I got a good one for you guys

mantella87 · 08-12-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BeachZTT

Wow, good thing they dont really like the painted surfaces.

Went out to visit an old friend about a month ago... big house out in the country. All of his pool furniture was chewed up. Not really an exceptional story except that it is ALUMINUM. Squirrels were eating the coating off the the furniture and actually chewing into the aluminum. Fairly deep too! Wish I had take some pics.

Yeah no kidding. He didn't do too much damage to the paint, but it still pissed me off pretty good. If it only ate the air guide I wouldn't be that upset, but the bottom that I've tried so hard to never scrape is blemished now.

Animals used to be my friends, but not anymore.

BeachZTT · 08-12-2011, 02:16 PM

I hear ya! I would be hot too. Open season!

FromG2Z · 08-12-2011, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mantella87

Stillen splitter ordered

This should cover up those nasty bite marks haha. I touched them up pretty well though.

Until it bites/chews on your new splitter....

Seriously though, are you SURE it was an animal and not you accidentally curbing it at some point and not remembering? Yeah it looks like "teeth" marks, but that could have just been how your OEM splitter looks after you went too fast on driveway turn, curb, etc etc etc. Just saying.

mantella87 · 08-12-2011, 04:20 PM

There's no way it was me. The car didn't even move. Look at the second picture, it's pretty obvious that is from something chewing on it. I've never hit a curb in my life. My old man raised me right.

mantella87 · 08-12-2011, 04:29 PM

Here's another picture for the skeptics (I was one initially), this is the other side of the same piece... I don't know what animal was chewing on this, but there certainly was. Doesn't take an animal dentist to verify this ****...

FromG2Z · 08-12-2011, 04:41 PM

wow ok... you convinced me OP. Those are definitely bite marks in that pic above. WTF is biting black plastic?!?!?!?

mantella87 · 08-12-2011, 04:47 PM

Haha I really wanna know too. I just hope nothing is living in my engine bay or something.

BeachZTT · 08-12-2011, 10:14 PM

Holy crap, dude. That is no squirrel. They bite, gnaw with thier two front teeth. Not a whole mouth full. Gremlins??? Actually, that looks more like the bite mark of a racoon.

I think I would be mixing up some cayenne pepper, habanero, etc. and spraying my new splitter... just in case. If you mix it with olive oil, it will keep your plastic shiney too.

mantella87 · 08-12-2011, 10:29 PM

It probably was a raccoon. Those bastards are all around here and I haven't maintained the best relationship with those things.

Matthew · 08-12-2011, 11:44 PM

Looks like manbearpig bite marks to me!

Rooskey · 08-13-2011, 01:28 AM

Thats what happens when you feed them after midnight!... Now keep them away from the water hose

mantella87 · 08-13-2011, 02:06 AM

I'm slowly getting over this. Better than a scrape I guess but I'm still in disbelief. I'm moving soon anyways, I don't think this will ever happen again unless I cover my car in peanut butter (raccoons love peanut butter). If something chews my splitter, I'm going to hide under my car in a big raccoon suit ready to ambush.

BeachZTT · 08-13-2011, 10:37 AM

We are gonna need a video of that one!

RandyD · 08-13-2011, 10:47 AM

chupacabra..

BeachZTT · 08-13-2011, 11:42 AM

^^^ Haha, I almost typed that but I was too lazy to look up how to spell it.

08-12-2011, 02:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
BeachZTT Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 746 Drives: '10 BC ZR T/S/Nav Rep Power: 17	I hear ya! I would be hot too. Open season! __________________ '10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

08-12-2011, 04:41 PM	#21 (permalink)
FromG2Z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Fields of Opportunities Posts: 1,406 Drives: '12 5.0, kona, 6MT Rep Power: 18	wow ok... you convinced me OP. Those are definitely bite marks in that pic above. WTF is biting black plastic?!?!?!? __________________ 2012 5.0 GT Prem, Kona Blue, 6MT, HID, Brembo, 3.73 -- Ordered: 9/20/11, Born on: 10/20/11, Delivered 11/15/11"Marilyn" GT500 mufflers/flaps, MGW shifter, FRPP K springs, BMR panhard bar, Boss coil covers, 3DC spoiler, Llumar Tint (35% and 20%), 3M ClearBra

08-12-2011, 10:14 PM	#23 (permalink)
BeachZTT Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 746 Drives: '10 BC ZR T/S/Nav Rep Power: 17	Holy crap, dude. That is no squirrel. They bite, gnaw with thier two front teeth. Not a whole mouth full. Gremlins??? Actually, that looks more like the bite mark of a racoon. I think I would be mixing up some cayenne pepper, habanero, etc. and spraying my new splitter... just in case. If you mix it with olive oil, it will keep your plastic shiney too. __________________ '10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

08-12-2011, 11:44 PM	#25 (permalink)
Matthew Track Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Clemson, SC Posts: 519 Drives: Red Rocket Rep Power: 16	Looks like manbearpig bite marks to me! __________________

08-13-2011, 10:37 AM	#28 (permalink)
BeachZTT Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 746 Drives: '10 BC ZR T/S/Nav Rep Power: 17	We are gonna need a video of that one! __________________ '10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

08-12-2011, 04:20 PM	#19 (permalink)
mantella87 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 590 Drives: 2011 Z34 MT Rep Power: 15	There's no way it was me. The car didn't even move. Look at the second picture, it's pretty obvious that is from something chewing on it. I've never hit a curb in my life. My old man raised me right.

08-12-2011, 04:29 PM	#20 (permalink)
mantella87 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 590 Drives: 2011 Z34 MT Rep Power: 15	Here's another picture for the skeptics (I was one initially), this is the other side of the same piece... I don't know what animal was chewing on this, but there certainly was. Doesn't take an animal dentist to verify this ****...

08-12-2011, 04:47 PM	#22 (permalink)
mantella87 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 590 Drives: 2011 Z34 MT Rep Power: 15	Haha I really wanna know too. I just hope nothing is living in my engine bay or something.

08-12-2011, 10:29 PM	#24 (permalink)
mantella87 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 590 Drives: 2011 Z34 MT Rep Power: 15	It probably was a raccoon. Those bastards are all around here and I haven't maintained the best relationship with those things.

08-13-2011, 01:28 AM	#26 (permalink)
Rooskey Track Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Carolina Posts: 974 Drives: 2014 Alpha7 GTR Rep Power: 16	Thats what happens when you feed them after midnight!... Now keep them away from the water hose

08-13-2011, 02:06 AM	#27 (permalink)
mantella87 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 590 Drives: 2011 Z34 MT Rep Power: 15	I'm slowly getting over this. Better than a scrape I guess but I'm still in disbelief. I'm moving soon anyways, I don't think this will ever happen again unless I cover my car in peanut butter (raccoons love peanut butter). If something chews my splitter, I'm going to hide under my car in a big raccoon suit ready to ambush.

08-13-2011, 10:47 AM	#29 (permalink)
RandyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 2,977 Drives: 2010 370z 7AT Roadst Rep Power: 20	chupacabra..

08-13-2011, 11:42 AM	#30 (permalink)
BeachZTT Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 746 Drives: '10 BC ZR T/S/Nav Rep Power: 17	^^^ Haha, I almost typed that but I was too lazy to look up how to spell it. __________________ '10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

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