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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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look what happen to my lip... T_T i couldn't clear the alignment rack at my shop and i went up really really slow as soon as it touched the ramp it turned into 2 pieces... -_- wow i think fiberglass is stronger then this lol...
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ohhh well i guess i gotta fix this now... or do something else on to it... i don't know
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wow! are you sure that lip was made out of polyurethane? authentic Greddy? it shouldn't crack in half like that.
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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it is made out of polyurethane... authentic greddy and yeah i was shocked... well at least for now i don't have to worry about cracking my lip anymore lol... but lots of my friends had same problem with cracking their lips... it is polyurethane but it's kinda of harder then any other polyurethane which i deal with everyday.
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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nvm. You stated it was fiberglass in the first post.
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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nvm. You stated it was fiberglass in the first post.
no it's not a fiberglass. it's authentic greddy lip that's made out of polyurethane... but greddy makes it lot more harder then other companys i guess... the guy that my lip cracked i thought he was just making joke but i was kinda shocked...
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here is the surface where it ripped into 2 pieces... it is not a fiberglass and trust me i manage a bodyshop and i know difference between fiberglass and polyurethane.
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Originally Posted by exodus_2
here is the surface where it ripped into 2 pieces... it is not a fiberglass and trust me i manage a bodyshop and i know difference between fiberglass and polyurethane.
yea that looks polyurethane to me. if that was fibreglass it wouldn't have cracked that nicely. first time i've seen that lip crack like that though.
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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yeah that's why i was so shocked... T_T it wasn't even hard hit... i was going up there slowly since my car is low as soon as it hit the ramp little bit i heard it but i thought it just touched it...
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wow thats bad!
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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wow thats crazy..
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buy my lip i want it gone!!! 120 plus shipping if gs430v8 doesnt want it!! check the classified section!
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i bought one already!
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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Now THAT is crazy! Try getting in touch with Greddy Manufacturers and see if they can send you a replacement for free. Might be a defective item?
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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Damn that sucks..... I was going to get this lip for my GS but i'm having 2nd thoughts.
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