Jackie Treehorn

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Memorial Day Weekend I was driving up I-85 on the way to Pennsylvania when a tractor trailer launched a chunk of asphalt directly at me, causing a blowout and cracked driver's front rim. After sitting in Petersburg, VA (think 3rd Circle of Hell) for two hours, I took the car to Crown Acura in Richmond. I have never been more impressed with a dealership service department, but I digress. Rim and tire replaced by insurance, road trip to PA continues. Upon arriving back in NC, I discovered the left headlight no longer functioned. My claim was reopened, and I took the car into the local Nationwide "Blue Ribbon" shop. They replaced the bulb, ballast, and igniter. I picked up the car after hours last night and the headlight works beautifully; unfortunately the bumper now has two spiderweb cracks in the paint, a couple of chips missing, and a giant 4" crack through the plastic that weren't there when I dropped it off. Needless to say, I'm livid and can't wait to speak with the owner this morning.

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On to my actual question for the group. I know the topic of the unsightly front air dam that hangs from the radiator on the Base 04-06 models has been beaten to death, but it seems to stick out more on my 2005 SSM than on any other 3G TLs I see around town. Is there a fascia piece that is supposed to live forward of the air dam to "hide" it? If not, short of an A-Spec lip kit, what has been done by other members to clean up the front end in regards to this part?

Thanks!

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

Damn that sucks about them damaging your bumper, luckily it can be fixed.

hahaha, Petersburg is a tough place to be stranded and that is a long ride to Crown on Broad St.

paperboy42190

iTrader: (7)

mine is very obvious too but i dont mind it too much. it does scrape a lot though.

paz840

iTrader: (2)

There is nothing that will really hide it, not even the A-Spec lip.
If yours is particularly bad, or it really bothers you, just remove it.