Questions on ground effects
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Questions on ground effects
Well I baby my beast and what thanx do I get? Two HUGE scratches on the bottom of the ground effects that house the fog lights.
I was parked in a friend of mines carport(so as not to get dinged on the street by a car dooretc) that sits in an alley,when I leave I come out of the alley and over the cross street and SCREEEEEEECH! I almost cried when I saw it. I am physically sick,the bottom,right under both lights to the end of the housing are scratched,and I mean SCRATCHED! Like no paint.It's awful.
My questions: how much will a new piece(it's the whole bottom) run me? How much do you think it may cost to have it sanded and painted??? I know it will vary on the sand&paint from place to place,just lookin for ball park figure here.
Thanx,I'm gonna go sit and the corner and bang my head on the wall for awhile,
Hitman
I was parked in a friend of mines carport(so as not to get dinged on the street by a car dooretc) that sits in an alley,when I leave I come out of the alley and over the cross street and SCREEEEEEECH! I almost cried when I saw it. I am physically sick,the bottom,right under both lights to the end of the housing are scratched,and I mean SCRATCHED! Like no paint.It's awful.
My questions: how much will a new piece(it's the whole bottom) run me? How much do you think it may cost to have it sanded and painted??? I know it will vary on the sand&paint from place to place,just lookin for ball park figure here.
Thanx,I'm gonna go sit and the corner and bang my head on the wall for awhile,
Hitman
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I'm so very sorry to hear about the injury. I cant help ya on prices, but I did want to give you my condolences. I know how you must feel, to have hurt your baby like that.
Get well soon!
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Get well soon!
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AtomHeart
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1969 Ford Fairlane Cobra R code w/ 3.91 dragpack
atomhart@cyberhighway.net
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Atom,Thanx for the condolences,I hope to have wound healed by the end of May.
$350! Good lord! I gotta check on the sand&paint now,350 means no carbon fiber kit,I can't have that! Oh well,back to the corner.
Hitman
$350! Good lord! I gotta check on the sand&paint now,350 means no carbon fiber kit,I can't have that! Oh well,back to the corner.
Hitman
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The same thing happened to me. I lowered my 88GT w/Saleen Racecraft suspension and I have to be very careful about where I go with it. That is the major reason I won't lower the truck. It looks like it can be sanded and feathered in, then painted. Don't forget you would need to get a new bumper cover installed and painted. That could get expensive every time you scrape it.
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I sympathize- I scraped the hell out of mine at San Antonio rally at some point. Pissed me off, then I had a beer cooled down realised it will happen again and got out the touchup paint...
Not perfect but at least now it is not a big black scraped area on each side.
Doug
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Not perfect but at least now it is not a big black scraped area on each side.
Doug
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Thanx for the kind words guys,I feel a little better now 
I have decided to sand and paint,I am confident that w/ my artistic back ground I can get my truck to at least a respectable level of of asthetics.If/when i ever put this truck away for good(yeah RIGHT!) then I'll think about flat out changing it.
Now where did I put that black spray paint after I painted the GREY grill. DOH!
Hitman
I have decided to sand and paint,I am confident that w/ my artistic back ground I can get my truck to at least a respectable level of of asthetics.If/when i ever put this truck away for good(yeah RIGHT!) then I'll think about flat out changing it.Now where did I put that black spray paint after I painted the GREY grill. DOH!
Hitman