The Next Random Off-Topic Thread
FWIW- I think the quality of Coastal Metals has gone downhill. I have the Coastal Metal center grill cover and love it. I bought it long ago and the fit is perfect. A local guy bought the same unit last year and we spent a good hour using my dremel tool to get it to the right shape so it fit into the opening as cleanly as mine does.
Originally Posted by sireousrex,May 21 2008, 10:21 AM
Yeah, that's pretty much what I wanted. Not $60 worth though 

You only doing one side?
hat absurd $59.95 is an each price.
Originally Posted by sireousrex,May 21 2008, 10:14 AM
I just want the outer ones, not the big one for the middle opening.
Originally Posted by Triple-H,May 21 2008, 11:33 AM
I honestly believe mine saved me from a radiator replacement. And even more honestly, I never appreciated just how f'ing big a crow really was until I got one. The Coastal Metal Grill took one heck of a whack and came out unscathed, well other than a bit bloody. The impact was so bad parts of the Crow went right through the mesh grill like a pasta machine (sorry Lainey and Ellen). If the grill had not been there it would have impacted the radiator as a full size piece.
http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/20...he_chicken.html
Originally Posted by Tadashi,May 21 2008, 10:37 AM
Thank you for considering my delicate sensibilities as a lady...



Originally Posted by elmmx5,May 21 2008, 10:43 AM
My favorite bird/car collision.
http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/20...he_chicken.html
http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/20...he_chicken.html
Actually, the Crow was not my worst one. I got a Canadain Goose while driving the CRX-SiR a long time ago. I was flying, had just passed a school bus, could not afford the rish of standing on the brakes because of the school bus. WHACK. Hit goose trying to come in low over the road for a landing. Impact was next to the right headlight. It pushed the headlight and radiator back 3/4" and made a real mess out of the hood. $100 comprehensive deductable, got the entire fron of the car repainted, and this was the 1st year after I retired it from track work. The car was so stonechipped from track work my friends acused me of hitting the goose just so I could get 1/2 the car repainted for a hundred bucks.



