rubberband mod
02-10-2008, 03:14 PM
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rubberband mod
i was taking my headlights off my car earlier for a little project and as i was removing the passenger side light i saw this...
looks and feels just like a rubberband thats just dangling there. can anyone tell if it's really supposed to be there and what it may go to, i didn't notice it the first few times i messed with my lights
looks and feels just like a rubberband thats just dangling there. can anyone tell if it's really supposed to be there and what it may go to, i didn't notice it the first few times i messed with my lights
02-10-2008, 03:34 PM
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i honestly don't know what it could be, i don't know a whole lot about cars and my cobalt is the first car i've actually taken things apart on. i don't recall ever seeing this piece in there anywhere. i went out and took another picture to give a better idea as to where its located, sorry don't mind the dirty car...
thats awesome
DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT REMOVE THE RUBBERBAND IT WILL CAUSE YOUR CAR TO EXPLODE!
02-10-2008, 04:00 PM
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if it's just hanging there you might as well take it off, as far as the looks- it's the same color as the O-ring that goes on the plastic piece that seals the back of the headlight, take the gray piece off ur headlight (the gray piece that twists) and check the inner lip of it and see if the O-ring is still there-
ignore the 2 posts above me...
ignore the 2 posts above me...
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02-10-2008, 04:01 PM
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I work for a dealership and I know where the rubber bands come from. When they build the car from the factory they tie all the wiring together before they drop the engine in the car so nothing gets in the way. Its normal and I see it on most every new car.
02-10-2008, 06:18 PM
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yup, its a rubberband, we find them all over the engine compartments of new chryslers, i dont know why, maybe parts are wrapped with them and they fall in?
02-10-2008, 08:08 PM
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02-10-2008, 09:19 PM
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well you guys do know that the increased tension on the rubberband causes your hp to double.. so in my case... when my rubberband is at its fullest extension its 132 x1 = 132 but when its at its at its fullest compression its 132x 2= 264 + 75 = 339 WOOT
02-11-2008, 05:00 PM
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ok well i aint gonna bullshit then, im gonna run out and get me a few bungie cords for my car, then i will hook up a system where i can push a button and it will stretch the rubber band further givin me more hp on the fly, much like nitrous. man, i dunno if my tranny can hold all that power, better add some duct tape and jb weld to that...
sorry for the thread hijack! :p
sorry for the thread hijack! :p
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