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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 01:06 PM
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Cragars are pretty damn strong believe it or not. I thought i would have for sure cracked the rim cliping this rock but it didnt even put a dent in it. They are pretty damn good looking for the price. Paid 40 bucks a piece for mine.

and yes Zane deserves to win haha. He's definetly put his time in! Im just doing this for fun! haha =)
 
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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trying to find Cragars up here for that price might not be so simple.
Nice find!
 
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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Wait Spencer, youre truck isn't silver! Your picture is misleading... You just lost my vote bro... j/k

I'm still not sure who I'm going to vote for yet
 
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 04:50 PM
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Looks white to me? =P quit wearing your sunglasses inside! =P
 
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by SpencerS
Looks white to me? =P quit wearing your sunglasses inside! =P
But that's what the cool guys do!
 
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 09:35 AM
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Ok so here's mine. It started off as a beat up black truck. The paint was all messed up and the interior had seen better days but the engine and mechanics seemed good so I went ahead and bought it. I started with minor mechanical things like a tune up and then me and my dad set about painting it.

Very beginning:
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After paint:


Then I got some off road wheels and tires to complete the military look:


Then I bedlinered the rocker panels and cranked the torsion bars and added 2" blocks in the back:
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Then after a slight offroading mishap I had to replace the front bumper and went with a heavy duty model:
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Then a winch soon followed:
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Then I thought the roof needed a little extra something so I added the roof racks:
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Then last but not least I added some auxiliary lighting:
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And thats where she sits today. Here are some extra pics.



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Thanks for looking guys
 
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 09:44 AM
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Lucy is a beautiful machine. nicely done!
 
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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Zane,

What kind of performance modifications have you made?
 
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 07:35 AM
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None, it's the 3.9 I feel like trying to make it faster is a waste of my life haha. It's doomed to be slow, but it'll get you pretty much anywhere.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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Done. Nice work guys, good luck.
 
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