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 mengyou
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| posted on June 16th, 2009 at 09:41 AM |
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Hey guys, dumb question: why are they called eyebrows.........they look more like protruding eyelids.
Pardon my ignorance!
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68AutoBug
A.k.a.: Lee Noonan
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| posted on June 16th, 2009 at 01:31 PM |
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Once a pedestrian gets hit by a beetle with eyebrows and cuts his/her leg off or even worse..
they will come to the attention of the safety people and insurance companies....
I'm not saying they look terrible etc... just dangerous...
Lee
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I have to say it. headlight eyebrows just look very ordinary and vws dont need any thing to make their headlights worse
there is a factory in taiwan cranking these things out and it has to stop asap in the name of good taste
I feel better now
I think Ill go and have a good lie down
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dAVo
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| posted on June 16th, 2009 at 04:45 PM |
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I kinda think VWs look a little plain without them.
I'd also like to see someone provide evidence of past incidents where someone's leg was actually severed by these. A pedestrian being hit by a VW
(or any car for that matter) will be in a whole world of hurt. With or without the lids fitted.
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bajachris88
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 08:20 AM |
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if i remember the one in happy gilmore, that veedub that hit adam sandler did look like a whole 'enflictment' (my own words here... :P) of
pain....
but that didn't have eyebrows though... i don' think.... did it?
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Joel
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 03:51 PM |
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you cant relate a movie scene crash to anything realistic 
as it was in that small scene that bug changes models 3 times from 70 standard to a superbeetle to a mid 70s fuel injected bug
not to mention the tyre tracks on the grass you can see from previous takes
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Mountains Greg
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 04:31 PM |
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Did'nt quite stop the snow covering my headlights on this day though  I've had these eyebrows for about 20 yrs and they have the rolled edges... So no nasty sharp edges protruding... On old cars like
ours though they were never designed for pedestrian safety... Even my rego plate has sharp edges!
If it's not in a Vee Dub I'm not going!
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jenz58
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 06:35 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by mengyou
Hey guys, dumb question: why are they called eyebrows.........they look more like protruding eyelids.
Pardon my ignorance!
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Before I became aware of their true name I used to call Bel's her eyelashes...probably why I decided she was a pretty girl dub
...protruding eyelids is a good one...more like a cartoon character look
This has become a hot topic
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type3lover
A.k.a.: The Smashed Repairer
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in the garage...
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 06:55 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
Once a pedestrian gets hit by a beetle with eyebrows and cuts his/her leg off or even worse..
they will come to the attention of the safety people and insurance companies....
I'm not saying they look terrible etc... just dangerous...
Lee
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Come on Lee how about that fact that the bumper bar has most likely already shattered the shin and knee of the dumbass pedestrian!
I like them, but I don't have them on my car. Wouldn't suit it.
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raydon26
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| posted on June 18th, 2009 at 07:57 PM |
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eyebrows
Omg, you'd need some seriously heavy duty wax to remove those suckers. 
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