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Old 07-04-2012, 12:43 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Frank Lee- I guess it's a little different in my case because parts for my focus are so easy to come by. Plus, If I'm actually unhappy with the mods, I'll probably throw some tape over the holes until I find a replacement hatch

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Old 07-04-2012, 08:31 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Get goin' on that boat-tail, and then come join us at the Michiana Meet-up!

How awesome would that be, to have two or THREE boat-tailed vehicles in one place?
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Old 07-04-2012, 02:44 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Even if you store parts now, unless you have a decent place to store them they may end up in worse shape than the ones on your car.
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Old 07-04-2012, 10:00 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Tango Charlie- No promises, but I'll see what I can do about making it over there. School is starting up at the end of august, but I believe we have labor day weekend off. I should have the boat tail installed by then so it would be pretty cool.

2000neon- That's a pretty good point about storing parts. I think I'm just going to put the boat tail on and deal with it if the time ever comes.
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Old 07-04-2012, 11:49 PM   #15 (permalink)
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As a hoarder, I'd get the parts first. But that's a hoarder thought process, and another factor for me is I have old stuff that might be hard/expensive to get stock parts for later on. And what if I was to decide right away that my mod sucked?
The other justification is that you can take your time on a mod. You can perfect the execution of the mod while it is off the car and you can still be driving around with the OEM version, no problem.

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