[Project] Living up to my username

rolemodel · 01-13-2008, 10:16 PM

very nice man!! im loving it

***droppedss*** · 01-13-2008, 10:18 PM

hell yes adam! looks killer!!!

jman · 01-13-2008, 10:51 PM

looks awesome. all that money and hardwork is paying off

mccord · 01-14-2008, 12:29 AM

ABOUT DAMN TIME...LOL...its lookin real good adam. cant wait to c it down here for nopi.

xtucking22s · 01-14-2008, 12:47 AM

thanks guys...and ya...it has taken a loooooong time. i dont know how some people do bigger projects like body drops, chop tops and shit...some people must have a lot of free time and no girlfriend lol. but i took my time, learned a ton and got it done, well its basically done at this point anyways. but thanks for the compliments guys

Dr. Pepper · 01-14-2008, 01:57 AM

shits tight son! tuckin rotor! cant wait to see it. im gonna try really really hard to make it down for the baltimore show. i gotta see this thing in all its glory!

Slammed83Mazda · 01-14-2008, 03:13 AM

looks like a dub city truck, looks killer man

snakenet · 01-14-2008, 03:17 AM

dude i got so excited when i saw those pics! you know you do great work and have an awesome thread when your spectators like myself get this happy to see this thing rolling! im so proud of you man, i understand this is the first time youv done 9% of the shit on this truck, and youv done it like a pro. condrats homey!!

NickZigaitis · 01-14-2008, 08:20 AM

Looking good. I always felt hugely satisfied when I got a major component of the progress completed. Congradulations and good luck with the rest of the build. Just keep an eye on those brakes. I'm sure you'll be okay but it never hurts to keep a close eye on things.

xtucking22s · 01-14-2008, 02:30 PM

thanks for all the compliments everyone! and thank you VERY much to those of you in particular who have really helped me a lot with learning a lot of things...in particular Nick and Joe who have both helped me out big time via PMs, phone calls, and right here in this thread. Minitruckers really do help each other out in a big way.

purplepassion · 01-14-2008, 02:42 PM

looks awesome man

bmxbang · 01-14-2008, 02:48 PM

looking good man get some pics of it in the sun if you can!

xtucking22s · 01-14-2008, 02:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bmxbang

looking good man get some pics of it in the sun if you can!

i work 8-5 M-F so that aint gonna happen during the week

and it wasnt together during daylight this weekend. i mainly work on the truck at night time...so it kind of sucks. but this weekend i expect to be 100% done (except for minor things that can be done at a later time anyways like i still have to mount the train horns, do the latch for the bed, wire up my headunit and monitors again) by this weekend and im going draggin.

stevehh · 01-14-2008, 10:19 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

by this weekend and im going draggin.

xtucking22s · 01-15-2008, 12:19 AM

i installed the door popper mechanism in the drivers side tonight. what an ordeal that was...and totally unexpected. I followed brians how to: http://www.s10forum.com/how_to_avs_d...tuator_install

I ran into the 2 same problems he had with having to grind down some of the white plastic latch thing that attached the motor, and the frame of the AVS unit hitting the body line of the door panel which i solved by just grinding down the frame. getting the window track back in afterwards was a totally unexpected problem that took me a while to figure it out and when i first started tonight my window wouldnt work! couldnt figure out why....checked fuses and couldnt find anything then thought to look at the connection between the motor for the power window and the harness that it plugs into and for whatever reason eric had disconnected it and never reconnected it. before i realized that i thought something was seriously broken and i was pissed. and i also had to extend the wires because they were long enough(the wires that go to the popper) so what I had expected to take 20-30 minutes a door ended up taking 3.5 hours, grrrrr. I guess ill do the passenger side tomorrow. brians tutorial says 10-15 minutes.....HA!!!!

now...i tried putting in the door pushers...and i did but then it made it almost impossible to get the door to close easily because by the nature of what it is, it pushes against the door. so you need to SLAM the door shut to get it to latch/close all the way. and i didnt like it at all, and it barely pushed the door open much anyways...maybe like 1" more then with just the AVS door popper kit alone. so i took it out, and now my door closes with ease. i can just close the door like i would any other car and the door closes/latches all the way. whats other people's experiences with using/not using the door pushers?

