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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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Was on the phone w/EX and I forgot I had not bolted in the top and you guessed it. it came off on the on ramp to the highway. It was a miracle it did not hit another car and another that nobody hit it, but it landed on its top and now I need to have it repainted. About how much should it cost to have it sanded down and repainted?
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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$250 - $400 Max

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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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congrats on joining the flying roof club.

but, didnt it rattle a lot before you got to the interstate?
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congrats
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congrats
great smilie.
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I thought that only happened to C6's.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 11:02 PM
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That will teach you to chat with X while your driving your vette!
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we have some old friends of ours that hit one the other day. a car in front of them ran over it and then they did. I'm not for sure but i'm guessing that if they weren't so old they would have the reflexes to miss it.
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Originally Posted by Corvette for life
congrats on joining the flying roof club.

but, didnt it rattle a lot before you got to the interstate?
It's a C4, who's gonna notice one more rattle?
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That sux almost happend to me but I grabbed mine before it flew all the way off, scared the crap out of me when it happend.

Good Luck getting low prices.
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Happened to me years ago in a Ford product with a glass take out top. All over route 10 going towards LA. July 1982.
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Originally Posted by Corvette Kid NC
It's a C4, who's gonna notice one more rattle?
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Originally Posted by Yakko
I thought that only happened to C6's.

Nope, us C4 guys started it
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Nope, us C4 guys started it

That should be part of the C6 advertising - "The Tradition Continues".
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Originally Posted by Yakko
I thought that only happened to C6's.
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