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Old 09-15-02, 05:17 PM
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Talking 155mph and lost my headlight cover :D

Hey all, I finally got to open up my car with another friend...he has a 93bas with IC, Full Exhaust, and upgraded ECU....I have a Itake, and DP...we both were going to the track to check out some bike races and I opened it up first and made it to 155mph when I saw him blaze by me...when we got the track he said he was doing 167mph and was still pulling hard...damn these ******* cars are fast...

then he tells me did you realize you lost your headlight cover? "ahhh, no!"

Anyway, aparently it just broke off from the wind...where would i look to get a replacement left headlight cover?

thanks all!
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there was just a big thread on this...
Anyways, same thing happened to me while racing a supra at 161mph. $70 new from mazda for a replacement.
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I just bought both driver and passenger headlight covers off of Ebay for $112. They are already painted my color though.

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Bahahaha! I love hearing these types of stories..
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and you know the bad part...we took all this photo equipment to do a photoshoot of the two cars and now I have this big gaping hole in the front of the car...we still took the photos so there will be some photochoping going on...
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haha, same thing happened to me about 4 months ago. I thought it would be funny to blow by my friend at about 160, it was except for the fact that I lost my passenger side cover about the time i passed him ;-). Oh well, good excuse to get a vented one I guess.
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Originally posted by Crashunit
Bahahaha! I love hearing these types of stories..
hush marvin, your nothing but a drunkard!
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Re: 155mph and lost my headlight cover :D

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...damn these ******* cars are fast...

I touch 150mph (still pulling) for the 1st yesterday and it was scary...when I got home I saw on the news two kids were killed in ATL going 120mph in an Accord.
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Where did it break off? I'm just wondering if the headlight cover was loose and the vibration weakened it enough to break ... How did the cover break off?
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Re: Re: 155mph and lost my headlight cover :D

Originally posted by dubulup
120mph in an Accord.
That's why...
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Originally posted by Van Sema
Where did it break off? I'm just wondering if the headlight cover was loose and the vibration weakened it enough to break ... How did the cover break off?
It borke off...There are two bolts and one of them was loose and the other was missing...for those of you who still have yours it would probably be a good idea to tighten them down...I just ordered the cover from the dealer and it was $88.02 still have to get it painted though...

Be careful Y'all...

later
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I took mine to just over 170(with all the windows and sunroof open), and my brand new Revo's Flew out the sunroof. My girlfriend at the time bought me those glasses. The scary thing is, is that she called me the next day, and said she had a dream that I lost the sunglasses that she gave me! Talk about female intuition!

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Originally posted by Jim Calandrella
I took mine to just over 170(with all the windows and sunroof open), and my brand new Revo's Flew out the sunroof. My girlfriend at the time bought me those glasses. The scary thing is, is that she called me the next day, and said she had a dream that I lost the sunglasses that she gave me! Talk about female intuition!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's f'n hilarious
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this has happened to me too... i almost killed my buddy behind me.. hehe
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