Ideas for door panel reflector please
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Melting Slicks
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Ideas for door panel reflector please
So I have gone through my second interior door panel reflector in less than a year. THe plastic shouldn't rot that quickly. Perhaps the cam in my carvibrates the thing to the point where it snaps. Anyway, I walk into a local Chevey dealer and they wanted $55 dollars for a 55 cent piece of plastic. Forget that.
Should I glue on the old one with the broken tab or do something else in that location? Anybody have any good ideas? I guess I could find a functional one at a salvage yard. I'll be darned if I will pay $55 for that piece.
Just my luck, I have my first ever Corvette show and competition this weekend. Uggh!
Should I glue on the old one with the broken tab or do something else in that location? Anybody have any good ideas? I guess I could find a functional one at a salvage yard. I'll be darned if I will pay $55 for that piece.
Just my luck, I have my first ever Corvette show and competition this weekend. Uggh!
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I read an earlier thread where one owner replaced the plastic tabs that kept breaking with metal L-clips. Problem solved.
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I recently glued all three broken tabs back on with lots of Gorilla Glue and used masking tape to hold in place while the glue hardened. I didn't think it would work, but it did.
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I took a piece of 18 0r 20 gauge stainless and bent it to make a "tab" for the back and used double sided tape(3M VHB) to stick it back on the reflector....two years ago and still holding.
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Thought of you when I snapped this photo. Pay attention to the signs (you may have to zoom in). This type of garbage drives me nuts. To get everyone to comply with socialism I guess they are going to start offering preferred parking spots
Shall I send a copy to of this photo to Washington DC? Ha, well if I were questioned I could say that I have a fuel efficient vehicle
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Robert,
Thought of you when I snapped this photo. Pay attention to the signs (you may have to zoom in). This type of garbage drives me nuts. To get everyone to comply with socialism I guess they are going to start offering preferred parking spots
Shall I send a copy to of this photo to Washington DC? Ha, well if I were questioned I could say that I have a fuel efficient vehicle
Thought of you when I snapped this photo. Pay attention to the signs (you may have to zoom in). This type of garbage drives me nuts. To get everyone to comply with socialism I guess they are going to start offering preferred parking spots
Shall I send a copy to of this photo to Washington DC? Ha, well if I were questioned I could say that I have a fuel efficient vehicle
Emit this!
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^^^^
Seriously, how can they really get away with that? How do they define low emitting vehicles?
So if this is the way it's starting to go, it doesn't matter if you leave earlier or arrive earlier, if you don't have the right kind of car, you don't get the better/closer parking spot?
A previous employer's parking garage had electric car-specific parking but that was because they had charging stations located there. I get that, but this?!
Seriously, how can they really get away with that? How do they define low emitting vehicles?
So if this is the way it's starting to go, it doesn't matter if you leave earlier or arrive earlier, if you don't have the right kind of car, you don't get the better/closer parking spot?
A previous employer's parking garage had electric car-specific parking but that was because they had charging stations located there. I get that, but this?!
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super glued the tabs on mine 2 or 3 years ago and it's been fine. Actually had forgotten about till now 
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^^^^
Seriously, how can they really get away with that? How do they define low emitting vehicles?
So if this is the way it's starting to go, it doesn't matter if you leave earlier or arrive earlier, if you don't have the right kind of car, you don't get the better/closer parking spot?
A previous employer's parking garage had electric car-specific parking but that was because they had charging stations located there. I get that, but this?!
Seriously, how can they really get away with that? How do they define low emitting vehicles?
So if this is the way it's starting to go, it doesn't matter if you leave earlier or arrive earlier, if you don't have the right kind of car, you don't get the better/closer parking spot?
A previous employer's parking garage had electric car-specific parking but that was because they had charging stations located there. I get that, but this?!
Sorry about the ramble. I might have just gotten us shut down...
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I would have parked there anyway, and if any gave me crap I'd tell them it gets 30mpg Hwy and is a hell of a lot more fun to drive and sexy looking than your f'ing Prius!