Careful of cheap crap!
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From: Oregon
'97 c36
Careful of cheap crap!
Ill have to post a pictures later, but anyways I had bought some really cheap clear corners off ebay. Mostly just to see if I liked the clear look before dropping some coin on some nice ones. I knew they were crap before they showed up but no idea how cheap they could be. The plastic was so brittle and crappy the plastic mounting tabs broke off on installation on one side. So I just re installed the original and put a clear on the drivers side. The fitment was so so but did work to give a guy an idea on what clears looked like in person. Figured id run them for a week and make a decision.
Fast forward to today, cruising down freeway and just so happened to be totally clear on the best stretch of road for some not so legal driving. Into 3rd... 4th... getting a smile upto redline.. 5th.. getting a small vibration starting to wonder flexdisk, tire balance, rotor balance... hmmmm..... BANG!!! clear corner flies off the car smacks the fender flies up in the air and smacks the windshield..
Fast forward to today, cruising down freeway and just so happened to be totally clear on the best stretch of road for some not so legal driving. Into 3rd... 4th... getting a smile upto redline.. 5th.. getting a small vibration starting to wonder flexdisk, tire balance, rotor balance... hmmmm..... BANG!!! clear corner flies off the car smacks the fender flies up in the air and smacks the windshield..
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From: A Canadian in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
'05 C200K SS, '05 Kleemann CLK500K, '08 Hummer H3 & '92 Z34 5sp (track car in Canada)
I had a similar situation to that a few months back, one of my sidemakers came out of the bumper cover and dangled by the bulb wires on the way home - scratched the hell out of the paint as it rubbed up and down the whole way... Damages caused by cheap parts can sure add up.
