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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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And the main reason is to catch any problems like this.


It looks like you have a crack in the housing itself. Keep us posted after you take it in.
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Mine is filthy, if you guys would see her, I'd be thrown out of the "club".
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 10:26 AM
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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Very nice! Wish I had the time.... What am I talking about, I am unemployed right now.. I guess I mean that I wish I had a place....
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you gice clean a whole new meaning woooooow
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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OK. That is nuts. And I am envious! If I had the time and the motivation and the means, I probably would be underneath my car...

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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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My zo6 is a daily driver so I don't go to the same extremes but I detail the underneath every oilchange or anytime I put it on my lift.
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I thought I was a clean freak when it came to my car, but I guess i'm only average in this dept. Time to step it up a notch
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And if you run out of things to do, I'd be happy to bring my car around.
I'm right behind ya!

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WOW SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE NUTZ if i started doing that i would probably get beat by my parents friends etc...they already threaten to beat me when i spend all day cleaning the parts everyoen can see ....if you ever sell your vette...the next owner is going to be VERY LUCKY!!!!
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Looks Good !!!
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I thought I was a clean freak when it came to my car, but I guess i'm only average in this dept. Time to step it up a notch


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You are not the only one. The flying V gets jacked up every time it is washed to get at the inside of the wheels, and the wheel wells also.
You can never, NEVER have your vette to clean!!!!! Your car looks great.
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