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Old 05-11-2001, 10:39 AM
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Default Got out of my car @lunch today and saw a bubble on my hood!

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/159/jttool.jpg"></center><p>Get this! I go to lunch w/"methodman" to meet "Sscott", get out of my car and see a freakin' bubble on top of my hood. I immediately said to "WTF...where did this come from? This wasn't here yesterday!" Well, methodman suggests that it came from the engine compartment(since it was a bubble and not a dent). I was thinking the same thing, but said to myself "NO, how can THAT be?". Well, long and behold...I find THIS INDUSTRIAL "hammerhead vice-grip" tool sitting on top of my engine cover! Turns out it put a rip in my hood insulation and then a bubble in my hood! Freakin' body shop! I SWEAR...you can't get ANYTHING done right unless you DO IT YOURSELF! Man! So, I proceed to the body shop(after calming down over lunch) and they are now going to replace my engine cover, hood insulation, remove the bubble, AND REPAINT AND RE ARMOURFEND my hood! I'm definitely happy about that, but the incovenience.....AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!

Oh, BTW...I know I have to clean my engine compartment and I'm planning on it(same day I wash out my K&N air filter).

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Those guys must be blind to leave that lying on top of the engine like that.
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Default that's weak.

i know what you mean about doing it yourself. i went to good guys to see about a sound system install. i asked if i could watch while they do it!
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Default good idea .. they installed a deck in my friends integra ...

and they didn't even use the right harness, and now his system keeps shutting off (loose wiring, etc ...)

... much more if they touch your audi. They always tell me that there is no such thing as a kit for the Audi. Just bring it to a car audio shop that knows what they're doing.
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HOLY sheet! So sorry Jeff!
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Damn! At least they're fixing it, though. It still sucks, just not as bad.
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No kiddin'!
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sorry to hear about that.....carbon fiber hood now? =)


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