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Offline stainesy

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anybody tried one of these?
« on: 27 May 2011, 10:36 »
aparently they are made more flexi that the other cheap ones.

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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #1 on: 27 May 2011, 10:40 »
Dom069 has one on. It's survived better than his eurowagens one so far.

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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #2 on: 27 May 2011, 10:45 »
Dom069 has one on. It's survived better than his eurowagens one so far.

realy? so its worth buying one then you recon. i have broken 2 of the cheap ones so far.
i am using the standered gti one at the mo and i fold mine back abit everyday on way home from work on a ramp i have to go over.
you recon it will be ok with that?

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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #3 on: 27 May 2011, 10:53 »
Dom069 has one on. It's survived better than his eurowagens one so far.

realy? so its worth buying one then you recon. i have broken 2 of the cheap ones so far.
i am using the standered gti one at the mo and i fold mine back abit everyday on way home from work on a ramp i have to go over.
you recon it will be ok with that?

i doubt it will, there is a thread on edition about them breaking and the clips snapping off and staying in the bumper.

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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #4 on: 27 May 2011, 10:59 »
Better off finding someone breaking a vr6 and have the genuine one off them

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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #5 on: 27 May 2011, 11:15 »
Iv been looking for somebody breaking a vr6 for ages and just can't find one or don't get replies. Given up now.

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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #6 on: 27 May 2011, 12:08 »
I scrape my eurowagens one coming out of my works carpark, once on a speedbump at the bottom of the ramp then again on those one way metal ramp things that push down and spring back up. It takes quite a beating and is showing no signs of giving up
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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #7 on: 27 May 2011, 15:31 »
Just coz I wanted to see the outcome I just went to my garage got one of my old cheap plastic ones and twisted it like they have in the picture and even the cheap plastic ones can twist like that without breaking so that pic proves nothing.
Spose I will see for myself when it arives as I bought one moments before I started this thread lol.
Also glued one of my old ones back together and stuck it back on car so now very low at the front again lol.

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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #8 on: 27 May 2011, 17:19 »
yeah its not how much they twist/flex thats the problem, its how much force can be put on the edge where the clips go in b4 it snaps off. It clips in from the front so if something is forcing it from the front and pulling it backwards, doesnt matter how strong it is its gonna snap  :smiley:
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Re: anybody tried one of these?
« Reply #9 on: 27 May 2011, 17:36 »
Mine lasted two weeks!
Found four genuine vr6 splitters on ebay at the same time. Bought two and forgot about the other two  :cry:

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