So, what if, after a spirited drive in summer shorts, you step back, open the lid, and accidentally put the lower leg to those pipes?
Not to mention that you'll fall over them when walking around the car.
I think they'd look better cut shorter.
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1980 Carrerarized SC with SS 3.2, LSD & Extras. SOLD!
1995 seafoam-green 993 C2, LSD, Sport seats.

Abstract Darwin Ipso Facto: "Life is evolutionary random and has no meaning as evidenced by 7 Billion paranoid talking monkeys with super-inflated egos and matching vanity worshipping illusionary Gods and Saviors ".