Sick Feeling............
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Melting Slicks
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From: Land of Oz
Sick Feeling............
Guess it had to happen sooner or later............. Went to lunch today in my coupe & while attempting to park in an empty lot next to the restaurant, I failed to notice a 3" drop off from the curb onto the asphalt in the lot. You guessed it............ dropped the driver's side onto the curb & punched a quarter sized hole in the underside along with a big scrape. 
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I can feel for you. After buying my 98 used, I looked underneatth to find three holes in the drivers floor about quarter size. Also some scrapes along the fiberglass. I always wondered how that was done.
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Originally Posted by Classic-Chevy-Guy
It's time to look into Rocker Rails and Frame Savers from A&A. I believe that the Rocker Rails would have prevented the damage from occurring.
great mod. You get added protection plus you no longer need lift pucks!
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Melting Slicks
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From: Land of Oz
Repaired or Replaced?
Originally Posted by gltrap54
Guess it had to happen sooner or later............. Went to lunch today in my coupe & while attempting to park in an empty lot next to the restaurant, I failed to notice a 3" drop off from the curb onto the asphalt in the lot. You guessed it............ dropped the driver's side onto the curb & punched a quarter sized hole in the underside along with a big scrape.
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Ouch. Sorry to hear about the damage. Hope you can get it repaired without too much trouble.
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Ouch. Sorry to hear about the damage. Hope you can get it repaired without too much trouble.
Ive had both sides repaired when local dealer messed up mine...
...they are very repairable...
btw...the rocker rails would have saved me the trouble of repairs...
...not to mention the loss of driving time
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I got that same feeling yeserday walked out of the store and there it was some one backed into the right rear quater over the tire and cracked the glass and chiped the paint. I wanted to shed a tear but man did that hurt. when you try so hard to care for your car some gutless A/H hits and runs .well it looks like I;m just going to get it fixed its really a small crack but it look like is the whole fender to me you walk by and your eye goes right to it then I look down and say ****
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when you try so hard to care for your car some gutless A/H hits and runs .well it looks like I;m just going to get it fixed its really a small crack but it look like is the whole fender to me you walk by and your eye goes right to it then I look down and say ****98 torch red corvette
manual 6 speed