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Did some work today!

Since it was such a nice day I decided to clean up the truck. Got out the buffer and went to work. Spent about 4 hours on just the exterior. No wonder why meguiars puts "mirror glaze" on their bottles.

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very nice man.. wanna do mine next? lol
 
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Very nice. Any pics. of the GT in the driveway?
 
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Originally Posted by Lazler
very nice man.. wanna do mine next? lol
Yeah no problem. Come on by! I love detailing.
 
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Very nice. Any pics. of the GT in the driveway?

Yeah I posted some before but I can post more if you want.
 
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Never hurts to post them again!
 
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haha u don't drive to clients places to detail?
 
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haha u don't drive to clients places to detail?

Hell no! I do such good work, everyone comes to me. lol
 
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OH MAN! When you can see his whole tool collection over the work-bench AND what charcoal he's rocking in the BBQ you know the man is a master!
 
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Originally Posted by Trigger01
Never hurts to post them again!
Ok I will post some here. Give me some time to pick some out.
 
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Originally Posted by Trigger01
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Here you are Mike. Not much under the hood yet. This summer I plan on gettin a s/c installed. Hopefully will do it myself along with some of my stang club friends.

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Originally Posted by Trigger01
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Here you are Mike. Not much under the hood yet. This summer I plan on gettin a s/c installed. Hopefully will do it myself along with some of my stang club friends.

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Beautiful! The sky in the last picture makes the picture really cool. Oh and you forgot to block off one of the license plates.
 
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Hint: Take out the Flowmasters and get a real exhaust...other then that, nice car and truck.
 
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Originally Posted by Trigger01
Beautiful! The sky in the last picture makes the picture really cool. Oh and you forgot to block off one of the license plates.

Thanks man! Yeah I blocked the plate in the one pic a while ago when I posted the car when I was selling it. (im not selling anymore) Really I don't care if someone can see the plate. Everyone on the road sees it anyway. That was just for selling purposes.
 
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Hint: Take out the Flowmasters and get a real exhaust...other then that, nice car and truck.
Real exhaust? What do you prefer? I think flows sound best on these cars. I had SLP lm1 and lm2's and my god did they sound like $hit compared to the flows but everyone has their own opinion.
 
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Hint: Take out the Flowmasters and get a real exhaust...
Borla FTW!!!
 
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Borla FTW!!!
Chambered mufflers sound best imo. Don't really like the straight through set up's. Depends on what they are on though.
 
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Personally I love Borla for the Ranger, for me. But to each is own, I don't want something real loud. I love FlowMasters or Magnaflow on Mustangs!
 
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Originally Posted by 05Edge-04GT
Real exhaust? What do you prefer? I think flows sound best on these cars. I had SLP lm1 and lm2's and my god did they sound like $hit compared to the flows but everyone has their own opinion.
I prefer to gain HP and TQ...Catted X and SLP LMIIs sound tons more refined and better the Slowmasters. Borla Stingers sound great.

If you want a chambered go with Magnaflow...you will gain a little more then Slowmasters but less then a bullet design.

Problem is, you have a Catted H, which only sounds good with slowmasters or similar chamber style. Get an X and bullet design, you won't regret it.
 
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Also...do you have the tail light tint, or spray?
 
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Originally Posted by 03bamaGT
I prefer to gain HP and TQ...Catted X and SLP LMIIs sound tons more refined and better the Slowmasters. Borla Stingers sound great.

If you want a chambered go with Magnaflow...you will gain a little more then Slowmasters but less then a bullet design.

Problem is, you have a Catted H, which only sounds good with slowmasters or similar chamber style. Get an X and bullet design, you won't regret it.
I had a catted X and wound up selling it. Had it on my SLP's and flows. I like the deeper sound in exhaust that the H delivers. Like I said, everyone has their opinion. Not knocking you for what you like/prefer. Can you post some pics of your car and maybe a sound clip?
 
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Also...do you have the tail light tint, or spray?

It's tint.
 
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Here's a clip of a GT with Borla:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvJ2l...eature=related

Sounds pretty freakin sweet imo!
 

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