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Front End Scrape

Old Jul 26, 2004 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Raedon
There are two items that the C5 should leave the lot with and it doesn't... for whatever reason. Get yourself some A&A Frame Savers and Rocker Rails This will save your front and your rocker panels.

Easy/cheap Mod that will save the looks of your C5.. A must for lowered Vettes.

Most times if your scraping your bumper cover, frame savers are not going to help as the nose is is too far out front before the frame savers even make contact, they are still good to have for all the other times, but sometimes this is just something that is unavoidable. Do the bugs and ants say anything to you? Cause they are the only ones that will see it.
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 10:45 PM
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I thought I was alone on this 400 miles and under the nose scrap
it was done when I angled parked.
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 11:03 PM
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Sorry to hear but scrapes will happen. Fortunately, those under the nose are not easily seen.

BTW, welcome to the Forum!
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by _Redline_
I have the same problem with speed bumps coming out of my complex. I need to get the rocker rails and frame savers very soon. No matter how slow I go, I can feel one of the speed bumps grazing the underneath of the car when I 'stradle' it. Just ever so slightly......
just get u some quick set concrete and some of those flat trowels and make u a ramp on either side of the bump duirng the night when no one is looking and u can just go over them easily. make it real shallow angles and long ramps and i bet u can get it to where u can go over it at 30mph hahaha complex manager might get upset but oh well hahaha
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