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went to the yard to get my leafs today and saw this :crying: poor thing haha. tristin even got the dizzy out of it! climbed up there. props to him haha

 

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Was looking at this and realized this is my friends old truck that he got when he was 14 now he's 53 but that was a good truck(from what he has said)

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so i got in some trouble but it gave me time to work on my truck. wont be driving till april. live and learn not to be dumb.  but anyway on  the plus side.  

 

got the exhaust redone by hooligan. awesome work! recommend to everyone. 2in piping with raptor turbo muffler. quite but nice tone.

 

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tucked under 

 

chrome tip

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So i was gonna rebarrel my steelies. i had the boxes and was gonna send them but i talked to ted out of the blue to see if he sill had his super uber rare western watanabee style rims.  and he did!  got a good deal (recommend buying from him, awesome guy.)  my dream rims and i got a set of 5!!!  this is the first rim i got done, was sand blasted and after HOURS of sanding i got it to look like this

 

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gonna polish the center too. mess with different paints till i find one i like and have jrock powder them. suggestions? maybe bronze, cream, white, black

 

15x8.5 -24 offset 

 

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 deep. heres some hard to see fitment pics 

 

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still undecided on tire size. gonna probably have to roll the lip. thinking 205 50s.

 

and my favorite part.  DISC BRAKE SWAP

 

280zx MC on its way along with beebanis mount,  and a ton of bushings.  should be here this weekend.  went to the yard and got hardbody 4x4 calipers. 

 

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isuzu rodeo rotors

 

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gonna tear down the front end tomorrow after work.  cant wait to stop well. gonna do the backs eventually also. 

 

oh and a little interior touch, alot cleaner than the rising sun

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since i cant drive i have alot more money for parts. which is nice. trying to get it done little by little.  more updates throughout this week of the disc swap.

 

 

PS rick ill get your rim and tire back to you  :thumbup:

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