Mindless_Self · 01-15-2008, 09:43 AM

that sucks, im buying that kit here real soon. and i always have 20 minute jobs take me hours for a certain hangup. hopefully someone has some info for you.

xtucking22s · 01-15-2008, 09:50 AM

ya the kit itself is great, i cant imagine doing it with any other kit, bolt on FTW!!!! but the kit does need a couple small revisions. mainly just the main metal frame thing needs to not hit the body line of the door and the white plastic thing needs to be a little redesigned ill post a pic tonight of how much i had to trim off. it wasnt a big deal....but was annoying.

my2ks10xtreme · 01-15-2008, 01:17 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

ya the kit itself is great, i cant imagine doing it with any other kit, bolt on FTW!!!! but the kit does need a couple small revisions. mainly just the main metal frame thing needs to not hit the body line of the door and the white plastic thing needs to be a little redesigned ill post a pic tonight of how much i had to trim off. it wasnt a big deal....but was annoying.

When did you buy the kit? A friend of mine just installed his about a month or 2 ago and he had no issues bolting them on out of the box. I know AVS has made some revisions to them you might of got stuck with the older models, but hey as long as you got it dont thats all that matters. Nice Hood by the way!

Keeping up the killer work!

xtucking22s · 01-15-2008, 01:19 PM

ummm i probably bought it about 2 or 3 months ago...think it was around the end of october cuz i remember thinking i was giving myself a birthday present

dagreenmonster · 01-15-2008, 01:21 PM

came out awesome bro, nice job!

flnole78 · 01-15-2008, 03:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

i installed the door popper mechanism in the drivers side tonight. what an ordeal that was...and totally unexpected. I followed brians how to: http://www.s10forum.com/how_to_avs_d...tuator_install

I ran into the 2 same problems he had with having to grind down some of the white plastic latch thing that attached the motor, and the frame of the AVS unit hitting the body line of the door panel which i solved by just grinding down the frame. getting the window track back in afterwards was a totally unexpected problem that took me a while to figure it out and when i first started tonight my window wouldnt work! couldnt figure out why....checked fuses and couldnt find anything then thought to look at the connection between the motor for the power window and the harness that it plugs into and for whatever reason eric had disconnected it and never reconnected it. before i realized that i thought something was seriously broken and i was pissed. and i also had to extend the wires because they were long enough(the wires that go to the popper) so what I had expected to take 20-30 minutes a door ended up taking 3.5 hours, grrrrr. I guess ill do the passenger side tomorrow. brians tutorial says 10-15 minutes.....HA!!!!

now...i tried putting in the door pushers...and i did but then it made it almost impossible to get the door to close easily because by the nature of what it is, it pushes against the door. so you need to SLAM the door shut to get it to latch/close all the way. and i didnt like it at all, and it barely pushed the door open much anyways...maybe like 1" more then with just the AVS door popper kit alone. so i took it out, and now my door closes with ease. i can just close the door like i would any other car and the door closes/latches all the way. whats other people's experiences with using/not using the door pushers?

Yeah I just put that AVS kit in my Blazer and I ran into a few issues. 1 was the plastic piece at the end of the actuator didn't fit so I had to grind it down a little. I didn't have a problem with teh bodyline touching the frame but I did have a problem with the actuator not going all the way back up. For some reason I had to redrill all the holes about 1/4" higher on the frame. That was on both sides. Wiring mine was a breeze luckily.

As for the poppers, I ran without them for about a week and hated it. Mine are protocol poppers and they are adjustable by turning them. At first it was hard to shut the doors but after a few turns they shut easily now.

mccord · 01-15-2008, 03:59 PM

i have a kit from fbi that i got about 2 yrs ago. im thinking about switchin to the avs kit.

ExtCab96S_Dime · 01-15-2008, 07:36 PM

Nice work. Good to see it up off the garage floor so it can sit nice an low on some roads.

Xtreme24 · 01-15-2008, 07:58 PM

AVS FTW, also, my kit fit perfectly, no mods needed.

Damn, I can't wait for pics/vids of it's maided voyage!

Big_Bake · 01-15-2008, 08:23 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Xtreme24

AVS FTW, also, my kit fit perfectly, no mods needed.

