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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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MY mom got me S5 tails for Christmas!

Just sharing Got them today, only $106 and they look great! I'm going to install them either Monday or Tuesday when I go to a friend's house to cut that little part of the Rx-7 that needs to be out of the way for the reverse lamp of the S5 tail. I don't have a Dremmel tool. Anyway, here they are. I'm so excited!

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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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I got s5 tails too...and a fifth of jagermeister among other things. best christmas ever. BTW, you dont need a dremel, I just bent mine and it works fine.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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Bend the inside with pliers.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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your mom is cool!! wish my mom got me car parts hahah
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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lol awesome and congrats!!
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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I hammered the side that needed to be cut away until it was bent back. Fit like a glove. Saved me a lot of time too.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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Thanks to you guys telling me that, they're installed! (will post pics later) They look SOOO good! Thank you everyone.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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Yeah C clamp worked wonders on the metal piece. Regular S5 tails look so weird after seeing my car with the "modernized" ones for awhile now.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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Hey Chris! Are you ever coming back to naonly? It's dead, but with a few more members it could come back. It's weird you just got S5 tails, since I just installed mine today! You should post pics... here's one of mine.

And you paid 106? Shipped? I paid 180 shipped for mine, and Collin just bought a set of 'vert S5's for $20 at pull-a-parts. What a coincidence...
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 12:01 AM
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can i have your S4s???

pics of mom with the tails..............................j/k
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by 0verb00st
I got s5 tails too...and a fifth of jagermeister among other things. best christmas ever. BTW, you dont need a dremel, I just bent mine and it works fine.
f'real. vice grips or channel locks ftmfw!! btw, drunk post, sorry if this don'tmake sense.
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 12:45 AM
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arrrgghhh i want s5 tails
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 1st7
can i have your S4s???

pics of mom with the tails..............................j/k
sorry, I want to get rid of them locally because I don't have paypall or want to deal with cashier's checks or w/e.

Yeah, I'll post up in N/A only when I get pics of them installed. It was $106 at a salvage yard.
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 05:03 PM
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s5 tails are sick :]
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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Man, I wish I could find a deal on s5's like that. You're lucky you have a parental figure that will buy car parts for you. If I ever ask, my dad just tells me..."That Japanese car isn't worth it, go buy a decent car that doesn't need fixin' all the time."
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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OH gawd, which salvage yard did you get them from? I live in Gwinnett, btw.
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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OH gawd, which salvage yard did you get them from? I live in Gwinnett, btw.
We were on our way back from Destin Florida and we saw "Foreign Auto Salvage" in Montgumery Alabama. They're lot was like the size of 5 or 6 dealerships (no joke) and my mom said "Ohh I bet I can find you something for your car there!" She pulled in and we asked if they had any 7s. They had 3 and took us to them. There were 2 re 86s one that was basically a bare unibody and th eother that had anyhting and everything taken from the front. And then a black 89 GTU with no engine, wheels, hood, or front bumper but it had the tails $50 a piece (threw in the plate trim for free) and $6 Alabama tax.
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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Damn thats sweet. All I can ever find at yards around here is FB's that have been completely gutted.
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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Installed:

Ok some before pics:




And After pics:



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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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