoxcorvette.com/1...-installation/

There should be a thread on here possibly as a sticky titled "What not to do to your car" and this would be one of the first post...

Willcox
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Holy crack probagation - batman
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FantomWorks? I saw that episode, brief shot to the cut away surround panel.

Yep, I liked to freak out when they showed that. Some should send them a link to the forum. I think that guy spent over 100K to fix that vette.
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It was FantomWorks. The fuel line was an abortion too. That Vette will catch on fire in no time!
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