Damn, I can't wait for pics/vids of it's maided voyage!

, mine was perfect too.

~~sws10~~ · 01-15-2008, 09:34 PM

****in sweeet, now get the rest done asap

AVdime · 01-15-2008, 10:15 PM

Keep up the good work, its almost done!

RedXtreme · 01-15-2008, 10:38 PM

flippin nuts man! it looks soooo damn good!

2002ZQ8 · 01-15-2008, 10:46 PM

i love my AVS kit and i did have the same problems, and i didn't install poppers and my doors open just fine grab them at the top press with button and your in

cpolaris502 · 01-15-2008, 10:51 PM

i almost fried my autoloc solenoid today.

1 day old. but it was all my fault, the crappy relay that i used froze shut in -5*.

wheres the bed!? this thing needs to be driven!

kdh · 01-15-2008, 10:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

i installed the door popper mechanism in the drivers side tonight. what an ordeal that was...and totally unexpected. I followed brians how to: http://www.s10forum.com/how_to_avs_d...tuator_install

I ran into the 2 same problems he had with having to grind down some of the white plastic latch thing that attached the motor, and the frame of the AVS unit hitting the body line of the door panel which i solved by just grinding down

01-13-2008, 10:16 PM	#2601
rolemodel OBS FSC Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,795 Location: Camby, IN User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username very nice man!! im loving it
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01-13-2008, 10:51 PM	#2603
jman Hardcore 1st Gen'r Age: 28 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,789 Location: Austin, IN User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username looks awesome. all that money and hardwork is paying off
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01-14-2008, 12:29 AM	#2604
mccord "SHOW TIME PRIME" Age: 19 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 706 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username ABOUT DAMN TIME...LOL...its lookin real good adam. cant wait to c it down here for nopi.
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01-14-2008, 12:47 AM	#2605
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username thanks guys...and ya...it has taken a loooooong time. i dont know how some people do bigger projects like body drops, chop tops and shit...some people must have a lot of free time and no girlfriend lol. but i took my time, learned a ton and got it done, well its basically done at this point anyways. but thanks for the compliments guys
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01-14-2008, 01:57 AM	#2606
Dr. Pepper cokehead Age: 19 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,125 Location: Libertytown, MD- near Frederick User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username shits tight son! tuckin rotor! cant wait to see it. im gonna try really really hard to make it down for the baltimore show. i gotta see this thing in all its glory!
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01-14-2008, 03:13 AM	#2607
Slammed83Mazda BoughtThenRebuilt3Times:( Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,016 Location: Errrrwere User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username looks like a dub city truck, looks killer man
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01-14-2008, 03:17 AM	#2608
snakenet Now bodydroped on 20s!! Age: 20 Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 779 Location: West Sacramento User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username dude i got so excited when i saw those pics! you know you do great work and have an awesome thread when your spectators like myself get this happy to see this thing rolling! im so proud of you man, i understand this is the first time youv done 9% of the shit on this truck, and youv done it like a pro. condrats homey!!
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01-14-2008, 08:20 AM	#2609
NickZigaitis I Like Fire....HaHaHa Age: 78 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,693 Location: God Damn Garage, STL User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Looking good. I always felt hugely satisfied when I got a major component of the progress completed. Congradulations and good luck with the rest of the build. Just keep an eye on those brakes. I'm sure you'll be okay but it never hurts to keep a close eye on things.
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01-14-2008, 02:30 PM	#2610
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username thanks for all the compliments everyone! and thank you VERY much to those of you in particular who have really helped me a lot with learning a lot of things...in particular Nick and Joe who have both helped me out big time via PMs, phone calls, and right here in this thread. Minitruckers really do help each other out in a big way.
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01-14-2008, 02:42 PM	#2611
purplepassion BOUGHT NOT BUILT Age: 20 Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 15,693 Location: Mt. Washington, KY User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username looks awesome man
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01-14-2008, 02:48 PM	#2612
bmxbang this website is lame! Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,379 Location: Lees Summit MO User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username looking good man get some pics of it in the sun if you can!
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01-14-2008, 02:54 PM	#2613
