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or drive in the rain or drive in the dirt and get all dusty hahahaFROADER said:If you don't want to hear your stereo or the person sitting next to you anymore sure.
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what are we building luxury cruisers with first class cabins?
hahaha (please dont look at my BII as an example)
Stage III for the BII = loss of first class accomodations I beleive
hahaha (please dont look at my BII as an example)
Stage III for the BII = loss of first class accomodations I beleive
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you can cut the floor out of the cargo area and run a plexiglass shield with dynamat behind the back seats to keep teh crap out and noise down.
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haha. first class yeah right. i still have dirt inside the cab from MLK weekend 3 months ago. WAJ. but yeah, im not sure if im gonna run hoops into the cargo area, a underbed canti setup, or some other under setup. it will be leaf sprung, no linking now.
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hey jeff, did you find out exactly what ball joints you will be using yet? and if they will fit in a stock lower? just wondering because i picked up another set of lowers than im going to be gusseting, boxing and plating so now i want a ball joint that i can rely on not to break
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im on lunch right now, the truck goes straight to the shop after work. Everyone pray for no rain tomarrow cause that would suck. I riding the skateboard to and from work tomarrow
rock star status. yeah, im only a little bit excited 


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nice pieces...so i know i asked you before and you said you were using a balljoint on those uppers...is that still the case or are you going with a vertical uniball?
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the upper is a high angle BJ.
u ever get glass for your explorer? check out my sig
u ever get glass for your explorer? check out my sig

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ha ha...no one's bought those yet? ya i saw that when you first posted it but i'm good....i'm actually in the process of working with camburg on a 3-link....so thats where all my money's going...
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its about 130am, just got home from the shop. The explorer front end is about 80% done, but i was able to drive her back home and have it till we can finish the rest of the work. MMMM...it sure is nice. pics will be up tomarrow sometime depending on how tired i am. gotta go to sleep, work is coming in a few hours.
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ill get some better ones. too tired to even give a report. hope u like what u see so far.
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You plan to paint those hoops, arms/knuckle?
Looks fantastic!
Looks fantastic!
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