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I had a 96 civic remade to look like a 99 civic. Headlights, bumpers, wing, and fenders. looked great. i bought those z3 fenders for short money maybe $100 for both of them.i put them on and took the other ones and threw them in the dumpster :-\. iI have to tell you that i really never got pulled over that much until i got those friggen z3 fenders. i got pulled over every day at least once. this went on for almost a month till i said ---- it i cant take it any more and went back to honda and bought the 99 fenders for $150 a piece. worst part is that i swore up and down i would never throw anything out any more and i did two years later on my dx to si swap i threw the dx harness in the trash and didnt relize what a dumb ---- move that was. especially when my old mans is like "maybe so should keep that harness, never know when you'll need it". i was like shut up old man. guess he showed me. :'(

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y would u get pulled over with just fenders with holes on them?

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When i was putting on new brake calipers, i torqed the bolt that holds the caliper on to much and broke the head of the bolt off. I drilled the broken bolt out then went to the dealership and ordered another one. Came in 2 days then i proceeded to put the new one on. I torqed it again TOO much and snapped it, then had to drill it out again. I was really pissed, i almost lost it >:(. So i went inside had a beer, calmed down, went back to the dealership the next day, ordered another bolt that took another 2 days to come in and finally fished putting the calipers in. Note to self, don't buy another peice of ---- torque wrench, and the haynes manual is WRONG. 36ft/pound for a Si is too much, it says 20 ft/pound for the hf,dx and that is actually the right spec...sigh :-\

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While replacing some old seals on my g2 teg under the wiper column, i was leveraging on something to pop out one of the tabs that holds one of the plastic covers on when i hear a crunch that sounds like cracking glass. yeah, i was leveraging on the front windshield, doh!

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w0rd 8)

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i somehow managed to lose the two outer nuts for my exhaust manifold when i put my stock one back on. didn't put the heat shield on, so i noticed right away, it's not leaking or anything, i just have no idea where those nuts are, prolly on the highway somewhere :(

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Bump this ---- had me in tears :D :'(

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this is a ------ good thread in a long time. im still crackin up

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Installing my headers on the stand before dropping in motor I broke couple studs and got anxious and decided to fix when it was in the car. Once was in the car all bolted in and running realized I had to pull the motor back out cause I could not get a drill back between the firewall and head to fix. :1 :7

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I did the same thing on my old S10. I've never thrown a tool farther than that prybar.