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soundmasta

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Posted: August 11, 2005 at 8:20 AM / IP Logged

ok guys, we all know accidents happen, and i had one last night. here's what happened. we did a custom box for a chevy silverado a couple weeks ago, and the customer decided to take it back out after a week for whatever reason, so we resold the box to another customer with a similar setup and the same truck. well, the box was designed to screw into the bracing on the back wall of the truck, and when i put it into the new truck i used the same screw holes that worked in the original truck, but this time the back window shattered. the only difference was that the original truck had a sliding rear window, and the new one was full. here's some pics....

this is the first truck. it screwed in behind the CVR logo.

this, obviously, is the second truck. it was loud, and expensive. $400, plus tint.

so, i know nobody likes to brag about this kind of thing, but we all know it happens, so can anyone go one up on me? i hope so cause i don't want to win this one.

speedwayaudio1

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Posted: August 11, 2005 at 4:35 PM / IP Logged

tuff luck I hate when that happens oops! it broke! pics -- posted image.

Big Dave

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5150azn

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Posted: August 11, 2005 at 4:56 PM / IP Logged

Thats what I'm say'in! Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Now where are those guys that think they're perfect? "I'll never break a clip" lol Any good installer knows that the bigger the funk-up the bigger the lesson learned!

But anyhow I got a drywall screw through my finger way back. To me that was worse than your broken window

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Posted: August 11, 2005 at 5:16 PM / IP Logged

Well I can say I never put a screw through a window.

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Posted: August 11, 2005 at 6:21 PM / IP Logged

~1993

Once I tried removing an old remote-starter antenna where the double-sided tape turned into concrete after several years of sun. Eventually I tried the panel popper using the metal lip under the roof liner as the anchor point. The popper's elbow slipped and cracked the front windshield.

~1995

I used to work with a guy that used 4" drywall screws to mount an amp. A couple minutes later we could smell gasoline. Needless to say we had to replace the tank. 10 years later and I think the box is still labelled "Gas Tank Specials".

maglin

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Posted: August 11, 2005 at 9:58 PM / IP Logged

antique irreplacable... apparenlty, 1971 Opel GT windshield. this year. Halogen lamp got too close to the windshield, heated it up and popped it. i'll take pictures if you all dont' bleieve me. lol

~~Vinn

soundmasta

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Posted: August 12, 2005 at 7:27 AM / IP Logged

wow...and uh, 5150azn- i put a flathead screwdriver through my fingernail a few weeks ago...kinda like your's

italnpimp59

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Posted: August 14, 2005 at 2:04 PM / IP Logged

summer of 2003, one of my beginning flipdown monitor installs. i cut the hole for the shroud, ran wires and put a board in there to screw the TV into, i grabbed 2 inch screws first, measured, saw they were too big so i grabbed 1.25 inch screws and it was perfect, i had the TV up with one hand, the other hand was putting screws on the #2 bit of my drill and shooting them up..well i accidentally grabbed one of the 2inch screws off the floor and yea it went through the roof!

i drilled into a gas tank of a 99 maxima

cut my finger with a razor blade in a Porsche and got blood on the carpet!

and a few cracked door panels and sill plates here and there.

im not ashamed to admit my mistakes, any installer who says they never make mistakes is lying and probably not that good of an installer because the more experience you have, the better you are, and the more experience you have...the more stuff you have broken in the past! lol

speedwayaudio1

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Posted: August 14, 2005 at 7:38 PM / IP Logged

I hate those week a/c vents they just fall apart. lucky for me I have a good savage yard close. they always seem to have the part.

Big Dave

soundmasta

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Posted: August 15, 2005 at 8:09 AM / IP Logged

and who hasn't broke at least one hood release lever off of a chevy truck? you know, the i think 96-99 body style where they are in the kick panel...bad design.

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