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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 07:59 PM
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You are not going to wheel it anymore..you dont want all that shiney black and red paint to get scratched up....

Looks great bro
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 11:24 PM
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Take it from me, shiny trucks explode third members!

I already scratchedmine up The first couple are always the hardest.

Who did your paint?

I got Dupont Stage 3 from 1 Day Paint in San Marcos.
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 04:25 AM
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i didnt re-paint it all we did was hit it with a 7" polisher and some compound and it came back great
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 07:46 AM
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WOW...seriously. I thought you got new paint. hahahaha
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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Wow, that's pretty impressive!
The previous owner of my runner did such a bad job with the paint that if I took anything harsher than a paper towel I'd probably end up with green water around my ankles.
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Old Dec 22, 2005 | 04:20 AM
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im going to have to repaint the shell because there is alot of fiberglass showing but as long as i put a coat of wax on it from time to time i'm sure it will look great
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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 09:23 PM
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holy crap, so ive been thinking that it's probably getting to be time to replace the old fartruk motor... the little old 22re has been running crappy the exhaust manifold glowed bright red and no power so i was thinking i bettere start saving up after all it has 202k on it.... well i take it to my buddies mechanic for a pre smog tune up and just a good going through... and i get the call...... he asks me who set my timing and i can't remember but he tells me that it is set 15degrees retarded... holy crap how it was running was beyond me but what really tripped me out was that the last time the timing was messed with was 2 years ago when the smog was done last time!!!!!! now it is pretty much a trail only rig now but still..... he reset my timing where it should be and it runs great now!!!! i also destroyed my cat because i thought it was plugged so i hollowed it out so it went to the muffler shop and got all new exhaust 2 1/4" all the way back so now it runs like a dream can't wait to bomb some sand dunes at superstition....... will post pics of the new exhaust when it gets light out again
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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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Maybe it will smell better...
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 11:05 PM
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DUDE, that's awesome news! I wonder if it was really dirty and they just retarded it for the smog. Wierd.

You mean you made it up the waterfall with the timing retarded 15 degrees?

ALL HAIL THE FARTRUK.
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Old Jan 7, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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mmmmm shiny new exhaust, i think it's the only thing that is shiny under the truck
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