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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:32 am

:facepalm: Righty Tighty....Lefty Loosey :poke:
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they've always worked for me.
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by Moots1288 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:38 am

HARDTRAILZ wrote::facepalm: Righty Tighty....Lefty Loosey :poke:

Not always :)
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:47 am

On all our brake parts it is....
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by Moots1288 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:00 am

HARDTRAILZ wrote:On all our brake parts it is....

Touché! Sometimes I get silly with it and go the opposite way to see how long it takes before I snap a bolt.
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by The Roadie » Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:34 am

After YEARS of procrastination by me, my visiting brother (welder, fabricator, auto painter) started mocking up a skin for my rear bumper. It's built around the guts of a TireGate (spare tire swing-away assembly) and my OEM 2" receiver.

Here's the custom front bumper for the styling cues I wanted in the rear:

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And the foam-core beginning of the rear:

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by Cable810 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:27 pm

Looks good Bill!!
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by mikekey » Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:32 pm

Can't wait to see the final product, that looks real good.
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by navigator » Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:47 pm

Cable810 wrote:
HARDTRAILZ wrote:I did not take caliper apart cause I did not want to bleed brakes. Calipers are all the same. Just unbolt and ziptie out of way then rehook. Or did you mean the bolt holding caliper on?


The bolt that holds the Calipers on. I'm doing exactly what you did. Unbolting them and zip tieing em out of the way. Anyhow I just got the bolt.... I was actually tightening it :facepalm: :lurk: Lots of heat, PB blaster and muscle did the trick!!


LOL, I almost asked you were you tightening it, then I am like nah, he wouldn't be. Sometimes those bolts facing backwards are tricky.
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by Moots1288 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:06 pm

Removed intake, fender well and exhaust manifold so I can see the tapping in the head in order to try to run a tap for the coolant temp sensor
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by DustinC1989 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:24 pm

Plugs, oil, filters and detailed... too bad it wasn't on mine though lol
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by DirtyBacon04 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:41 pm

Hey Moots, start it up and let me know what an I6 straight out of the head sounds like
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by Moots1288 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:47 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:Hey Moots, start it up and let me know what an I6 straight out of the head sounds like

No problem might sound like a hotrod :) hahah
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by DirtyBacon04 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:49 pm

you probably gain about 50hp, and 100 cool points... But make sure you get the throttle body spacers and the Tornado thingy
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by Moots1288 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:56 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:you probably gain about 50hp, and 100 cool points... But make sure you get the throttle body spacers and the Tornado thingy

Maybe 2 tornado thingys
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by fishsticks » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:03 pm

It'll run like shit.
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by DirtyBacon04 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:04 pm

fishsticks wrote:It'll run like shit.



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by Moots1288 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:04 pm

fishsticks wrote:It'll run like shit.

No way!! Shit will be awesome ill be flying off them rocks like a tornado!
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by DustinC1989 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:05 pm

And get video of it...
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by Moots1288 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:07 pm

I just want the cool points!!
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by DustinC1989 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:11 pm

Demo derby style hood stack and we'll make it 1000 cool points
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