"I Got Fangs"
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St. Jude Donor '05, '12-'13, '15-'16, '21
Hi,
You are right, paint will not sick to them and neither will the pavement
or parking blocks. They will just slide very smoothly.
Also they aren't totally white when installed, the black skid plate kind of turns them light gray when the black shows through.
Here is a link where we have a few pictures and a video where
you can watch us beat them up.
http://www.saccitycorvette.com/Fangs.html
Thanks!
Christian
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You are right, paint will not sick to them and neither will the pavement
or parking blocks. They will just slide very smoothly.
Also they aren't totally white when installed, the black skid plate kind of turns them light gray when the black shows through.
Here is a link where we have a few pictures and a video where
you can watch us beat them up.
http://www.saccitycorvette.com/Fangs.html
Thanks!
Christian
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I agree. However I wondered about the wheels as well. Wouldn't they look like worn out roller skate wheels after a couple of scrapes?
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Good for you Michelle. I've had my car for less than a year and probably have driven it maybe 25 times, but may over time and driving, I will get better at it. I've driven a van for the last 30 years hauling kids and I'm not used to sitting so close to the ground. Hopefully I will get the hang of it.... practice makes for perfect...
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They do get scratched up but it just doesn't show unless you look real close. I will post a photo of the ones used in this video on our website.
The videos show only two test. We actually did a lot more thrashing.
http://www.saccitycorvette.com/See-t...n-Action-.html
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Christian
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Ya sold me, Christian. Just ordered a set. I never have been quite happy with the little wheels and I hate seeing people grimace when I scrape. (and they do,.... a lot!) They think I'm ripping out the undercarriage of my car.
I also like it that you show exactly how your product works in the videos. Great name play on the white plastic, too!
I also like it that you show exactly how your product works in the videos. Great name play on the white plastic, too!
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Ya sold me, Christian. Just ordered a set. I never have been quite happy with the little wheels and I hate seeing people grimace when I scrape. (and they do,.... a lot!) They think I'm ripping out the undercarriage of my car.
I also like it that you show exactly how your product works in the videos. Great name play on the white plastic, too!
I also like it that you show exactly how your product works in the videos. Great name play on the white plastic, too!
Christian
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St. Jude Donor '05, '12-'13, '15-'16, '21
Hi,
They do get scratched up but it just doesn't show unless you look real close. I will post a photo of the ones used in this video on our website.
The videos show only two test. We actually did a lot more thrashing.
http://www.saccitycorvette.com/See-t...n-Action-.html
Thanks
Christian
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They do get scratched up but it just doesn't show unless you look real close. I will post a photo of the ones used in this video on our website.
The videos show only two test. We actually did a lot more thrashing.
http://www.saccitycorvette.com/See-t...n-Action-.html
Thanks
Christian
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Christian --
Pictures sent to your contact info E-mail of my Fangs attached.
Neighbor came and asked me what I was doing the night he saw me working on my car, I told him I installed Fangs. He had too get on the ground to see them.....
He said, they would rip apart the first curb I hit.....I showed him the videos on the saccitycorvette site......he said that's got to be the toughest plastic he's ever seen. I told him it was a new material called undestructium.
Pictures sent to your contact info E-mail of my Fangs attached.
Neighbor came and asked me what I was doing the night he saw me working on my car, I told him I installed Fangs. He had too get on the ground to see them.....
He said, they would rip apart the first curb I hit.....I showed him the videos on the saccitycorvette site......he said that's got to be the toughest plastic he's ever seen. I told him it was a new material called undestructium.
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Christian --
Pictures sent to your contact info E-mail of my Fangs attached.
Neighbor came and asked me what I was doing the night he saw me working on my car, I told him I installed Fangs. He had too get on the ground to see them.....
He said, they would rip apart the first curb I hit.....I showed him the videos on the saccitycorvette site......he said that's got to be the toughest plastic he's ever seen. I told him it was a new material called undestructium.
Pictures sent to your contact info E-mail of my Fangs attached.
Neighbor came and asked me what I was doing the night he saw me working on my car, I told him I installed Fangs. He had too get on the ground to see them.....
He said, they would rip apart the first curb I hit.....I showed him the videos on the saccitycorvette site......he said that's got to be the toughest plastic he's ever seen. I told him it was a new material called undestructium.
I got only one close up picture, did you send more than one? Do you have one from a little further back so we can get the over all look?
Thanks a lot!
Christian
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Here are a couple pictures of the Fang that was abused in the video.
One is taken with a flash and the other without flash. No real gouges, just a little abrasion. Keep in mind these videos were not the only abuse this Fang was put though.
Here is the video.
http://www.saccitycorvette.com/See-t...n-Action-.html
One is taken with a flash and the other without flash. No real gouges, just a little abrasion. Keep in mind these videos were not the only abuse this Fang was put though.
Here is the video.
http://www.saccitycorvette.com/See-t...n-Action-.html
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OK, I just replaced my little wheels with Fangs and couldn't be more pleased. The wheels always worked pretty well when ascending inclines but in many instances while descending head first, my scrape bars would still give that excruciating metal-on-concrete grinding sound. It happened on my driveway, descending the parking garage at work, even coming out of my favorite Starbucks. People would wince or grimace when they'd hear that grinding metal sound. Even though I knew it wasn't really doing any real damage, I didn't like it either.
Regarding the white color: Everyone has different degrees of "analness" when it comes to their cars and I swear a few of the guys here are borderline OCD, but I could care less about them being white. They're not that noticable, guys. Vette front ends are so low and the undercarriage is almost never illuminated unless very early morning or late evening sunlight is bouncing off the road. When people spot a C5, there are so many good looking things to eyeball, I seriously doubt someone would focus on two small grayish looking things hiding up underneath your front end.
My bars were pretty ate up but you can't tell it now. (not that anyone is really laying on their bellies looking anyway!) If I had a C5 with pristeen bars or a new C6 with the aluminum scrape bars and was worried about keeping them that way, I'd put these things on to keep them looking like new. I haven't owned them long enough to say how well they'll hold up long term, but no more metallic scraping coming out of my driveway or leaving Starbucks has made me a happy lil cruiser.
Awesome product, Christian. These Fangs sound just like the plastic air dam and you don't feel that metallic grinding sound vibrating through your entire frame.
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Regarding the white color: Everyone has different degrees of "analness" when it comes to their cars and I swear a few of the guys here are borderline OCD, but I could care less about them being white. They're not that noticable, guys. Vette front ends are so low and the undercarriage is almost never illuminated unless very early morning or late evening sunlight is bouncing off the road. When people spot a C5, there are so many good looking things to eyeball, I seriously doubt someone would focus on two small grayish looking things hiding up underneath your front end.
My bars were pretty ate up but you can't tell it now. (not that anyone is really laying on their bellies looking anyway!) If I had a C5 with pristeen bars or a new C6 with the aluminum scrape bars and was worried about keeping them that way, I'd put these things on to keep them looking like new. I haven't owned them long enough to say how well they'll hold up long term, but no more metallic scraping coming out of my driveway or leaving Starbucks has made me a happy lil cruiser.
Awesome product, Christian. These Fangs sound just like the plastic air dam and you don't feel that metallic grinding sound vibrating through your entire frame.
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I agee. The reason I never pulled the trigger on the "Mammas and the Pappas" was that I thought that after a few scrapes, the wheels would look just as ugly sort of like used roller skates. I can count on one hand how many times I've scrapped the support frame, so I was looking for a different alternative. I received my fangs and plan to install them this coming weekend with some other front end mods.