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She sure is nice! My compliments to your time and hard work. You've got to tell us how much time and $ you got in it...

 

 

Very NICE!! I really like the subtle lighting touch :D

quadracer Enthusiast

quadracer

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right on, i appreciate it. alright, lol its got a long history, but to make a long story short it started out as my first vehicle when i turned 16, me and my dad bought it for $1700, and the truck was bone stock, no lift, purple cracked tint falling down exhaust, the list is endless. but just every saturday it was a trip to the junk yard getting parts, and every sunday putting stuff back together, and waiting for parts to come in the mail. Between me and my dad, we have about 16,000 invested into the truck. the tires and the paint job were by far the most expensive. we just put the 35" coopers and just got it painted about five months ago. shes just about finished. lol but i still keep dumping money into it. the first picture was about 6 or 7 months before we got it sanded down and painted. i gotta say im pretty dam lucky to have a dad that would help me build my first vehicle like this, im pretty proud to be drivin it around.

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Be very proud of that truck, it looks great. The paint scheme stands out and yet is not overly flashy. And it's pretty cool that you dad helped you with it, I think that always adds something to it on a personal level.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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Nice truck... shows a lot of the owner's personal taste. I like that. Never be afraid to do what you like.

 

Way to go!

quadracer Enthusiast

quadracer

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thanks a lot, good ta know what people think of it. ya they are 35" cooper stt's, and i have a small 4" superlift. those coopers are da bomb, compared to my 35" bfs i had on there before, they are like the difference of night and day. and they have a awesome design on the sidewall that actually proves usefull.

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