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by bmxbang looking good man get some pics of it in the sun if you can! i work 8-5 M-F so that aint gonna happen during the week and it wasnt together during daylight this weekend. i mainly work on the truck at night time...so it kind of sucks. but this weekend i expect to be 100% done (except for minor things that can be done at a later time anyways like i still have to mount the train horns, do the latch for the bed, wire up my headunit and monitors again) by this weekend and im going draggin.
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01-14-2008, 10:19 PM	#2614
stevehh ^ Im With Stupid ^ Age: 26 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,770 Location: Levittown, PA-☆-NE Philly-☆-Trenton, NJ-☆Tha 19057 Bitches☆ User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s by this weekend and im going draggin.
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01-15-2008, 12:19 AM	#2615
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username i installed the door popper mechanism in the drivers side tonight. what an ordeal that was...and totally unexpected. I followed brians how to: http://www.s10forum.com/how_to_avs_d...tuator_install I ran into the 2 same problems he had with having to grind down some of the white plastic latch thing that attached the motor, and the frame of the AVS unit hitting the body line of the door panel which i solved by just grinding down the frame. getting the window track back in afterwards was a totally unexpected problem that took me a while to figure it out and when i first started tonight my window wouldnt work! couldnt figure out why....checked fuses and couldnt find anything then thought to look at the connection between the motor for the power window and the harness that it plugs into and for whatever reason eric had disconnected it and never reconnected it. before i realized that i thought something was seriously broken and i was pissed. and i also had to extend the wires because they were long enough(the wires that go to the popper) so what I had expected to take 20-30 minutes a door ended up taking 3.5 hours, grrrrr. I guess ill do the passenger side tomorrow. brians tutorial says 10-15 minutes.....HA!!!! now...i tried putting in the door pushers...and i did but then it made it almost impossible to get the door to close easily because by the nature of what it is, it pushes against the door. so you need to SLAM the door shut to get it to latch/close all the way. and i didnt like it at all, and it barely pushed the door open much anyways...maybe like 1" more then with just the AVS door popper kit alone. so i took it out, and now my door closes with ease. i can just close the door like i would any other car and the door closes/latches all the way. whats other people's experiences with using/not using the door pushers? Last edited by xtucking22s : 01-15-2008 at 12:20 AM.
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01-15-2008, 09:43 AM	#2616
Mindless_Self shaved Age: 20 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 170 Location: Highland, Indiana User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username that sucks, im buying that kit here real soon. and i always have 20 minute jobs take me hours for a certain hangup. hopefully someone has some info for you.
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01-15-2008, 09:50 AM	#2617
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username ya the kit itself is great, i cant imagine doing it with any other kit, bolt on FTW!!!! but the kit does need a couple small revisions. mainly just the main metal frame thing needs to not hit the body line of the door and the white plastic thing needs to be a little redesigned ill post a pic tonight of how much i had to trim off. it wasnt a big deal....but was annoying.
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01-15-2008, 01:17 PM	#2618
my2ks10xtreme Real Men Wear Skirts!! Age: 24 Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4,655 Location: NOR☆CAL User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s ya the kit itself is great, i cant imagine doing it with any other kit, bolt on FTW!!!! but the kit does need a couple small revisions. mainly just the main metal frame thing needs to not hit the body line of the door and the white plastic thing needs to be a little redesigned ill post a pic tonight of how much i had to trim off. it wasnt a big deal....but was annoying. When did you buy the kit? A friend of mine just installed his about a month or 2 ago and he had no issues bolting them on out of the box. I know AVS has made some revisions to them you might of got stuck with the older models, but hey as long as you got it dont thats all that matters. Nice Hood by the way! Keeping up the killer work!
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01-15-2008, 01:19 PM	#2619
xtucking22s I want sonoma grill! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,679 Location: Phoenix, MD User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username ummm i probably bought it about 2 or 3 months ago...think it was around the end of october cuz i remember thinking i was giving myself a birthday present
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01-15-2008, 01:21 PM	#2620
dagreenmonster It's all rattle canned Age: 23 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,967 Location: Long Island, NY User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username came out awesome bro, nice job!
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01-15-2008, 03:53 PM	#2621
