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Old 12-06-2009 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by HammerZ71
Didn't you just start a thread about driving like an idiot ON pavement? Now you are doing it off the road too? Well at least if you drive like an idiot off road, odds are you aren't gonna hurt somebody else.

The lower plastic air dam is there to direct lower air flow up into the radiator for proper cooling, although some have removed it and report no cooling problems, it's not suggested.

My suggestion is to start to respect your truck a little bit. Go back to getting drunk, tipping cows and molesting sheep.

Irresponsible, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son...

i thought it was fat, drunk, and stupid lol
 
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Old 12-06-2009 | 12:46 PM
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I think he was referring to going on the off-road drive in general ?
 
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Old 12-06-2009 | 12:48 PM
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i thought it was animal house
 
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Old 12-06-2009 | 12:49 PM
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The offroad was no big deal. I had done it before and was completely fine with it even without them beggin me or w/e. That was until we came to the obstacle, thats when the problems arose. The airdam is fine and is back in place now I'm just worried about the door.
 
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Old 12-06-2009 | 01:06 PM
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now I'm just worried about the door.
Does it open and shut fine?

Then it'll buff out......lmao
 
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Old 12-06-2009 | 01:13 PM
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just get about six gallons of bondo to fill in the dent and spray it with some duplicolor yea thats a bunch of $hit
 
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Old 12-06-2009 | 01:47 PM
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O just for future reference in case my dumb *** attempts this crap again. Is there anything out there that would protect my door from something like that again? I'm sure if I had my runnin boards on there still I would be in great shape! (Yea right)
 
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Old 12-06-2009 | 04:08 PM
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I took that valence off...i guess thats what it is at least. Looks better, no problems. And on the door, I have a story too...

Ive had alot of problems from that on the rear end, coming over stumps and landing on the end of the panel. I did this to prevent it! No panel to scrape
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Old 12-06-2009 | 04:32 PM
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Another thing, LONG BED, 2wd trucks really aren't the best for offroading
 
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Old 12-06-2009 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dave-o
i thought it was fat, drunk, and stupid lol
It WAS, I took the liberty to ad lib it to fit the situation...
 


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