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QUOTE (Spider77 @ Jan 31, 2011 - 6:48 PM) *
>Looks good man, too bad it had to come at the cost of some interior lighting.

I just realized that the cabin lights no longer come on when I open the doors. Them Pep Boys bastards did something....

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QUOTE (808celica @ Jan 31, 2011 - 6:26 PM) *
>Give it time Hector. we just giving you beef cuz that's what friends are for

If you're giving me beef, can I has A1 as well?

This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Jan 31, 2011 - 7:07 PM

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they do that on purpose to make you come back and take more of your money..
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QUOTE (sunwukongg @ Jan 31, 2011 - 6:53 PM) *
>they do that on purpose to make you come back and take more of your money..

True... but I did the front installation myself, only reason I went to Pep Boys was because I didn't have the right tools to overcome the endlink rust. I just don't know what the hell they could've touched to affect those lights...

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QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Jan 31, 2011 - 7:55 PM) *
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QUOTE (sunwukongg @ Jan 31, 2011 - 6:53 PM) *
>they do that on purpose to make you come back and take more of your money..

True... but I did the front installation myself, only reason I went to Pep Boys was because I didn't have the right tools to overcome the endlink rust. I just don't know what the hell they could've touched to affect those lights...


they probably got mad at you for giving them a hard time with the rear endlinks so they screwed around with your ride
Nice drop, have fun with the handling.

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looks good..... now LOWAR!!!!!!!! lol just kidding, but it does look good, and hows that icestorm that rolled through there? my celi is coated in about an inch of ice fml

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QUOTE (sunwukongg @ Jan 31, 2011 - 7:53 PM) *
>they do that on purpose to make you come back and take more of your money..


See, I wouldn't put that beyond too much doubt. One reason why I hate those kinds of places, shady techs...

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QUOTE (96stgreendemon @ Feb 1, 2011 - 7:56 AM) *
>looks good..... now LOWAR!!!!!!!! lol just kidding, but it does look good, and hows that icestorm that rolled through there? my celi is coated in about an inch of ice fml

See that's one of the things I love/hate about New Mexico. I can't work on my car very much since I'm parked outside, BUT I'm in a parking garage, so my car never gets wet or icy wink.gif

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Shade is priceless, I wish I had that.

Oh, I believe I haven't said anything nice about your lowaring, so let me do that for yous.

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Suspension twins FTW. Feels nice eh? biggrin.gif I need to start auto-crossing my setup, but you did the exact same thing I did when I first got lowered (almost a year ago now, 2/13/10), I was all I'M GONNA SWERVE THIS BITCH UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP.

So yeah, congratulations.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Feb 1, 2011 - 10:41 AM

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Um..........85 to 165. Go South after Placitas towards Tijeras. Hit some 8500 feet in elevation, roads look decent enough. Hell, thats in your backyard. SHould really go to Hwy 4. Thats only about two hours away? If I was out there, thats all I would do is drive the mountains. Lucky!
Here is Placitas/Tijeras.....great place to start (looks like it)
Josh, you're awesome. Lol

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Thanks. Youve got a lot of nice areas to drive, should take advantage of it while you are there. If this wasnt too far for me, Id be there for sure!
Once the weather gets better, I'm definitely gonna check this out. Thanks!

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QUOTE (Spider77 @ Feb 1, 2011 - 6:11 AM) *
>Um..........85 to 165. Go South after Placitas towards Tijeras. Hit some 8500 feet in elevation, roads look decent enough. Hell, thats in your backyard. SHould really go to Hwy 4. Thats only about two hours away? If I was out there, thats all I would do is drive the mountains. Lucky!
Here is Placitas/Tijeras.....great place to start (looks like it)



