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Old 11-13-2012, 09:55 PM
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Default A rock attacked my car!

Check out the damage a rock did to my fog light cover.....Thank god it hit there instead of, well, anywhere else!
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WHY ARE THESE SO EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!

Everywhere I look these are just under 500 bucks! WTF!!!!
Old 11-13-2012, 10:26 PM
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yeah, they are pretty high demand items and there's only a few out there -.-
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Dood thats a bummer man. Just last week I was cruisin along when all of a sudden I hear a loud snap! sounded like when you get shocked but amplified. Im like wtf? until I notice a nice little rock sitting in my windshield and the crack extending and extending. It finally stopped about halfway up the windshield... I swear whenever I fix something on these cars, something else goes....
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man....I kinda expected this to be like a 50 dollar replacement thing and not a big deal....are there any other aftermarket solutions to this?
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Originally Posted by Winter44
Dood thats a bummer man. Just last week I was cruisin along when all of a sudden I hear a loud snap! sounded like when you get shocked but amplified. Im like wtf? until I notice a nice little rock sitting in my windshield and the crack extending and extending. It finally stopped about halfway up the windshield... I swear whenever I fix something on these cars, something else goes....
And that BLOWS!!! I am so sorry dude. Here I am complaining about my fog light, where if it went just a foot or two higher it could be my windshield!
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This appears to be the best deal on ebay right now. Good luck on your search.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-944-...806233&vxp=mtr
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hehe, now you wish you got the rock in your face huh ? :P
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Originally Posted by szabon
man....I kinda expected this to be like a 50 dollar replacement thing and not a big deal....
Look here, post #6: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...arts-pics.html

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Wrong type, sorry
But you should contact him, I believe he’s parting a turbo as well
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Better also get a pair of these http://forums.tipec.net/viewtopic.ph...=8067&start=15
Cheap insurance for next time.
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Its a conspiracy I tell ya. I just lost mine the other day...I'm getting a lexan cover this time. Mine was not the turbo lights though I did replace them on my cab..super not funny expensive.

To top it off, I DID take a rock to the windshield too! No crack, but it may let go....It is down low on the windshield, and though nasty, I'm going to leave it and hope for the best. Winter is coming, and I would hate to have something hit a newly replaced windshield. That would really make me mad.
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Szabon,
I may actually have one available. And I'm local. I'll send you a PM.
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Originally Posted by catamax944
Better also get a pair of these http://forums.tipec.net/viewtopic.ph...=8067&start=15
Cheap insurance for next time.
That looks like an awesome idea! Looking at it now, I see that it is glass and the assembly. I was kinda thinking that the rock just busted a plastic protector. And I shoved my finger in there to get the rock out! How I survive day to day is a mystery.....
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I wonder if I can just pop the glass part off and get one of those covers. The light works fine, or is that just going to be super tacky? Probably super tacky.


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