Close call with Fire
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From: La
Close call with Fire
Well Extravetteganza was nice. And its even nicer when the other people at the show look out for one another. I have a $200 dollar mirror kit in my trunk. Guess whats coming out. Well the mirror was magnifying the suns rays and burned a line in my trunk but the nearby participants put it out and put down my trunk lid to prevent it from happening again.
Now I have to replace my carpet. I have a subwoofer in the trunk. How would I get a lloyds to fit in there?
If I fiberglassed the inside the trunk lid Do you think it would do the same thing?
Now I have to replace my carpet. I have a subwoofer in the trunk. How would I get a lloyds to fit in there?
If I fiberglassed the inside the trunk lid Do you think it would do the same thing?
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Nah I am going to take the mirrors out completely. I have to replace the carpet which sucks. But I am going to build a fiberglass panel for the trunk lid to house some screens and speakers. I was wondering if anyone attempted to do this before and had any problem like I encountered today.
Btw until the panel is completed I am going get some peagan gold candy and spraying over the mirrors to reduce light transmission. Those mirrors should come with a warning label. Haha
Btw until the panel is completed I am going get some peagan gold candy and spraying over the mirrors to reduce light transmission. Those mirrors should come with a warning label. Haha
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Good thing the people around your car were paying attention. Glad it didn't end up worse than it did.
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Your so right. I am thankfull. I had just walked away from it less than 3 minutes prior. I even looked in there because leaves from this tree kept on flying in there. For me lesson learned. Out of 180 vettes I was the only one with that mirror kit. Now I understand why Goes to show you the power of the suns reflection. I wish that I would have won the 50/50 though cause that woulda helped out lol. All in all a good nice day
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You certainly have to watch stuff like that at a car show. I have some shiney stainless stuff that I have to put a towel over from time to time.
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Thanks. My gf and I were the youngest participants there and we noticed that no one else had those mirrors in the trunk. After that happened to us we figured yall knew better lol. But I learned alot from that show. Will be attending next year but with a revamped concept. I already started ordering parts
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IIRC something like this happened to Dennis recently with a mirror under the hood. It's a good thing someone saw it AND did something about it.
