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Spring Break Plans,,

1st plan is to custom fab a skidplate, mostly for looks out of diamond plate and all stainless steel hardware,, The plate is only 1/8" thick so I might use 1/4" Steel to back it up, all bolted together.

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its going to replace the current broken plastic thing using all existing holes,,


2nd plan to paint my bumpers with the same stuff I coated the bottom of my truck with, Hammered Rustolem,,

3rd once it arrives: Passenger side A-pillar with grab handle and bracket from pastfinder,,

4th tiling the bathroom aswell,, gonna be a busy week,,

and maybe 5th.. how long can I ride on these ball joints before I have to get new ones?


whats everyone else plans?
 

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work...
 
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whats spring break? lol... i like the skid plate though
 
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south padre the 3rd beach in the united states
 
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south padre the 3rd beach in the united states
i go there for the summer, for spring break im stuck here

the beach is nice, small waves though,, good fishin if you can find it..
 
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There's some great fishin' in padre! I'm spending my week workin on the sammi!
 
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south padre mon-fri maybe saturday, depends if i have any alcohol left or not haha.
and being in a hotel room with 5 females and my friend jared aint bad either ha... well not for me cuz jared is sleeping on the floor hahahh
 
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damn...i guess im lucky my job isnt too demanding. Im heading to Rosarito, Mexico. fun fun fun!
 
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Originally Posted by FX2.3
i go there for the summer, for spring break im stuck here

the beach is nice, small waves though,, good fishin if you can find it..
just go to port mansfield
 
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south padre mon-fri maybe saturday, depends if i have any alcohol left or not haha.
and being in a hotel room with 5 females and my friend jared aint bad either ha... well not for me cuz jared is sleeping on the floor hahahh
yep... i live like 1 hour away im leaving right after i get out of school
 
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Originally Posted by G'sevo
whats spring break? lol... i like the skid plate though
LOL...exactly.....love your spring breaks while you still can. There ain't no spring breaks in the working world....LOL

Sounds like you'll be having a productive one though with that list of projects.
 
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Got started on the bathroom, orginaly it had carpet and we had to rip the crap out,, clean it,, prep it,, then got to work,, only got this far before dinner time,,


plan is to finish laying the tile tomorrow and get a grouting,, let it sit and by monday have the toilet back in place and the grout sealed..

still gotta start on my other projects
and 2 essays due next monday
 
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looks likeur going over old tile
 
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looks likeur going over old tile
naa we planned out where each tile is going to go with a green pencil,,
that way we get the piece cut before we need it, makes it hella fast,, but food is a good reason to stop..
 
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Good way to spend spring break.

I plan on doing a couple things on my spring break/easter break. I am going to Herculine the interior of my truck. And TILE the backsplash in my kitchen.
 
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yo albert. if ya see a 07 grey ranger xtd cab with drunk ppl in the bed thats me haha. and if ur on the beach i got some tattoos and big earings haha.
maybe ill see ya out there
 
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me and the wife are going to the outer banks of SC. that is why i have to hurry up and build the sleeping platform for my truck.
 
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me, starting tomarrow, I am painting my old room. flat white cieling, beige walls, and off with semi gloss trim.... thats my project for tomarrow.... shouldnt take more than 2hrs.
 
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work work work. I do have thursday off though.
 
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work for me to BUT I think I feel a cold coming on *cough cough* and the only remedy I know is the beach! :D
 
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work for me to BUT I think I feel a cold coming on *cough cough* and the only remedy I know is the beach! :D
lucky,, the beach is over 350 miles away from me..
 
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Since i will be on vacation from work during my colleges spring break... i was going to go back out to cali with my GF to meet her family (she's originally from Huntington Beach) but since she's been out there for the past 3 weeks (her grandfather died, than a few things came up that kept her out there longer than she expected) she's in no rush to go back... so looks like i'll just be spending the whole week with her here relaxing, and hoping it doesn't snow. lol One can never tell with this lovely ohio weather.

-Brad
 
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im going to Long Island and gettin trashed for a straight week... sounds good to me
 
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waiting for the grout sealent to dry and it will be done!


recieved the handle from pastfinder today and got ready to install it,,

The rivnuts ready to go!

just waiting on a new bracket from ford!

going to reuse my existing apiller trim because the one made for the handle does not line up correctly on the headliner,, so the extra a-piller trim is going on ebay soon as is the rivet gun,, only needed it for this,,
 
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looking good.

all im doing is working all week. i was gonna go up to Niagra Falls for the week with a few friends, but decided not to (i need to collect money, not give it away, lol)
 


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