flnole78 Laying rear lift bars Age: 30 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,353 Location: Tugonmypudah, Fl User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s i installed the door popper mechanism in the drivers side tonight. what an ordeal that was...and totally unexpected. I followed brians how to: http://www.s10forum.com/how_to_avs_d...tuator_install I ran into the 2 same problems he had with having to grind down some of the white plastic latch thing that attached the motor, and the frame of the AVS unit hitting the body line of the door panel which i solved by just grinding down the frame. getting the window track back in afterwards was a totally unexpected problem that took me a while to figure it out and when i first started tonight my window wouldnt work! couldnt figure out why....checked fuses and couldnt find anything then thought to look at the connection between the motor for the power window and the harness that it plugs into and for whatever reason eric had disconnected it and never reconnected it. before i realized that i thought something was seriously broken and i was pissed. and i also had to extend the wires because they were long enough(the wires that go to the popper) so what I had expected to take 20-30 minutes a door ended up taking 3.5 hours, grrrrr. I guess ill do the passenger side tomorrow. brians tutorial says 10-15 minutes.....HA!!!! now...i tried putting in the door pushers...and i did but then it made it almost impossible to get the door to close easily because by the nature of what it is, it pushes against the door. so you need to SLAM the door shut to get it to latch/close all the way. and i didnt like it at all, and it barely pushed the door open much anyways...maybe like 1" more then with just the AVS door popper kit alone. so i took it out, and now my door closes with ease. i can just close the door like i would any other car and the door closes/latches all the way. whats other people's experiences with using/not using the door pushers? Yeah I just put that AVS kit in my Blazer and I ran into a few issues. 1 was the plastic piece at the end of the actuator didn't fit so I had to grind it down a little. I didn't have a problem with teh bodyline touching the frame but I did have a problem with the actuator not going all the way back up. For some reason I had to redrill all the holes about 1/4" higher on the frame. That was on both sides. Wiring mine was a breeze luckily. As for the poppers, I ran without them for about a week and hated it. Mine are protocol poppers and they are adjustable by turning them. At first it was hard to shut the doors but after a few turns they shut easily now.
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01-15-2008, 03:59 PM	#2622
mccord "SHOW TIME PRIME" Age: 19 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 706 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username i have a kit from fbi that i got about 2 yrs ago. im thinking about switchin to the avs kit.
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01-15-2008, 07:36 PM	#2623
ExtCab96S_Dime Wannabe Dragger Age: 21 Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,230 Location: Neenah, Wisconsin User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Nice work. Good to see it up off the garage floor so it can sit nice an low on some roads.
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01-15-2008, 07:58 PM	#2624
Xtreme24 DeXtreme on 20/22's Age: 22 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,537 Location: DFW, Texas User is: Online	Re: [Project] Living up to my username AVS FTW, also, my kit fit perfectly, no mods needed. Damn, I can't wait for pics/vids of it's maided voyage!
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01-15-2008, 08:23 PM	#2625
Big_Bake dropt Age: 19 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,746 Location: Norfolk, VA User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Quote: Originally Posted by Xtreme24 AVS FTW, also, my kit fit perfectly, no mods needed. Damn, I can't wait for pics/vids of it's maided voyage! , mine was perfect too.
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01-15-2008, 09:34 PM	#2626
~~sws10~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,036 Location: Amarillo, TX bishes User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username ****in sweeet, now get the rest done asap
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01-15-2008, 10:15 PM	#2627
AVdime Big Bully Age: 25 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,377 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username Keep up the good work, its almost done!
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01-15-2008, 10:38 PM	#2628
RedXtreme Red -n- Chrome Age: 23 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,185 Location: Overland Park, KS User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username flippin nuts man! it looks soooo damn good!
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01-15-2008, 10:46 PM	#2629
2002ZQ8 Headturners Age: 24 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,881 Location: Lilburn, Georgia User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username i love my AVS kit and i did have the same problems, and i didn't install poppers and my doors open just fine grab them at the top press with button and your in
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01-15-2008, 10:51 PM	#2630
cpolaris502 I wonder how it tastes? Age: 19 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,515 Location: Rogers, MN User is: OffLine	Re: [Project] Living up to my username i almost fried my autoloc solenoid today. 1 day old. but it was all my fault, the crappy relay that i used froze shut in -5*. wheres the bed!? this thing needs to be driven!
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