Let's start over......
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From: Concord, NC
nice Jerame!
Had a big package come today. Just a stock oem part, but it will help get the engine bay to where my OCD is happy. I'll hopefully have it in this weekend and hopefully my painting project I can continue later today before I work so they can be installed Sunday afternoon after work.
Also, one of the garage guys at work drives a '02 Fx4 that he has modded slightly. He offered to get me good deals on stuff for a brake job and said he would help me do it at the shop to get some experience. At school all they use is the Wagner Thermoquiets and Moog parts for a lot of replacement items. I called them out on it and said it's gotta be cause of the greasable zerks and he said exactly.
So I'm most likely going to try to get a brake job in this fall and hopefully shocks in the spring and lower the rear end 
Had a big package come today. Just a stock oem part, but it will help get the engine bay to where my OCD is happy. I'll hopefully have it in this weekend and hopefully my painting project I can continue later today before I work so they can be installed Sunday afternoon after work.
Also, one of the garage guys at work drives a '02 Fx4 that he has modded slightly. He offered to get me good deals on stuff for a brake job and said he would help me do it at the shop to get some experience. At school all they use is the Wagner Thermoquiets and Moog parts for a lot of replacement items. I called them out on it and said it's gotta be cause of the greasable zerks and he said exactly.
So I'm most likely going to try to get a brake job in this fall and hopefully shocks in the spring and lower the rear end
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From: In the fast lane from LA to Tokyo...
Purdy.....have fun painting....
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From: In the fast lane from LA to Tokyo...
Sometimes its a wash......there are gives and takes between hourly and salary.....
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I hear ya and fortunately I live in a state where the work is booming in my market. Over the last 12 months we have received enough work to keep us at a 50+ hour a week for the next 4 years. Im scratching my head everytime I hear the local news make claims that the unemployement has gone up again and people continue to struggle to find work. Heck we cant find any quality people to fill the positions we currently have open.
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From: In the fast lane from LA to Tokyo...
I hear ya and fortunately I live in a state where the work is booming in my market. Over the last 12 months we have received enough work to keep us at a 50+ hour a week for the next 4 years. Im scratching my head everytime I hear the local news make claims that the unemployement has gone up again and people continue to struggle to find work. Heck we cant find any quality people to fill the positions we currently have open.
its good that your job market for what you do has a great demand right now but being salary as you refer to isn't helping your pocket book....so the more hours you put in the less your hourly wage is per say......
Im hearing that alot from industries across this nation.....they need qualified individuals but can't find any.....it reminds me of kid standing in front of a candy machine....to many choices but the kid wants candy but none of the choices are the ones that they like...lol
Some of these industries are going to have to realize that they're going to have to hire who they can and TRAIN them for the job......
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Called the tire shop I had my tires put on for a free rotation... can't do it unless they've been on for a year due to the risk of "wheel falloff"
I kept trying to tell them yes they are aftermarket wheels, but they have been on two other trucks and were used on Roush F150s. I just hung up once I got annoyed and cut them off
I kept trying to tell them yes they are aftermarket wheels, but they have been on two other trucks and were used on Roush F150s. I just hung up once I got annoyed and cut them off
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From: In the fast lane from LA to Tokyo...
Called the tire shop I had my tires put on for a free rotation... can't do it unless they've been on for a year due to the risk of "wheel falloff"
I kept trying to tell them yes they are aftermarket wheels, but they have been on two other trucks and were used on Roush F150s. I just hung up once I got annoyed and cut them off
I kept trying to tell them yes they are aftermarket wheels, but they have been on two other trucks and were used on Roush F150s. I just hung up once I got annoyed and cut them off
I drive 5k miles in a month on the work truck and my tire shop rotates mine every 10k
Go get a jack, an impact,and a torque wrench.......
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Inner tie rods were pretty well in need of replacement, but I still have the noise. Got the alignment back to where it was too, I are good. 
I'm going to focus on the brake calipers now. Who knows. Thanks for that jbrew.
Downloading a couple of exhaust vids to share, prior to the muffler addition experiment.
I'm going to focus on the brake calipers now. Who knows. Thanks for that jbrew.
Downloading a couple of exhaust vids to share, prior to the muffler addition experiment.
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From: Concord, NC
Yeah my dad is set up for that stuff- he offered to do it today (but I work til 1030 tonight and have to be up at 345 tomorrow so I needed sleep before work today at 2pm) but I am going to be saving for a impact and torque wrench. Any idea what impact/wrench to get