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06-18-2008, 01:15 AM
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If its being used in the underbody, and color does not matter. You can get it free.
I got mine from Lowe's... I ask were i can buy material that this box is mad of. They didn't sell it, so They gave me some boxes.
to be exact it was in the home and garden section. I think it was the box for the Black ground covering. The stuff you put down so weeds don't grow.
They were big. but the cover was red, and the box it self had printing.
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06-18-2008, 01:57 AM
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You can get loads of the stuff free from a recycling center ( or at least the ones around here ) ......and it's FREE !
88CRX : I work at Lowes and I shudder to think of someone having to actually buy this stuff. Besides, we only carry the small sheets at Lowes.
If you get the signs that are at the recycling centers, some of the sheets are large enough to cover the entire front end of your car.
Not only is getting your signage from a recycling center an Earth friendly way to Ecomod your car , it's ....FREEEE !
Did I mention it is FREE ??
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06-18-2008, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by .Cd
You can get loads of the stuff free from a recycling center ( or at least the ones around here ) ......and it's FREE !
Not only is getting your signage from a recycling center an Earth friendly way to Ecomod your car , it's ....FREEEE !
Did I mention it is FREE ??
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Dang! Where's my phone book? Where's the closest recycling center? Front air dam, here I come! 
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06-18-2008, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by .Cd
You can get loads of the stuff free from a recycling center ( or at least the ones around here ) ......and it's FREE !
88CRX : I work at Lowes and I shudder to think of someone having to actually buy this stuff. Besides, we only carry the small sheets at Lowes.
If you get the signs that are at the recycling centers, some of the sheets are large enough to cover the entire front end of your car.
Not only is getting your signage from a recycling center an Earth friendly way to Ecomod your car , it's ....FREEEE !
Did I mention it is FREE ??
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Yeah Recycle, it's the ECOmodder Way!!!
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06-18-2008, 01:37 PM
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I had to BUY mine 
Its not used as much over here in the UK, other than for small 'For Sale' signs outside houses.
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07-30-2008, 05:41 PM
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AX where did you buy the plastic? and how did you get it home? any continuous sheet big enough for the under belly of a car probably wouldn't fit in it. did you have to bend it? or was it already cut up into managable chunks? if so how did you join them together without having the joins mess up the aero?
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07-30-2008, 06:07 PM
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... if so how did you join them together without having the joins mess up the aero?
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I know you're asking the other guy, but I used all 18" by 24" election signs on my car and joined them with heavy duty duct tape. |
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07-31-2008, 06:24 AM
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whats the best fixing method for under the car? nylon cable ties and duct tape? i don't want this thing to come off when i am doing 70.
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07-31-2008, 06:26 AM
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is this corrugated plastic signs heat shrinkable? or am i confusing that with lexan?
what is lexan?
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