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bcredliner 05-31-2018 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by crystalworks (Post 1135197)
Very nice! Very nice indeed. Is that Imola or Crimson Red?

It's a 2013. Melbourne red. It's loaded. Have already secured the exhaust flaps open and added lower restriction air filters. Deciding on a tune and depending on the result might add meth. It's my wife's daily driver so can't go crazy. She loves it. She got stopped for speeding already, no ticket just warning.

fishhouse4 05-31-2018 03:12 PM

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Tinted tails and side marker lenses with VHT Niteshades.

FRod1981 05-31-2018 04:10 PM

Did you guys use lowering springs or go coilover. I heard lowering springs aren’t great for your shocks. Thoughts?

bcredliner 05-31-2018 08:10 PM

Have had the H&R lowering springs in place for more than 5 years. No problem.

Maruzo 06-09-2018 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bcredliner (Post 1135221)
It's a 2013. Melbourne red. It's loaded. Have already secured the exhaust flaps open and added lower restriction air filters. Deciding on a tune and depending on the result might add meth. It's my wife's daily driver so can't go crazy. She loves it. She got stopped for speeding already, no ticket just warning.

That red... reminds me of the cinnabar red of the E30 in the late 80s.

More pix please. It looks stunning!

crystalworks 06-10-2018 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Maruzo (Post 1135718)
That red... reminds me of the cinnabar red of the E30 in the late 80s.

More pix please. It looks stunning!

I agree. Very good looking truck. And does kind of remind of cinnabarot. More pics indeed.

Maruzo 06-12-2018 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by fishhouse4 (Post 1135112)
Wrapped my cracking interior wood grain trim pieces with 3M 1080 Scotchprint Matte Gray Aluminum Vinyl Wrap. A few before and after pics below.

How’s the Bluetooth fm module working for you? Is the phone volume loud and clear enough?

andrewwynn 06-12-2018 03:16 PM

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Fabricated new right rear brake "pipe"

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Cross section of my flare with new iso bubble flare tool vs factory. Pretty darn close. The tool was $23 from Amazon but it needed some significant help to make the tool usable. I made a video.

It's pretty bad that I see a lot of "just use a double flare" or "cut out the rust and use a compression fitting". The entire pipe was made of rust. Time to replace!

I'm hoping I'll be able to clean and paint wife's brake lines so I can avoid re fabricating hers. Darn I just remembered I need to buy 20 or so single use rivets to put my trim and wheel well back on.

Maruzo 06-12-2018 03:55 PM

Awesome job!

andrewwynn 06-12-2018 06:35 PM

Somehow I forgot to mention that it was a hundred fifty bucks to buy the official brake lines from Amazon but it was only $37 for the parts and $22-23 for the tool. $60 total. You still have to bend the pipe either way. Cheap HF bender did a fine job. The is a special pliers for bending the tight radius . I might get that to do the left rear brake line there are a couple of bands that are really tight


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