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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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Call these guys: proper auto care and tell them what your paint situations is. Most likely you can get a lot of the scratches out with a good polish and a fairly abrasive pad. I had a cardboard box hit my hood at about 80mph
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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ill probably give that auto care specialist a call tomarro... ive never clayed or polished.. just washed, spray detailed, waxed, interior detail (vacume, leather cleaner, leather conditioner, leather shine protectant), rim and tire detail, door jam wash and wax, hood jam wash an wax, trunk jam wash and wax, front and side window spot treatment, rain x'd, headlights and tail lights water spot treatment and also rain x'd, top conditioned after wash also and finnally a little green pine tree hanging from the rear view (haha jk, never taking taking that route, no scents ever)
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 10:23 PM
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at least you are ok and werent hurt. just be more careful next time
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Old May 1, 2007 | 04:33 AM
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+1 on that. At least you didn't get hurt and you got out alive.

-1 on be more careful. On this car, the rear tend to break lose unpredictably sometimes, just have to learn how to drive better and prepare yourself at all times, I think.

btw. I'm not saying you're a bad driver, not saying you're a good driver, it's a general statement on how i think prevents accidents.
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Old May 1, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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im not offended in no way plokivos
i know that im inexperienced with an FR vehicle, seeing all ive owned previously were FF cars.. with more tourque and much less HP

new discovery. after work thisnight, my one friend at work (owns a 02 berlina S2K)
noticed when i turned my lights on, only one was actually on.. my passsanger one wasnt on at all.. so i did what everyone else would in the situation and got pist, i didnt beat on my car no way.. but it wasnt really expected.. turns out i got curious on the road and shut my headlights off for a sec and turned them back on.. i stopped on the side of the road, got out an checked, sure enough they were both on

could my headight be a little loose (wire?)
or am i looking at a full replacement

either isnt a problem that cant be handled, but i kinda want to get this taken care of asap
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Old May 2, 2007 | 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by imnida,Apr 26 2007, 09:26 PM
tires switched so now car pulls to the left slightly
and braking hard car pulls to the right (i still have my doubts of
but appearently nothing to firestone was wrong
hope you swapped the front tires, do not swap front to back (they are different size)

dont do firestone, its not a pickup truck, take their address out of your pda
find a indipendant race shop in your area, selection is critical tho

if you want to continue da drifting skilz please try a class or two on a track, try some autox, its a wast having the car just on the streets. have fun.
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