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Old Oct 3, 2016 | 10:20 AM
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Came out nice man! Are you going to remove the pinstripe on the pass side too?

Definitely a quick turn around.
No, I got lazy with the passenger side pin stripe. Figuring you can't look at both sides at once...we'll see how it goes.

Budget went a little higher then I expected but still well within reason. I'll go over the dollar figures once it's sold.

The photos I'm going to use won't show the license plate, so hopefully that will help.

I drove it to work this morning, its going over to get a remote start once my buddy opens his shop up. She drives so nice with the new tires, doesn't wonder all over like some Ex's do. It's going to make someone a real nice rig.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2016 | 10:55 PM
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My Ad is posted, given the comparable I went up a little with my asking price. With the PFD checks going out on the 6th I expect it to be gone within a week.

I had the remote start installed today, works great! This truck is a real pleasure to drive overall. It could use new springs..ect but for an all stock truck it's not bad at all. Still enjoy driving mine much more though haha

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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 08:45 AM
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Awesome, good luck with the sale!
 
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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 12:28 PM
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Good luck! I seen the other ad is still up. I don`t think anyone will put the 2 together. mileage is different and no pictures.


let us know how it works out!
 
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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 05:52 PM
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AlaskanEx: I see your new ad for sale... I debated on picking that same rig up and fixing it... Wife needs a new rig....
 
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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by AlaskanEx
My Ad is posted, given the comparable I went up a little with my asking price. With the PFD checks going out on the 6th I expect it to be gone within a week.

I had the remote start installed today, works great! This truck is a real pleasure to drive overall. It could use new springs..ect but for an all stock truck it's not bad at all. Still enjoy driving mine much more though haha

What brand of remote start did you go with? