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Old 07-26-2011 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Danny Lee 97 Disco
Speaking of Moab, have you seen the video of the girl driving a fillsize Blazer down the really big slope, she looses her brakes and crashes over the side, nose first to the desert floor below? It was really scary. Guess she did not have it in low range first gear and she burned up her brakes on the way down. Terrible crash. I heard they closed it since that.
Check this video out.

‪Tracy's crash‬‏ - YouTube
 
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Old 07-26-2011 | 10:29 AM
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Combination of a bad spotter and too much skinny pedal.
 
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Old 07-26-2011 | 03:53 PM
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I got all excited to see a "BUILD THREAD" and turns out it's a thread about crashing at Moab???

Get this thread back on track with some "before" pictures at least!
 
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Old 07-26-2011 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by yloDiscoII
I got all excited to see a "BUILD THREAD" and turns out it's a thread about crashing at Moab???

Get this thread back on track with some "before" pictures at least!
Good idea.




As you guys can see I have to adjust the light and replace the front bumper. They are just sooo freakin expensive.
 
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Old 07-26-2011 | 04:41 PM
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So where did you get your exhaust? A shop? DIY?
 
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Old 07-26-2011 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rover11
Good idea.

As you guys can see I have to adjust the light and replace the front bumper. They are just sooo freakin expensive.
Can't see if you've got major damage or not to the metal portion of the bumper, but you can pull ALL of the plastic trim pieces off and rattle can it all black and it looks pretty good. There are a few members that have done this with good result, and the best part is that it only costs $SprayPaint.00

Here's an idea of what it would look like, just remove the front and end caps too if yours are busted up....
 

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Old 07-27-2011 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by yloDiscoII
Can't see if you've got major damage or not to the metal portion of the bumper, but you can pull ALL of the plastic trim pieces off and rattle can it all black and it looks pretty good. There are a few members that have done this with good result, and the best part is that it only costs $SprayPaint.00

Here's an idea of what it would look like, just remove the front and end caps too if yours are busted up....
That doesn't look bad. If you look at the second picture, you can see the end of the passenger side bumper is messed up pretty bad.
 
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Old 07-27-2011 | 09:33 AM
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Those ends are merely plastic caps anyway. They are just there to hide the ugliness of the stupid thing that LR used in place of a good front bumper. I remember when bumpers were a real bumper that you could really bump something with, not some fancy molded plastic cover.
 
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Old 07-27-2011 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Danny Lee 97 Disco
Those ends are merely plastic caps anyway. They are just there to hide the ugliness of the stupid thing that LR used in place of a good front bumper. I remember when bumpers were a real bumper that you could really bump something with, not some fancy molded plastic cover.
It's the actual metal part of the bumper that you are seeing in the picture. I have already removed the bumper caps.
 
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Old 07-27-2011 | 06:09 PM
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You are saying the curved ends on yours are metal? Mine are not.
 
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