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    taking my car on a mini road trip

    alright guys this weekend i plan on driving my car about 600 miles, im already starting to have a mini panic attack about not having a garage and driving on the freeway and what have you,

    any tips to protecting the front area without a leather bra, can i tape it off without consequences?

    im already getting together my travel car kit if you will lol, duster, detail spray, lots of microfiber, and my car cover, hope its enough

    any suggestions, tips or words of wisdom,

    thanks in advance luke

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    Don't tailgate or be next to trucks or very close behind them. I'd be afraid the tape would leave adhesive residue if you don't have enough wax where the tape won't stick. Tape doesn't stick to my car to well.

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    keep your eyes on the road.

    If your afraid of scratching it then don't drive it. But then what would the point of owning one be?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hot Black Trans-Am View Post
    Don't tailgate or be next to trucks or very close behind them. I'd be afraid the tape would leave adhesive residue if you don't have enough wax where the tape won't stick. Tape doesn't stick to my car to well.
    yeah its just been recently clay bared 3 step ploshing and waxed, so i dont know if will stick, thanks for the tips thou

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sleeper101 View Post
    keep your eyes on the road.

    If your afraid of scratching it then don't drive it. But then what would the point of owning one be?
    most of the time i just cruise around city streets, i guess thats enough for me, long trips always stress me out, in any of my camaro's

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    bah, 600 round trip? that's a joke, i used to do that shit all the time and will do it more often once the summer comes back around. Just cruise @ 85 and enjoy the passing line

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    Quote Originally Posted by third_shift|studios View Post
    bah, 600 round trip? that's a joke, i used to do that shit all the time and will do it more often once the summer comes back around. Just cruise @ 85 and enjoy the passing line
    probably gonna throw it in cruise and sit at 75, cops are bitches,and so are rocks

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    3m makes a protective tape that is easily removed. You can try a motocross shop. I think it comes in 3ft wide strips.

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    A clear bra would solve the problem forever !

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    I've used painters tape on long road trips before. Always worked well for me.
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    you guys are crazy... and weird... i drive my car aleast 500 miles one way to my wifes family... just pass the truckers and say about 10 cars back from the rest of the stuipd drivers... and if you go fast enough the bugs won't hit your car! just your grill!

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    I wish a lot of these pics were still hosted and came up. A few still are, but there were some funny damn pics in the thread. Anyway, dont think you've gone overboard until you check this out

    http://crazytopics.blogspot.com/2006...with-tape.html

    Original thread and writeup located here:
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    yeah well the trip was okay i guess i took a rock to the windsheild just chipped, it and blew up my rear end street racing in farmland 300 miles from home, that sucked really bad, stupid 4.10's, i switched back to stock the next morning thanks to my friend and my gf dropping it off to me in the middle of the night lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2000SuperSportMaro View Post
    you guys are crazy... and weird... i drive my car aleast 500 miles one way to my wifes family... just pass the truckers and say about 10 cars back from the rest of the stuipd drivers... and if you go fast enough the bugs won't hit your car! just your grill!
    really, in the last hour my wife got a rock chip and she is has anal has me about following anything, so yeah, were crazy about our cars!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2000SuperSportMaro View Post
    you guys are crazy... and weird... i drive my car aleast 500 miles one way to my wifes family... just pass the truckers and say about 10 cars back from the rest of the stuipd drivers... and if you go fast enough the bugs won't hit your car! just your grill!
    Just lost for words on this one.............




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    Quote Originally Posted by camarojunky74 View Post
    yeah well the trip was okay i guess i took a rock to the windsheild just chipped, it and blew up my rear end street racing in farmland 300 miles from home, that sucked really bad, stupid 4.10's, i switched back to stock the next morning thanks to my friend and my gf dropping it off to me in the middle of the night lol

    Sounds like the road debris should have been your last concern! Sucks about the window chip. I have a couple from the previous owner that bug the shit out of me.

    When is the new rear going to be ordered?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hot Black Trans-Am View Post
    Sounds like the road debris should have been your last concern! Sucks about the window chip. I have a couple from the previous owner that bug the shit out of me.

    When is the new rear going to be ordered?
    well next tax return should be enough for my 9 inch and 4.30 gears. lol

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    I was going to swap 4.10 in my stock rear, but decided that would just be a waste of money. I'm still trying to decide between a 9 or S60.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hot Black Trans-Am View Post
    I was going to swap 4.10 in my stock rear, but decided that would just be a waste of money. I'm still trying to decide between a 9 or S60.
    too be honest, i really didnt notice any track time differance without running slicks, and we all now how that goes, if i could do it all over again i would have sold the rear and kept the money, i mean shit i got that rear for free, so what the hell

    i say 9" and by next year they will have one for the 4 channel cars so im in lol

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    I've heard bad things about the TQ arm mounts on the 9's. But I havn't done a lot of looking into that yet as I have other things to buy first.

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