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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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man you should see the underside of my car windex, its torn up also. the bottom of the GFX lip i think is just about flat and missing probably all of the paint. plus my stock mufflers are flat in some spots. hahahahah
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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lol i wish you would've read my post before it got deleted. no worries though. OP, good luck with that brace whatever you decide to do with it.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 10:40 PM
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I wouldn't give it a second thought, just get it repainted etc. At least you know the brace did it's job while it was on your car.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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one of the pictures looks like its a little bent...
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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hahah that's awesome. are the roads really bumpy or were you that low?

if there is no damage to anything but the paint, then sell it to your friend. I wouldn't knowingly sell something structurally damaged to a friend. if it was just cosmetic damage you can repaint, go and sell it.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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i'd check other parts under u car for scrapes.. maybe the brace helped take the brunt of all the damages
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by montgb
Mmm...I bet that was a pleasant noise each time it scraped on a speedbump! Luckily it doesn't need to be pretty to still be effective.
it when a little something like it

Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Wow, how long did you have the chassis brace on for?
Im not really sure I bought them when sewell had that group buy on the sway bars and the chassis brace its been a while

Originally Posted by IS350ty
one of the pictures looks like its a little bent...
The plate was bent but the bars were fine

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hahah that's awesome. are the roads really bumpy or were you that low?

if there is no damage to anything but the paint, then sell it to your friend. I wouldn't knowingly sell something structurally damaged to a friend. if it was just cosmetic damage you can repaint, go and sell it.
I live in LA the roads get F*ucked out here I actually have marks on my navigation to let me know where the bad dips bumps and potholes are cause sometimes I forget
as for the drop I dropped around 2 inches

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i'd check other parts under u car for scrapes.. maybe the brace helped take the brunt of all the damages
I have minor exhaust scraped but thats it
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by chrIS250
but i find my lexus to be...well...just a car...
BLASPHMER!!! you will burn in HELL for speaking such heresy!
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:36 AM
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how did you like the brace on the car? feel any difference?
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Lex v2.5.0
how did you like the brace on the car? feel any difference?
I did the sway bars F/R the same time I did the brace and I noticed a good amount of the body roll was gone
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 07:24 AM
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holly crap that sucks.
your shoes match the Fsport blue on the pic
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by juice14
holly crap that sucks.
your shoes match the Fsport blue on the pic
I was laughing about that right when i uploaded the pictures

good news my friend said "its all screwed up... ah i dont care its going under the car anyway"
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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I actually have marks on my navigation to let me know where the bad dips bumps and potholes are cause sometimes I forget
that is pretty awesome.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by redline201
that is pretty awesome.
"areas to avoid" on the navigation bumps driveways potholes rough roads and ex gf's houses
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 10:09 PM
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The sparks off the thing at speed must of been cool.
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