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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 10:27 AM
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Hello All -

With winter fast approaching I have a couple of questions related to winter activities with my 2008 Si. I purchased this car in the middle of the summer and have been enjoying it ever since. I want to know if it is possible to put a plow on the front. I looked underneath on the front and it looks like if I cut through the lower fascia, there should be some room to mount up the brackets

I just wanted to see if anyone has done this or has any tips to putting on a plow? I figure with snow tires and front wheel drive, this thing will be a descent plow machine.
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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 11:04 AM
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might want to buy a truck bud lol...
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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 11:39 AM
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I think that would be kinda cool especially if you're going to be driving it during the winter anyway. Let us know what you find out; I've taken off my bumper, but never looked at mounting points for something like that.
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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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r u serious ??
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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 03:20 PM
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No! I hope you're just trollin, you don't have enough weight for it to be viable, have fun ruining your shocks, tweaking your frame rails and blowing out your transmission.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 11:58 AM
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Terrible idea, frame isnt made for plowing...its made for driving...
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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I started lol'ing at the title thinking someone was dumped and getting ready for winter, soooo much better!!! HAHA, btw you need a truck!
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 05:44 AM
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wow i can't even think that someone would even attempt this!
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 06:07 AM
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This has got to be a joke. Nobody is this retarded.
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 06:13 AM
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people can surprise you... lol
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 06:50 AM
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You won't!
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 07:10 AM
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I've seen EF chassis hatch's used as plow cars. So who knows...
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Old Oct 5, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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thats gotta be the dumbest idea ever!
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Old Oct 5, 2011 | 08:45 PM
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Troll harder brah
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Old Oct 5, 2011 | 09:01 PM
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If you are going to play a "joke" on a forum, at least make it more unique.

The original can be found here:

http://jalopnik.com/5843759/the-ten-...rums/gallery/1

It's the fifth one in the gallery concerning the yellow Porsche 968.

Perhaps the OP already knows about this article?
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Old Oct 16, 2011 | 07:06 AM
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You can come to Cambridge and plow my driveway, I will film it for Youtube.
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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O.O Yeah...... I hope you're joking. I would think that it'd only take a little common sense to know that can't be done/is a really bad idea >.> and even if the suspension/tranny on the civic did hold up... have fun plowing with a 2wd fwd car that is as light as it is lol..
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 11:24 PM
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There was a Civic hatch that someone used as a beater to plow their tiny driveway area. That was a beater though, a much cheaper car (wouldn't suck too much if it died) and only their private driveway area.

I wouldn't risk it with a car like the one posted, but hey, not my car to f*** up.
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cmasonrun
Terrible idea, frame isnt made for plowing...its made for driving...
Haha. Tell us now, what kind of frames are made for plowing?
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 05:20 AM
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Not sure if trolling...

I've seen it done with other cars and 2wd trucks. Can't say that I'd recommend it, you've got to be pretty abusive with a 2wd plow vehicle if you want it to be even marginally effective.
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 06:58 AM
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There was a yaris that some guy made into a plow, but that was a wrecked yaris being used to plow the guys own driveway. You must be trolling
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 07:09 AM
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The car would fold just what it's made to do, you can't plow snow without hitting objects that sometimes don't want to move.
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 07:21 AM
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this must be a troll thread, I could see using a car like my huge old Lincoln as a plow car, but it's got a 5.0 and it's rear wheel drive, plus it weighs as much as a truck , I've sen that done with 70's one, I grew up in Ohio, and some guy made one for clearing the street, of course it also had a big block standard, it would have pushed that civic out of the way into the snow drifts,
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