>installing new part on your car
>snap a fucking plastic tab or some other poorly made shit in the process
>try and ghetto it back together
>doesn't fit properly and makes squeaking noises when you drive
this is why you use professionals. if you want to be a cheap fuck and nigger rig your shit then this is what you get
>drive jeep
>plastic tabs were broken from the factory
>working on classic car
>accidentally break a 50 year old brittle plastic grill piece
>no reproductions because it only came in one year
>drive around knowing that part of the grill is glued and looks like shit because of me
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>drive Chevy Volt
>lean on the door arm rest a little too hard
>now it creaks and squeaks any time I pull it to close the door or lay my arm on it
>>14766965
>amerifats
>>14766981
I'm 6'1" and 162 pounds.
i feel ya man
>>14766965
throw it away the car is ruined
>>14766844
>implying I don't occasionally break plastic tabs made from what might as well be Styrofoam
I hear it all the time in the shop
>"FUCKING PLASTIC BULLSHIT"
but we do shim or fix it to the best of our ability
Sometimes when I'm stressed a lot of little things go over my head like breaking aluminum screws fucking all the time at least it's easy to get them out but ordering them can be a bitch especially if it's an old car
>>14766858
3D print it
>>14770504
You're an idiot.
>>14770616
At least he's not a tri-oh...
I have this exact issue:
>trying to fit a new radio into Fiero
>a third of the screws already broke their mounts
> trying to get this son of a bitch in... the thin peice of brittle made in 80s China-tier plastic holding up the AC controls shatters into 20 peices
>peices fall into gaping hole in center console and are lost
>radio doesnt even fit
>turns out the shit plastic for the mounting screws is integral to the entire center console and and tunnel tunnel skeleton
For the love of god, I now know why people buy only Japanese from this era.
>>14770616
hah! like you can talk.
>>14770616
>broisfine calling someone an idiot
