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scherry2
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Ran into a bug

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my son bumped into a VW bug the 2 weeks ago. good thing: minor damage and no injurysbetter thing: upper and lower Bumper covers from Ebay arrived today
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Re: Ran into a bug (scherry2)

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I was thinking what kind of bug could have caused that lol Good thing wasn't too bad =/
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Re: Ran into a bug (lowincash)

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parts were cheap $$ on ebay and they came quick.
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Re: Ran into a bug (scherry2)

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Glad everyone is OK!
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Re: Ran into a bug (scherry2)

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Would you mind sharing the seller's ID? Did they have a rear bumper cover too?
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scherry2
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Re: Ran into a bug (Kari)

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auto_lighthouse77and he has a store and only has 1http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...oriesthere are some others on ebay cheaperhttp://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R4...ories
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Re: Ran into a bug (scherry2)

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Looks like a green bug. Glad no one was hurt. That's the main thing.
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Re: Ran into a bug (BlueCrush)

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Damage can be repaired easily, injuries not quite as easy. Glad nobody was hurt.
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Re: Ran into a bug (lovemyraffe)

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frontend comes off suprisingly easy if it wasn't so blazes hot and humid out i would have done a how too. maybe during reassembly.
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Re: Ran into a bug (scherry2)

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Glad everyone is OK!
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Re: Ran into a bug (scherry2)

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well got the new front end mounted.
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Re: Ran into a bug (scherry2)

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Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »my son bumped into a VW bug Hopefully it was one of those newer crappy Water Cooled Bugs and not a classic Air Cooled one!!dave
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Re: Ran into a bug (djkeev)

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yes it was a newer one. lol
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