First out of state trip with the vert

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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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First out of state trip with the vert

Headed to palm coast to drop off my g35 sedan at my mom's place.
We had a 1st gen sedan and latest gen G vert cruise going.

So in preparation for road debris I did a little taping up of the front of the vert
with some painters tape. Cause all the cool kids are doing it, hahaha. In anycase I did not
have time to actually finish up with the taping and some places held together better more than
others.

I'm not so thrilled with the bumper portion, but but the front of the hood held up well.
I think I may get colgan bra for long road trips next





Interestingly enough, I think there is less road debris when travelling at night due to less cars on the road
so that's something to consider when to tape or not.


Some before pics during the taping.














At this point I never got to finish it prior to heading out. Somewhat fail, haha.














After about 300 plus miles, 70mph cruise speeds.





At the final destination


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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 01:32 AM
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really!!!
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 11:39 AM
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Nice job! Good to see other people car about their cars enough to go through the effort to avoid chips on long trips. Kudos!
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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haha you crazy man! rock chips and bug massacres are inevitable when cruising the open roads... that front bra is pretty cool though i must admit
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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Why put tape on your car and possibly scratch or damage the paint with the adhesive?

What's going to protect you from an accident if it happens?

It's a car. Drive it and show it off. Don't mess it up with tape!
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by xixonmn
really!!!
That's what the wife said, LOL.

Originally Posted by Blackjack
Nice job! Good to see other people car about their cars enough to go through the effort to avoid chips on long trips. Kudos!
Thanks man.

Originally Posted by Jubbliepuff
haha you crazy man! rock chips and bug massacres are inevitable when cruising the open roads... that front bra is pretty cool though i must admit
It's inevitable unless you take some precaution to diminish it's occurance I'd like to keep the vert as road debris free as possible if I have the opportunity.
The bra does go well with the G lines.



Originally Posted by Foxwiz
Why put tape on your car and possibly scratch or damage the paint with the adhesive?

What's going to protect you from an accident if it happens?

It's a car. Drive it and show it off. Don't mess it up with tape!
Painters tape is easy to come off. It won't scratch. I do have that "self healing paint" and we know how easy that is to get chipped. So the more reason to try and avoid the chips. Tape is temporary too.
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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LOL, just get the bra next time.

http://cgi.ebay.com/14B-36B-NEW-BLAC...item3a59dc09fe
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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LOL
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Old May 24, 2011 | 09:10 PM
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pics with the colgan bra

https://www.myg37.com/forums/picture...s-of-pics.html
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