OMG!!!!!!! That's like the whole Island laugh.gif laugh.gif

Looks like a fun route

I don't normally drive fast, but when I do its on a curvy section of this island
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QUOTE (808celica @ Feb 2, 2011 - 1:32 AM) *
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QUOTE (Spider77 @ Feb 1, 2011 - 6:11 AM) *
>Um..........85 to 165. Go South after Placitas towards Tijeras. Hit some 8500 feet in elevation, roads look decent enough. Hell, thats in your backyard. SHould really go to Hwy 4. Thats only about two hours away? If I was out there, thats all I would do is drive the mountains. Lucky!
Here is Placitas/Tijeras.....great place to start (looks like it)



OMG!!!!!!! That's like the whole Island laugh.gif laugh.gif

Looks like a fun route

Yeah! Haha I'd love to take my Celica to Puerto Rico and drive it >:(

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QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Feb 2, 2011 - 10:11 AM) *
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QUOTE (808celica @ Feb 2, 2011 - 1:32 AM) *
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QUOTE (Spider77 @ Feb 1, 2011 - 6:11 AM) *
>Um..........85 to 165. Go South after Placitas towards Tijeras. Hit some 8500 feet in elevation, roads look decent enough. Hell, thats in your backyard. SHould really go to Hwy 4. Thats only about two hours away? If I was out there, thats all I would do is drive the mountains. Lucky!
Here is Placitas/Tijeras.....great place to start (looks like it)



OMG!!!!!!! That's like the whole Island laugh.gif laugh.gif

Looks like a fun route

Yeah! Haha I'd love to take my Celica to Puerto Rico and drive it >:(

Wait, whaa?
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QUOTE (SupraKid @ Feb 3, 2011 - 1:34 AM) *
>Wait, whaa?

What you no get Andrew?

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Where did puerto rico come from..?
Jon was commenting on how the distance of the route that Josh posted was like driving around the whole island (Hawaii) so I connected that with Puerto Rico since that's where I'm from and that island is pretty damn tiny as well. Lol

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So I took the drive that Josh suggested and may I say, it was AWESOME. Total elevation change was about 4,500 feet. The climb up was nice and scenic, but the ride down was very, VERY fun. The GR2/TRD setup I have performs beautifully. I had a buddy riding with me to take pictures. Here's a few...

Here's me on a bench with a snow ottoman.


A beautiful S-curve.


A hard right turn.


I was going about 65 at this specific moment.


In the zone... lol

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sweet!! roads look like a blast to drive on!

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QUOTE (4-eyed-freek @ Feb 28, 2011 - 9:03 PM) *
>sweet!! roads look like a blast to drive on!

They really were. The pictures do NO justice whatsoever.

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That S- Curve looks mad fun.
So jealous! haha.

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QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Feb 28, 2011 - 6:53 PM) *
>I was going about 65 at this specific moment.

Does NM not have enough money to plow the entire road?wth? Or do NM roads come complete with bike lanes? bwahaha


Looks like a fun road tho thumbsup.gif

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QUOTE (SupraKid @ Mar 1, 2011 - 12:00 AM) *
>Does NM not have enough money to plow the entire road?wth? Or do NM roads come complete with bike lanes? bwahaha

It's the first one. I was in the oncoming lane on that one xD

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Those roads look sweet. I would LOVE to shred that S curve in my st165.

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QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Feb 28, 2011 - 8:53 PM) *
>So I took the drive that Josh suggested and may I say, it was AWESOME. Total elevation change was about 4,500 feet. The climb up was nice and scenic, but the ride down was very, VERY fun. The GR2/TRD setup I have performs beautifully. I had a buddy riding with me to take pictures. Here's a few...

Here's me on a bench with a snow ottoman.


and when u came back from that long rid, you decided to sit on the park bench...


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laugh.gif Norberto. Reminds me of walking around town in Cataño, Puerto Rico.

I just recently painted my Euro splitters, so I took a few pictures to show them off.



You can't see the splitters in this picture... but I thought it looked good biggrin.gif





I wish I knew a better place around here to take scenic pictures kindasad.gif

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