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Old 05-06-2012, 11:19 AM
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Talking Weekend road trip

So, we decided to take a road trip to Kenner,Louisiana for my wife's birthday. Here are a few pics of the G getting all prepped up for the trip.

 
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Old 05-06-2012, 11:24 AM
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LOL! Really? That doesn't look too much fun. I know ppl doing this for a car show. Well, at least you'll get ppl to look at your G now.
 
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Old 05-06-2012, 12:02 PM
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LOL! Really? That doesn't look too much fun. I know ppl doing this for a car show. Well, at least you'll get ppl to look at your G now.
Nothing wrong with protecting the front end from small rock chips. This also saves the pain from cleaning up the bugs from the front end that can be harmful to the paint. I used to do all the time when driving from SD to SF.

The other solutions are buying a clear bra or for a more temporary solution, Road Wrap. http://www.buyroadwrap.com/

 
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Old 05-06-2012, 12:22 PM
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Yeah, I just installed my front lip,so I am trying to protect the paint as much and reduce the cleaning up when we return. I was impressed on how fast I covered the front end. There were times when I hit 100 mph and the tape held on.
 
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Old 05-06-2012, 12:25 PM
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video won't play on my end. But i see where your coming from. Great idea.
 
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cover it up with some black plastidip to blend it in and it will be very easy to remove and not look too odd
 
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Old 05-06-2012, 03:04 PM
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Yeah, if you are going to drive I-10 through Louisiana, that, and raising it back to stock ride height aren't bad ideas...
 
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Old 05-06-2012, 04:01 PM
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I don't think it could get much tackier than that. Chips don't accumulate after 1,000 miles, they accumulate after 50,000 or 100,000 miles.
 
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Too much work for me.
 
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I have actually never seen anyone do that! ...well, maybe when they transport a new car but after several years, a chip here or there from one trip doesn't faze me.
 
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Well at least he is taking care of his car. Lol
 
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Originally Posted by Jairen
Nothing wrong with protecting the front end from small rock chips. This also saves the pain from cleaning up the bugs from the front end that can be harmful to the paint. I used to do all the time when driving from SD to SF.

The other solutions are buying a clear bra or for a more temporary solution, Road Wrap. http://www.buyroadwrap.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuYrE-ZiWuo
FYI a guy on one of the other boards I'm on used this stuff to drive his newly purchased Viper about 1000 mi home and when he got home and pulled it off it left some nasty gluse residue. He needed to take it to a detail place to clean it up. YMMV
 
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I've seen people do this when taking their car to be showcased at an event but never for someone taking a leisure road trip. Hmm...
 
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does no one get why hes doing it? i can never hate on a man that takes car of his car! of course it looks tacky its practically free and is gonna protect his car too! smart man!

how cool would it look if u did the whole car blue! lol
 
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Old 05-07-2012, 08:15 AM
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I did the same thing when driving from Mia to DC, the two time I got pulled over for speeding the cops make smart *** comments as they gave me the tickets. But hey it works and it only cost $6
 


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