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The XP8 vs Bambi
Just 11 days after totalling my SVT Focus, involving a person who was DWI, Bambi decides to end himself on the side of the XP8. Luckily I swerved enough to avoid front end damage and especially the hood! I'm happy I dodged that bullet but I still have some work to do to make sure it's repaired correctly. Not sure what can be saved. The mirror broke off but I think the cover is fine. Luckily I have spares of the entire kit also, other than the hood and wing. I'm still hoping they can salvage the side and rocker panels. I have a source to duplicate the decals. It will be done right!
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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Ouch good luck with the repair
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Greg Wackett |
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Ouch, well, it doesn't look that bad.
Good luck
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Todd |
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Looks like you won.
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To quote John Candy, "That will just buff right out." Sorry to hear!
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Thanks guys. It could have been waaay worse, I know. Wouldn't take too much more to total this old rare bird. Estimator today said about $2300 in damage. The rocker panel can be reshaped. Somehow they included the two decals, not sure if they can copy them or what. A local guy said he could use the two on the passenger side to make new ones. And supposedly they can get the mirror cover through a local Saleen dealer, Inver Grove Ford. I'm skeptical of that though, thought those went the way of the other reproduction XP parts.
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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Sorry to hear about the encounter. At least no one was hurt, well except for Bambi of course. Good luck with the repairs.
Hey my brother has an awesome set of tools. We can fix it! |
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Andy sorry to hear, e-mail me about stripes I might have an extra set. I know Greg might have had an extra door piece or two. Fenders are pretty straight forward. You wanted to repaint that XP anyhow didn't you?
leonardi7@verizon.net Luke |
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High got to love it
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Greg Wackett |
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I was wondering when someone was going to pick up on that line Greg! Ha! Ha! Guess it is us old farts.
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Hey! Who you calling old? lol Now back to my Enusre...
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Cult classic move
Back to the thread if you need help with deals and stuff let me know.
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Greg Wackett |
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Wow, that is really sorry.
I hope you did take bambi with you in the back of the truck? Hennie |
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Ya they prolly got the hoods lined up next to the mirror covers too. Lol, You got lucky, if you wanna call it that.
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I don't remember that line from Fast Times. I've only seen it once though. Well before my time
Yeah I'd call it lucky. Truck is in body shop now. Sounds like they can repair all the Saleen parts that aren't available. Hennie, I should have saved it! No blood or guts, probably just a broken neck. Oh well!
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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at the 1min 55 sec listen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_Nod65e7o enough said :)
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Greg Wackett |
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Ha, awesome.
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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How's the repair coming along?
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Todd |
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I think I'll be picking it up today sometime. There was some confusion on the decal duplicating: The original duplicator needed the truck onsite so the body shop hired a different guy. This new guy can't duplicate the fading effect of the stripes though. I wasn't any where near open to forgoing 100% accuracy. I'll just have to get them duplicated after the fact. I'll let you know Todd
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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Todd |
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Not sure which stripes are the same as the XP's. I'll see what this guy can duplicate them for and go from there.
I did in fact get the truck today. Looks like everything is back to normal otherwise! They were able to remove and reinstall the mirror cover on a new mirror. They added some new clear coat to that. He also clear coated the airbag cover with Steve's graffiti. I noticed after less than a year that was starting to fade.
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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Figured I'd update this: the truck was successfully repaired and any Saleen part that was damaged was repaired so luckily I didn't have to use any of my spare parts. I then had every single decal on the truck duplicated and replaced. Figured I might as well since I was there. I also had the door stickers duplicated (VIN and Saleen tire specs) and had the windshield banner remade with a correct curvature. It was a bit of a pain making sure everything looked and was applied exactly the way it was but in the end it looks better than it did. Then today I did a deep polish/waxing, just before its 180,000 milestone
The decal shop can print new decals at anytime. If anyone ever needs them, let me know. I made sure all of them were as close to original as possible, down to the 1/16". I could tell the shop was a bit annoyed at my extreme OCD but in the end they did an awesome job with all of them.
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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Looks great Andy!
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Todd |
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Looks good!
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Andy, The XP looks great! Back to its former glory!
Luke |
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Thank you fellas. It's in better shape than it was so I'm a happy camper
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-Andy '98 XP8 98-0056 '02 S281E 02-0012 '01 Mustang GT 385whp/385tq '03 SVT Focus '04 SVT Focus |
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