Karookie Bumper Installed and Cracked in Same Day

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Old 06-09-2009 | 04:45 AM
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Dang man sorry to see that happened to you! Could have been a lot worse, thankfully our bumper is high quality!
 
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Old 06-09-2009 | 10:24 AM
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I got a question. Couldnt you just add more fiberglass on the back side to help reinforce it. I also hear that some drifters put rino lining on the back side to help. Any thoughts on that?
 
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Old 06-09-2009 | 07:11 PM
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Did a quick ghetto job. Primer one layer, then thick layer of gloss. Came out pretty good for as lazy of a job it was. Finished them so quick.
Ghetto or not it looks real good! This makes me want the Karookie bumper after looking at yours, but my Nismo bumper will be sad if it just sat in the garage. hahaha Dude photoshoot soon when you get your car finished
 
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Old 06-09-2009 | 07:12 PM
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Sell your nismo, so someone else can step up to the nismo. Circle of sedan life can be completed.
 
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Old 06-09-2009 | 09:08 PM
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Ghetto or not it looks real good! This makes me want the Karookie bumper after looking at yours, but my Nismo bumper will be sad if it just sat in the garage. hahaha Dude photoshoot soon when you get your car finished
For sure, once I get my grill on, let's set something up.

And dude, sell the nismo!
 
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Old 06-09-2009 | 09:09 PM
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then 5 hours later

Grill is getting redone. Hopefully this will be a cheap fix. Any idea if it is or does the entire bumper need to be repainted?

Totally my fault...didn't have enough room to angle out, took a chance and gunned it because a car was coming close and wasnt stopping. My carelessness = my regret. The way I hit it, I would have expected it to be WAAAAAAAY worse, but quality made bumper helped it survive.
Its part of the initiation process to club rookie. Same thing happened to me, gdupsedan, and a few others… we all damaged ours first day - mine was within one hour of having the bumper. seems to be a learning curve getting used to the lower bottom lip.
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 12:21 AM
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yup!!! Im still getting used to the bumper, haha
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 12:35 AM
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Yeah, driving slammed and driving with a bumper like this are two different things
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 01:21 AM
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Us Gs with 4X4 status dont need to worry about such things
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 01:38 AM
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I gotta say, this bumper gets SOOOOOOOOOOO much attention. People notice the car much more. Not common to see a sedan with an aggressive and sexy bumper.

Go low or go home Can't do 4x4, makes the car so much better lower...you can go low, i dont care about the roads weather....go with bags!
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 02:49 AM
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lol maybe when i have $$ ill invest in coils.

Gotta see your G in person first! Ill be in norcal by next week, Don! The monday after next week ill be in socal!! GO FAR!!!! WOOT.

God im nuts. 5k miles on my baby G :O
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 02:50 AM
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When I saw one of the guys with the bumper rolling for the first time I was like wow, that looks really nice. I caught Marcus driving down Normandie one day and didn't realize it was him or a sedan until he got a lot closer. I was in a rental so he didn't see me.

A lot of the sedans are darker color, and it looks great on darker colors too. But the lighter ones is when you notice the front end a lot.
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 03:04 AM
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lol maybe when i have $$ ill invest in coils.

Gotta see your G in person first! Ill be in norcal by next week, Don! The monday after next week ill be in socal!! GO FAR!!!! WOOT.

God im nuts. 5k miles on my baby G :O
Dang...driving your G to cali?
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 03:05 AM
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Damn this bumper is nice! hahaha the only reason why I don't want to get rid of the Nismo bumper is the fact that its a "Nismo" bumper! hahaha, maybe I'll put this one aside and get a Karookie bumper made who knows I'll have to come to a result with my choices.
 
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Old 06-10-2009 | 03:05 AM
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lol maybe when i have $$ ill invest in coils.

Gotta see your G in person first! Ill be in norcal by next week, Don! The monday after next week ill be in socal!! GO FAR!!!! WOOT.

God im nuts. 5k miles on my baby G :O
Make sure to bring painters tape!
 


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