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Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this? This past week I pulled my front end apart to swap out the high beam bulbs and to get my grilles powdercoated black. In the process of pulling the headlights off I learned that the previous owner had done an unusual and rare mod to the car. (I've had the car just over 2 years, and based on a couple of indications the car had some sort of front end damage before I bought it.)
I started to pull the passenger side headlight and I could hear this kind of weird noise - something krinkling behind the headlight. Can't see anything unusual yet...
Pulled the headlight out and what do I find but...
Yup, that's right, some lazy-ass ****ing shop monkey's empty 8oz water bottle!!! You could very clearly hear the thing being crushed and/or expanding as you moved the headlight in or out of it's proper location, so there's no way one could install the headlight without realizing something wasn't right. Unreal.
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- 09-06-09 11:33 PM #2
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
Reserve nitrous tank?
- 09-07-09 12:08 AM #3
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
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- 09-07-09 12:13 AM #4
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
That was there to stop the vibration noise.
- 09-07-09 12:40 AM #5
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
Along the same line, I was doing a bathroom remodel recently and found pretty much the same thing wedged inbetween the ceiling fan vent.
I don't get the joke, but I am sure that the guy who left it thought he was funny.
- 09-07-09 03:14 AM #6
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
back when I worked at Subway, one of our youthful indiscretions was throwing a pickle slice up on the wall in the back hallway. Seemed funny at the time (though I don't remember why)
I went back there 3-4 years later, and the pickle was still up on the wall. Painted over.
- 09-07-09 04:28 AM #7
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
That is some serious middle school bullshit!!! Like the time we stole all the teacher's pens and threw them into the ceiling tiles. If you chucked them just right they would get stuck in the tiles.
- 09-07-09 07:17 AM #8
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
Factory installed, no doubt.
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- 09-07-09 11:28 AM #9
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
That's the blinker fluid reservoir!
- 09-07-09 11:28 AM #10
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
Too bad it wasnt his wallet, or some fancy Snap-On tool.
- 09-07-09 11:36 AM #11
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
Now you'll be faster on the track.
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- 09-07-09 11:36 AM #12
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
When I pulled my airbox out a while back to do the K&N there were a couple HUGE walnuts under there, no clue how they managed to get in.
- 09-07-09 12:42 PM #13
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
Rodent problem? lol
Originally Posted by SkullV 
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- 09-07-09 03:25 PM #14
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
UAW build procedure?
- 09-07-09 06:27 PM #15
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Re: Discovered ultra rare mod on my used V - anyone else ever see this?
blinker fluid reservoir ftw
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