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Did 2 front brake jobs in the driveway this morning. The first was on my friend's 98 Pathfinder, the second was on my mom's 09 G6

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Took my wife to labor & delivery. Daughter born.

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I drove across town to pick up my degree since im still waiting on parts

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Took my truck into the back country of Colorado.     Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

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Washed the truck yesterday and AGAIN today thanks to those dirty birdies today :tear: while my truck was parked at work. They actually managed to get bird sh$^ on every single body panel and the glass. :nonod:

Looks good again for another day in the parking lot at work tomorrow.

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Pictures of the whole finished product would be nice Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

Weather is crappy for like the next 5 days, but I'll get em up here eventually.

 

In the mean time, that's the "teaser" pic haha

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Bah pics now!

 

 

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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A bit of rain after I did the brake jobs, Had the truck washed at 8 am and now at 530 pm the truck looks like crap

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Drove the rental Suburban to work (man am I gonna miss this beast!) and worked on programming an automated substrate mask handling system. Never done automation programming before. I'd be kinda ok not doing it ever again. :lol:

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Went to a pumpkin patch

 

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Detailed the camaro

 

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The gm heritage grille is awesome. It was my first mod right after I got the car.

 

 

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Mckenzie Senior Enthusiast

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Wont be doing anything with my truck till thursday. I left the gas hog at school and caught a ride home. Hopefully it wont be on cinder blocks when i come back haha

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I have only run 3 tanks of fuel through mine since mid August. Maybe I'll pop the dash and finally put the new 4x4 switch in today.

 

Yesterday I went to Line-X, they wanted over $600 :omg: just to do my rockers (not even in the doorjambs) and bedrails. This price doesn't seem very fair to me?!?

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I have only run 3 tanks of fuel through mine since mid August. Maybe I'll pop the dash and finally put the new 4x4 switch in today. Yesterday I went to Line-X, they wanted over $600 :omg: just to do my rockers (not even in the doorjambs) and bedrails. This price doesn't seem very fair to me?!?

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$600 is steep for just those. And herculiner will work good as long as your prep work is good, just like any paint job. I'm going to redo my rocker panels one weekend before it starts snowing. Didn't prep it well the first time

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