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For anyone who hates rock chips on long road trips....
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 10:55 am
by GT_King
I drove down to the Bay Area this past weekend from Portland, and before I left, I was going to purchase a full nose bra to protect the front end from rock chips, but my friend suggested using blue painters masking tape to cover the front bumper cover for the drive, so I did. It took 10 minutes to put on, and when I got there, it peeled off easily with no glue residue and there wasn't one new chip on my bumper cover, and it only cost 5 bucks for the roll of tape (one roll did the trip there and back) compared to almost $100 for the bra.
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Re: For anyone who hates rock chips on long road trips.... (GT_King)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 11:13 am
by damronjr
You covered the whole front bumper with painters tape??? Seems like a lot of tape and your whole front end woud be blue!
Re: For anyone who hates rock chips on long road trips.... (damronjr)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 11:17 am
by robodoc
Yeah, buy the bra. I need the bra. Anyone got a link to where I can get a bra, besides the Secret .
Re: For anyone who hates rock chips on long road trips.... (robodoc)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 11:55 am
by Viben' round
uhm, you have to have a picture of this one! or is this some silly latebloomers april fools joke? seriously bro? painters tape? on a vibe? I can't believe this with out seeing it!
Re: For anyone who hates rock chips on long road trips.... (Viben' round)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:03 pm
by Ponyota
Try eBay for the bra.. Sometimes you can grab one for a good price. I don't know if I'd went to the extreme of taping my front end, but then again, rock chips are something that the Vibes paint is notorious for and if ya don't want 'em, ya got to protect the paint somehow.
Re: For anyone who hates rock chips on long road trips.... (robodoc)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:04 pm
by scherry2
Quote, originally posted by robodoc »Yeah, buy the bra. I need the bra. Anyone got a link to where I can get a bra, besides the Secret .GM dealer or
http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/r...98126
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:17 pm
by AKLGT
don't order from GMdirect.com. i ordered one for phil's vibe 2 wks ago and still not even shipped. when i contacted them to cancel the order, they charged me a $20 restocking fee for an item they didn't even have! phil called the dealership he worked at saturday morning and they had it there on tuesday! he put it on today he said.
Re: (trdvibe)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:23 pm
by Ponyota
Quote, originally posted by trdvibe »he put it on today he said. So hows he look in it? J/KSorry couldn't resist! Thanks for the info, I've actualy been thinking about getting one for the Vibe myself. I just don't know if it works with the GM ground effects kit, those little things on the front bumber.
Re: (Ponyota)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 1:42 pm
by GT_King
LOL, ya I got some weird looks but it was only for the drive down. They put large gravel down on the mountain passes here in the winter so it destroys front bumpers. I ripped it off the second I got there of course.
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Re: (GT_King)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 1:49 pm
by damronjr
Um.... WOW
Re: (silverawd26)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 1:51 pm
by GT_King
and here's a pic of my car and my friend's Jetta GLI after I got down there. See? the tape is gone
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Re: (GT_King)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 1:59 pm
by damronjr
Somehow the Vibe looks smaller than the Jetta in that pic! Is it so?
Re: (damronjr)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 2:08 pm
by GT_King
I think the Jetta is a little longer, but if my Vibe wasn't lowered, I think it would look a little bigger next to the Jetta. Nice Vibe btw dude
Re: (GT_King)
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 9:27 pm
by Viben' round
uhm, yeah....
Re: For anyone who hates rock chips on long road trips.... (silverawd26)
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 6:07 am
by robodoc
Now that is what I was waiting for. Does it come filled?
Re: For anyone who hates rock chips on long road trips.... (GT_King)
Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 7:03 am
by Mase
Good call on the blue tape. Racers do the same thing when they run their street cars on big tracks.I was planning on using the tape during my big caravan to the bay area next month. People may think it's funny looking, but guess who will be laughing when everyone else it scraping bugs off their bumper?