Ripped off my TTE Lip yesterday
03-01-06, 01:05 PM
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Ripped off my TTE Lip yesterday
Boy was I pissed!
I was driving at about 80 mph in the left lane of highway yesterday when one of those truck tire treads came flipping out of the car in front of me. Had no time to react, so I ran over it, heard a huge thud. Ripped the TTE lip down in the center, but not totally off, so now it's hanging down in the middle about 2 inches. Afraid to drive the car lest I catch it on something and rip it completely off. The sides are still attached, but the glue is completely disconnected, I think it's still held on by the screws only. Got a little bit of paint cracking.
At least it's not totally damaged, could have been worse.
I was driving at about 80 mph in the left lane of highway yesterday when one of those truck tire treads came flipping out of the car in front of me. Had no time to react, so I ran over it, heard a huge thud. Ripped the TTE lip down in the center, but not totally off, so now it's hanging down in the middle about 2 inches. Afraid to drive the car lest I catch it on something and rip it completely off. The sides are still attached, but the glue is completely disconnected, I think it's still held on by the screws only. Got a little bit of paint cracking.
At least it's not totally damaged, could have been worse.
03-01-06, 01:24 PM
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That is a relief. Nothing too serious! 
03-01-06, 01:51 PM
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Damn..sorry to hear that...That is also a fear of mine....I try to keep a safe distance behind the car in front of me and I don't drive behind trucks or SUVs as a means of trying to keep that from happening...
03-01-06, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by engin_ear
The sides are still attached, but the glue is completely disconnected, I think it's still held on by the screws only.
Hope you're able to get it repaired, and thankfully it didnt get completely destroyed.
03-01-06, 02:41 PM
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the exact same thing happen to me in november except my whole lip came off and i didn't realize it completely came off until like 3 hours later when i was parked....
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03-01-06, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by engin_ear
Boy was I pissed!
I was driving at about 80 mph in the left lane of highway yesterday when one of those truck tire treads came flipping out of the car in front of me. Had no time to react, so I ran over it, heard a huge thud. Ripped the TTE lip down in the center, but not totally off, so now it's hanging down in the middle about 2 inches. Afraid to drive the car lest I catch it on something and rip it completely off. The sides are still attached, but the glue is completely disconnected, I think it's still held on by the screws only. Got a little bit of paint cracking.
At least it's not totally damaged, could have been worse.
I was driving at about 80 mph in the left lane of highway yesterday when one of those truck tire treads came flipping out of the car in front of me. Had no time to react, so I ran over it, heard a huge thud. Ripped the TTE lip down in the center, but not totally off, so now it's hanging down in the middle about 2 inches. Afraid to drive the car lest I catch it on something and rip it completely off. The sides are still attached, but the glue is completely disconnected, I think it's still held on by the screws only. Got a little bit of paint cracking.
At least it's not totally damaged, could have been worse.
03-02-06, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by engin_ear
Thanks guys. My consolation prize is - I SOLD my SUPRA! 
03-02-06, 07:08 PM
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This sucks, EE. I hit a truck tire one day, but got lucky that it didn't tear up any of the body. It hit the underplate pretty hard, but that was it.
Good luck with the repair. At least it wasn't ripped totally off.
Good luck with the repair. At least it wasn't ripped totally off.