What this supposed to protect.

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What this supposed to protect. by country_Est on Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:05 am
Looking under the car I found this bit looking slightly bent. :butt: But not sure whatits suppoed to protect

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Plus the exhuast is slightly bashed in and blowing onto the prop.
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Re: What this supposed to protect. by Drift on Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:12 am
Its just a plate fitted to protect the exhaust, its rubbish on the B series and either falls off or gets ripped off on the cars first off road trip as it hangs down when battered and make a racket, trust most remove them to save ruts ripping it off :lol:
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Re: What this supposed to protect. by country_Est on Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:20 am
Gawd knows how that was supposed to protect the exhaust as its in the middle of the car and the exhaust is off towards the drivers side one the dtI

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Re: What this supposed to protect. by bobbinsjob on Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:25 am
Yes, it is a coke can cleverly disguised as something useful, but it will wilt like a Rich Tea in a hot brew and transform into a quite efficient lathe to modify your prop shaft.. Take it off
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Re: What this supposed to protect. by country_Est on Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:27 am
It is off, in the garage, was just wondering what it was supposed to do.
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Re: What this supposed to protect. by Drift on Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:30 am
Maybe I got it wrong, could be a prop protector but as Ian said its rubbish :lol:
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