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Old 03-06-2012, 06:13 PM   #1
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Parked outside my house this morning. OMG
Could not contain the laughter
Suppose its cheaper than window tinting......



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Old 03-06-2012, 06:27 PM   #2
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Ok how on earth did they screw it on? The screws look like they have gone through the glass part and not the actual door????
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Old 03-06-2012, 06:29 PM   #3
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just trying to keep the water out, LOL!
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Old 03-06-2012, 06:32 PM   #4
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What else are you going to do when the window is smashed out?

Its been in an accident, you can see the huge dint in the door.
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Old 03-06-2012, 08:58 PM   #5
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What else are you going to do when the window is smashed out?

Its been in an accident, you can see the huge dint in the door.
we might have a winner

it is funny that someone would do that, but good luck to them if it works - with or without a window behind it
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Old 03-06-2012, 06:36 PM   #6
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LOL.. Black Ops....
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Old 03-06-2012, 06:41 PM   #7
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Old 03-06-2012, 06:49 PM   #8
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Is that the wiper I see still on there?, wonder if they have glued a cover over the switch, or how entertaining would it be to that in action
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Old 03-06-2012, 08:03 PM   #9
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What's wrong with that??
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a chev badge?
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a chev badge?
Nothing looks better

On a chev but on a commodore that's another story
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Nothing looks better

On a chev but on a commodore that's another story
Nearly as bad as FPV badges on a XR
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You left your door open.

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You left your door open.

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Dats fully hetic bruv!
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I don't think that's the right air-conditioning system for that truck
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Old 03-06-2012, 09:43 PM   #19
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Keep the pics coming. Got to be some crazy ones out there.........
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Maybe we should ask if we can open another epic fails thread?
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Old 03-06-2012, 10:13 PM   #21
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I've seen a chevy badge on rodeo ute. (dont get too excited and think it had some V8 conversion) it was still a 4 cylinder!!! i'm waiting for someone too put a nissan badge on a VL. did see a HSV badge on a toyota lexcen!!! but the worse goes too the person who put a calias badge on an XF
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I've seen a chevy badge on rodeo ute. (dont get too excited and think it had some V8 conversion) it was still a 4 cylinder!!! i'm waiting for someone too put a nissan badge on a VL. did see a HSV badge on a toyota lexcen!!! but the worse goes too the person who put a calias badge on an XF
I saw a bowtie on a comodore taxi last week. :(
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I saw a bowtie on a comodore taxi last week. :(
there getting everywhere on commodores!! i at first could understand the ones with the chev V8s but now you see them on the buick and alloytech V6 as well. I think they look better without the chev badge! oh i did see something that really did shock me a few months ago!! an AU styleside ute with a holden sticker on the back window!!! that was just wrong!!
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[quote=wildrider]there getting everywhere on commodores!! i at first could understand the ones with the chev V8s but now you see them on the buick and alloytech V6 as well. I think they look better without the chev badge! oh i did see something that really did shock me a few months ago!! an AU styleside ute with a holden sticker on the back window!!! that was just wrong!![/quote]

Haha! Reminds me of an uncle of mine. Needed a jumper and a T shirt. Not a AFL guy or anything, and kinda for a joke he bought a West Coast Eagles shirt and a Fremantle Dockers jumper, pretty much Ford and Holden here in WA.
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there getting everywhere on commodores!! i at first could understand the ones with the chev V8s

What chev?


No holden has used a Chev engine since the HQ...
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Maybe we should ask if we can open another epic fails thread?
I feel this is already a revival of the old infamous epic fail thread
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A couple of my pet hates

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That body kit has to be the biggest home job I've ever seen
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yea those tail lights dont suit the VT garnish do they. same as clear tail lights on the VT with the garnish.
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They look worse than altezzas of the B series, and that's making a statement!
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