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Old Feb 8, 2009
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Its begun..

Now you see it
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Now you don't
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Here's his truck.. those 38x1450 Bias TSLs are 3 years old, daily driven.. and still have a little under 1/4 tread..
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and here's all you're gonna see of him
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annnddd this is what happens when you let a girl loose with your camera.
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and a few random ones..

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and i think this one kinda makes the truck look big.. I'm still under the illusion its a small truck, because it really is, the roof was about even with a stock 1500 mega cab..




oh
and i almost forgot what this thread is all about.

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Old Feb 8, 2009
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badkarma!




hey matt....could you do me a favour?? if there's any door tags on that Rx8, i'd love to get the paint code off it.....pleaaaaaseeeeee.???


truck looks grand brother.
 
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yep, his truck hasn't changed much. His wife wants the camo gone, but everyone else doesn't lol.. well except that chick that was taking random pics haha

i couldddd, if you remind me at some point..
We're gonna start to hack the bed up at like 8 tomorrow moring, under 4 hours from now, hopefully its done so i can drive to work with a dove tailed truck by 2

its like a whole new truck w/o 2 sets of leaf springs, a huge *** bumper, heavy tool box and a bed on the back, the leaves have some arch now and its rides like a truck again, it used to be a nice cushy ride.. now its all stiff :(
 
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Old Feb 8, 2009
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so....

your friend was flexing on your bed
then your bed got ripped off
and you couldnt get it back on?


hm.

jk, but i thought you were gunna wait on the whole dovetailing thing?
more power to ya!
 
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naw, i was gonna wait till i got my cast off.. and now its off
 
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HELL YEAH!!
 
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Awesome!!! Love to see it
 
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How is badkarma's truck holding up?!? next time he is around grab a ton of shots of his suspension and such!!

You dovetailin the truck now?
 
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Hey my bumper is bigger than yours now! lol

What are the plans? Flatbed/exo? Dovetail?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2009
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put your bed on hindges, that'd be pimpin
 
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pics later, i need to go to work..

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HELL YEAH!!
i got my steel hawse fair lead too, so now i can continue making my bumper

Originally Posted by elementsenjoi
Hey my bumper is bigger than yours now! lol

What are the plans? Flatbed/exo? Dovetail?
dove tail, and its done

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put your bed on hindges, that'd be pimpin
haha, i actually thought about that.
 
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Originally Posted by stRanger
How is badkarma's truck holding up?!? next time he is around grab a ton of shots of his suspension and such!!

You dovetailin the truck now?
I see him a few times a week generally
its just radius arms, and custom mounts for the coils so instead of extending the coil buckets from the frame, the coils are narrowed on the axle.
 
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glad to see that monsterous bumper gone.

keep it clean!

badkarma has not been on here in ages it seems.
 
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sweet, to bad I'm gone or could help, then do mine haha
 
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wow
i had a ton written and firefox f'd up.. now its gone.

and i went to upload my pics, it all looked good, then i refreshed it and I wasn't logged in, sooo my lunch break was wasted

here's one, its not perfect, it needs to be tweaked a little but it gives you a general idea.

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Old Feb 8, 2009
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Looks schweet!
 
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Old Feb 8, 2009
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I like the... Jeep is it? flexing on your tire
 
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Old Feb 8, 2009
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Sick! Are you going to chop the tailgate down too?
 
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Looks good man!
 
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I like it.

How did the bedside react when you pulled it in? Anything funny? Or did it keep its shape?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2009
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more pics!!! looks good so far
 
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mmmmm That looks soooooo good!
 
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Old Feb 8, 2009
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I like how you just cut the bed in half...
 
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Old Feb 8, 2009
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Looks badass man, I like your license plate mount too lol. You need to buy a couple cans on the cheapest black spray paint you can find and paint all under your truck with it.

You planning on putting that big tube bumper back on it, narrowing it down, or making a new bumper?
 
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