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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 02:30 AM
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 05:57 AM
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 06:25 AM
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Woo hoo. I broke the 84/84 tie with a vote to have BSMs.
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 06:36 AM
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Woo hoo. I broke the 84/84 tie with a vote to have BSMs.
>>>>cough~bastich!~cough.......
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Lancer033


HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS SAME &%#* TOPIC!!!!!?????
What else is there to talk about? To me this thread is a nice departure from the "look at my car after I washed it" or "someone keyed my car" threads that make up 75% of the C5 General forum.

People come and go all the time so opinions change over time.

As for me I think it looks naked with out them. But I fell in love with the C5 that had them so to me that seemed normal.
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 11:01 PM
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Keep the BSM it adds style and function.
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 11:53 PM
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I think how they look depends on the color...
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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Keep the BSM it adds style and function.
Function? At subsonic speeds? How, and how much?
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I like them.

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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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Why does anyone really care? If you like them, keep them on. If you don't simply take them off.

I wonder if this will become a red state, blue state thing?

I think this could become a great topic for the 08 elections.

If I become an independent, do I have to keep one on one side and not on the other?

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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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JMO, but without the BSM's it gives the impression that it's the bare bones cheaper version of the car, especially when seen next to one with the BSM's - not that it's a bad thing (J. Seinfeld).

It's kind of like when you see any group of the same new car in a dealer lot. You see the ones with the silver painted wheel covers with the black steelies peeking out underneath next to the model with the real cast aluminum wheels or the car with the flat black rubber bumpers next to the model with the bumpers color matched to the body (more so in years past)...you get an impression of which is the higher end model.
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by blazeone
Get that Pontiac Grand Am looking crap off the car now
Now wait just a cotton-pickin' second. That's low. I do think they look better on the darker colors, though.

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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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You should stay busy modifying your car, therefore if you have BSM's on your car you should take them off, and if you don't have BSM's on your car you should stick them on.
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Stealthy4
I like the BSM where as most other do not. I think it adds to the lines of the C5. I actually like it better on the coupe and less on the convert. I also would remove it if I had a tigershark front and rear fascia as I think those fascias deserve a very "clean and smooth" appearance.
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 02:51 PM
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at least this is not a wave thread!
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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They're Butt ugly





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Originally Posted by Ta-taaa
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Keep it or get rid of it?
Keep it
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by newyiddy20
i like them and they are functional too,they aid the laminar side airflow
I was going to post that, but you beat me to it!

I like 'em, but my car came without them, oh well...
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 12:41 AM
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No BSM's for me
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