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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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I pulled the vette out of the garage today for a few minutes and when I pulled it back into the garage I found these where the car was parked.



Oh, they are rubber...

Any ideas?
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Black04Z06
I pulled the vette out of the garage today for a few minutes and when I pulled it back into the garage I found these where the car was parked.



Oh, they are rubber...

Any ideas?
A closer more detailed pic would help. Right now, it looks like last week's UFO sighting over New Mexico
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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They appear to be two of the rubber grommets that hold the oem air filter/intake assembly in place over the TORX pegs.
There are two on top of the radiator cover which hold the air bridge in place and two on the horizontal cross member which hold the base of the air filter/intake assembly.
Do you by any chance have an after market air intake assembly? Those grommets typically fall into the dark recesses of the engine compartment never to be seen again.
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They appear to be two of the rubber grommets that hold the oem air filter/intake assembly in place over the TORX pegs.
There are two on top of the radiator cover which hold the air bridge in place and two on the horizontal cross member which hold the base of the air filter/intake assembly.
Do you by any chance have an after market air intake assembly? Those grommets typically fall into the dark recesses of the engine compartment never to be seen again.
Good call I've gotta stop watching those discovery channel UFO programs....
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by lucky131969
Good call I've gotta stop watching those discovery channel UFO programs....
I need to get a better camera or learn how to use it....
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hotwheels57
They appear to be two of the rubber grommets that hold the oem air filter/intake assembly in place over the TORX pegs.
There are two on top of the radiator cover which hold the air bridge in place and two on the horizontal cross member which hold the base of the air filter/intake assembly.
Do you by any chance have an after market air intake assembly? Those grommets typically fall into the dark recesses of the engine compartment never to be seen again.
Thanks! I appreciate it.

I don't have an aftermarket air intake assembly yet. Strange how they decided to fall from the car all of the sudden
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I lost two of them into the inside of the front bumper fascia. Only one was found there...the other probably bounced off a soccer mom's windshield...
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