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Old 01-13-2011, 12:36 PM
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I had some redneck in a jacked up F150 who thought he could go as fast as I could. He could even break a "ton".
 
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Old 01-13-2011, 01:27 PM
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I had some redneck in a jacked up F150 who thought he could go as fast as I could. He could even break a "ton".
That is quite understandable. An F150 is only a half ton or 50mph.
 
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Old 01-13-2011, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Vollgas
I had some redneck in a jacked up F150 who thought he could go as fast as I could. He could even break a "ton".

I love these people. They put tires that are twice as big on thier trucks, and then think it is just as fast as always. Unfortunately, physics is something thier brain cannot comprehend. So they have to floor it to just start moving. Bet those tires really help thier truck that has probably never seen a dirt road in its life.
 
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Old 01-13-2011, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Vollgas
I had some redneck in a jacked up F150 who thought he could go as fast as I could. He could even break a "ton".
I've had a couple of these in the past couple weeks here in Savannah. My favorite though was the last model 6 cyl Camaro who thought he could beat me off the line. Dude sounded like he was going to blow his engine, and I was keeping under 4500 rpm!
 
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Old 01-13-2011, 03:25 PM
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i went stubby!

 
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Old 01-13-2011, 08:58 PM
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I had a guy at a stop light in a big a$$ truck rev his engine then when i looked over i reved my and he gave me a thumbs up like this-------> lol
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 01:15 AM
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washed, claybarred, sealed and waxed, took me about 3 hours to detail the car and now paint is smooth as baby's bottom or a hot asian chick 0-o.
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 12:46 PM
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Added my JCW Aero under panels and cleaned out my Oil catch can. Drained some really NASTY gunk out.
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 03:35 PM
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or a hot asian chick 0-o.
LOVE it!!!
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 03:42 PM
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LOVE it!!!
gotta love them soo smooth
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 04:39 PM
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Took out the pillars and headliner in preparation to put in anthracite tomorrow
 
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How much is that costing you, ryanschram, and how hard is it to do? That's the one thing I kinda regret not having the factory do.
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 04:41 PM
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Oh and put in a x bracket to move my gauges from the dash. Prosport premium 60mm boost and innovate MTX-L Wideband.
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 04:47 PM
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How much is that costing you, ryanschram, and how hard is it to do? That's the one thing I kinda regret not having the factory do.
Well it's a pain in the ___. But I think it will be worth it. I'm doing a Joey mod for someone else and getting the stuff as an informal payment as he's completely gutting his interior.

After cutting the hell out of my hands, I realized that in order to get the C pillars off in any sort of a timely manner, you need to cut the retaining straps.

I don't really have any idea how much it would cost to get the parts new except that unless you got them from your local dealer, you would have to pay oversize freight for the headliner itself.
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 04:48 PM
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It's not actually hard, just time consuming.
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 08:44 PM
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Took some shots here in the frozen tundra... Yeah, right!



 
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Old 01-14-2011, 09:30 PM
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Took some shots here in the frozen tundra... Yeah, right!



Nice House!
 
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Old 01-14-2011, 10:28 PM
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Albiecrazy,
great pics.
 
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Old 01-15-2011, 11:58 AM
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L@VE the pics.!!
 
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Old 01-15-2011, 12:38 PM
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L@VE the pics.!!
Thanks! I wanted to get some pics with my stock winter wheels since at the end of the season I may be getting them powdercoated black or a gun metal gray if that's possible.
 
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Old 01-15-2011, 01:02 PM
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Molly's wantin' a new set of Wheels for her 3rd Birthday too, just have to make up my mind on which ones??!!
 
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Old 01-15-2011, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ryanschram
Took out the pillars and headliner in preparation to put in anthracite tomorrow
You wouldnt happen to have taken any pictures of that would you? I want to remove the pillars but for something else.
 
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Old 01-15-2011, 04:05 PM
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I used a coin-operated wash thingy for the very first time since no water was coming out of the hose at home (I think the water inside is frozen!)

It was kinda fun, but it didn't get as clean as when I handwash. Not sure what kind of soap they use, but the power wash got most of the icky post-snow grime off. I QD'ed a bit afterwards and dried with Hydro. Looks much better than before but I'll be happy when I can do a proper detail - want to clay again and get some Prima Amigo for the roof.
 
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Mopped and scrubbed the floor in Nudnik's garage today.

I think I'm having an arthritis flare-up in my right hand from working the mop, hose, and broom for so long. Had to switch to lefty halfway through.

Not liking this--can hardly open my right hand without shooting pain radiating out from my knuckles and the bones in the palm of my hand....

Looks better in the garage, though, and I found a more efficient way to stuff the loose clutter into stacks. Gotta get some shelves in there....

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