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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 10:43 PM
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my perents used to have a '96 chevy half ton i guess it was. ran good until the PLASTIC intake manifold cracked....and the mechanic said it would be no problem to fix, he'd done it to a lot of trucks already....wow
 
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Old Oct 19, 2004 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by bassdude
I was reading some where that the new ford suv's have plastic diff covers? are all the manufactures doing things like that? makes me like my old truck even more.
Check out http://www.cleargearz.com/ . I'm sceptical but it looks slightly cool.

I see their coming out with clear valve covers too.

They're polycarbonate which I believe Lexan is.

Be warned, there are some pretty silly rigs in this site.

There's a funny thread about them here somewhere.
 

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