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e30nerd
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Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:25 am

Who else has ripped off their front spliter?

I have seen so many people do it before but never thought I'd actually do it. Parked with the nose against a grass bank. Jumped back in later, reversed back, and **crunch** the front lip spolier was sat on the deck :eek: :x :-x :cry:

Car now looks more like an X3 with all the clearance at the front. I have not had a close look yet, but I am hoping the it has just popped off the plastic mounting clips.
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Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:29 am

I've span into the kerb at a reasonable speed before and simply took it clean off to my surprise! was pretty lucky I didn't damage it, just took a bit of paint off.
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Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:14 pm

i tried to be a hero and powerslide across highlands park, hit a pot hole and ripped the corner off, luckily it was just the clips that broke though
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Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:54 pm

Parked at my local "one stop" edged a little too far forward and grounded it on the kerb and bank in front of me...it didn't pop off but has made a nice sandy coloured line along the front! nice !!
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Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:21 pm

took less than 2 minutes to get back on - all the clips were un-damaged. Didn't realise how little holds them on!

I assume I did it right - I'll soon find out when flying around the M25!
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Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:22 pm

I have had two fibreglass M3 bumper spoilers - first one broke with a careless 3 point turn, the second by letting a mate drive my car - he spun her and recked the spoiler and buckled a wheel and made the steering rack a scary experience....

3rd time lucky...
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