Brutal Weekend. FML.
Brutal Weekend. FML.
I had posted last summer about how my stupid Tom's front lip didn't fit quite right. The struggle to get it to fit right ended this weekend.
Over the brutal cold we've had up here this winter plus a few little bumps from winter drifting in the snow, my front lip wasn't looking so hot. It was still being held on by the four little attachments underneath, but the 3M tape was done for. It was hanging kind of low off the original, it looked like crap. It was clearing up this weekend here so I figured it'd be a perfect time to go a clean the car up nicely, and reinstall the lip.
So leave work early, stop and AutoValue, pick up some more tape and other things I'll need for the weekend (also installed coils and changed oil). To install this thing I needed the car relatively clean. I drove over the spray carwash, and literally as I'm in front of the carwash, the front lip drops off somehow and I hear this horrid CRUNCH sound. Look in my rearview, sure enough, there's my Tom's lip, which I got before the price went down, in multiple pieces in the middle of the road. F. M. L. I should've fixed it sooner, but working on cars in -20C sucks.
So I pick up the pieces, throw it in my trunk, and get in line to wash my car. I don't think any of the cars that were in line saw what had happened
. So as I'm waiting in line, and this donkey in a Sierra 3500 with a lift kit the size of the Burj Khalifa decides he doesn't want to wait anymore, throws it in reverse and starts moving back. He came within literally 1cm of my hood (which was freshly painted from hail damage 5 months ago). My frantic horn blasts got through. I gave him a piece of my mind and scared any nearby children with some colourful language, as I was already in a bad mood.
So I just ordered the OEM Gfx lip from Sewell to go with my Tom's rear. It looks not too bad, there's a guy from Ontario that has the set up too. I aslo don't want to blow a ton of cash right now because I know I'm going to owe a few bucks on my taxes this year. But what a way to start a weekend. Luckily my coilovers went in without a hitch, however I did slam my pinky in the door after every was cleaned up which hurt like hell.
So that was my weekend lol.
/rant.
Over the brutal cold we've had up here this winter plus a few little bumps from winter drifting in the snow, my front lip wasn't looking so hot. It was still being held on by the four little attachments underneath, but the 3M tape was done for. It was hanging kind of low off the original, it looked like crap. It was clearing up this weekend here so I figured it'd be a perfect time to go a clean the car up nicely, and reinstall the lip.
So leave work early, stop and AutoValue, pick up some more tape and other things I'll need for the weekend (also installed coils and changed oil). To install this thing I needed the car relatively clean. I drove over the spray carwash, and literally as I'm in front of the carwash, the front lip drops off somehow and I hear this horrid CRUNCH sound. Look in my rearview, sure enough, there's my Tom's lip, which I got before the price went down, in multiple pieces in the middle of the road. F. M. L. I should've fixed it sooner, but working on cars in -20C sucks.
So I pick up the pieces, throw it in my trunk, and get in line to wash my car. I don't think any of the cars that were in line saw what had happened
. So as I'm waiting in line, and this donkey in a Sierra 3500 with a lift kit the size of the Burj Khalifa decides he doesn't want to wait anymore, throws it in reverse and starts moving back. He came within literally 1cm of my hood (which was freshly painted from hail damage 5 months ago). My frantic horn blasts got through. I gave him a piece of my mind and scared any nearby children with some colourful language, as I was already in a bad mood.So I just ordered the OEM Gfx lip from Sewell to go with my Tom's rear. It looks not too bad, there's a guy from Ontario that has the set up too. I aslo don't want to blow a ton of cash right now because I know I'm going to owe a few bucks on my taxes this year. But what a way to start a weekend. Luckily my coilovers went in without a hitch, however I did slam my pinky in the door after every was cleaned up which hurt like hell.
So that was my weekend lol.
/rant.
^^ Yeah, seeing my car dropped definitely turned it around a bit. And the GFX lip does flow well with the Tom's rear. And my oil's now changed so no more feeling guilty for not being prompt.
Also...
FS: Tom's front lip, TP, with a few scratches, needs some TLC, $1obo+shipping...
Kidding
Also...
FS: Tom's front lip, TP, with a few scratches, needs some TLC, $1obo+shipping...
Kidding
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Oh poo. So you ran over your front lip? Sorry to hear that, but I do think the GFX front matches the Toms rear fine so your car will be back to looking good in no time.
Good thing you stopped that truck! Second crisis averted!
Good thing you stopped that truck! Second crisis averted!
If my car is half as sick as yours, I'll be laughing.
I seem to smash it up at least once year, in the same exact spot lol. I are fail.
Lex, meant to let you know too, that I took the plastidipped wheels off too. They've held up fine for the winter. They need a few touch ups, but otherwise, no problems 
I seem to smash it up at least once year, in the same exact spot lol. I are fail.
I saw Dexterr post a few days ago over your Tom's sides and I lol'd because when I had the japanse instructions for my Tom's, my buddies and I just looked at them, realized our japanse language skills were lackluster, then threw them out and went for it haha.