*Chuckling* Sure you can... just may not achieve the full goal you want, though
Would be kinda like this corvette in Huntsville, AL…*Chuckling* Sure you can... just may not achieve the full goal you want, though
.... not gonna lie.. now I'm curious how that would look. *grin*
~ Casp
Awwwwwwww man that same thing happened except it was in my dads 3rd gen taco at home depot cause i was gonna pick up some textured black paint for the bumper i was gonna install on the truckSo, a couple of weeks ago, we took a trip up to Steinjager/AceEngineering (now in Bushnell, IL) and picked up my JT sliders.
Started to install them myself, and ran into 2 of the bolts that wouldn't break free no matter what we did.. so decided, we'd just have the local dealership handle it. (Nearly every one of the mechanics are jeep guys, so I actually trust them)
So.. got them installed, yesterday... glad I did, too. Took them a LOT of heating up of the passenger front to get it out, even afterwards, they replaced the bolt. Anyway, they look great, and the wife and daughter love the fact they have something to climb up with.
Anyway, less than 24 hours later, I got to 'test' them out, in the manner that many people joke about, but rarely do you get to experience first hand.
Was at Walmart picking up a few groceries... was in the parking lot loading the 5-6 bags into the back seat, when some BMW comes tearing through the parking lot, like they're a friggen Indy racer, and whips into the parking spot on the passenger side. The driver is a gal, taking on her phone via speakerphone.. clearly not paying attention. Starts getting out, throws her door open.. and.. WHAM!
She gets this look of horror, looks at me, right in the eyes... looks down to see the damage.. and then loses her mind when she sees the damage to her door. Since the door made impact with the slider, in 1 single point, the area around that single point, just sort of crumpled around it, so her door has a pretty ugly looking crease/dent right on the edge.
She freaks out, tells the person on the phone that she has to go, because 'someone just hit me'. Then starts screaming at me, that I hit her, and how she's going to sue, and how is she supposed to drive with that damage on her car... etc.. etc..
Needless to say, I'm sitting there wondering if she's really that dumb... when the guy in the truck next to me (who had just pulled in before her) retaliates at her, pointing out that I was in my spot already, and she's the one that crossed the line with her door. It wasn't my fault at all, and that she just needs to chalk it up as her own screw up, and move on.
She starts screaming at him, telling him to mind his own business, and that she's going to call the cops to report my hitting her car.
He points out, that with the damage right on the very edge of her door, every cop is going to know exactly what happened, but.. by all means.. she should call the cops... and then places his county Sherriff's badge on the hood of her car.
At this point, I'm amused and sort of baffled what to do... lol.. guess it showed on my face, because the guy looks at me, and says: 'You can go ahead and leave, sir..
I'm going to stick around until she calls the city, so I can tell them exactly what happened.'
Total damage to the sliders? I have a slight scratch.. maybe a small 'ding'.. dunno, to ME it just looks like she went thru the powder coat.. but not even all the way through that. lol There was quite a bit of paint that was easy to wipe off.. but hell, I can't imagine what that dent in my door would have looked like if the sliders weren't there to stop it, based on how crumpled her door was in that spot.. *Shrug*
Anyway... just wanted to share an amusing (to me) story. I've seen several folks say they're good to prevent carts from stray carts hitting the truck.. but never even dawned on me about careless drivers.
Thanks for reading
~ Casp
.........it left a big ass dent in his door about an inch in depth on the edge of the door and as he slammed it shut it made even more damage to his body,
Dude i swear its always people with BMW's,especially in the damn highway
Instant Karma is a wonderful thing, I tell yabut long story short there was a cop nearby heard his his screaming he got in trouble for what he did,the sliders only got a scratch i came back from the store got my paint and sandpaper and repaired the scratch right in the parking lot in less than 2 minutes and bam looks like nothing happened
Wow now that thing is sick,i "wouldn't" mind daily driving that thing,i imagine putting some long travel suspension on the front somehow and do the same in the back tooWould be kinda like this corvette in Huntsville, AL…
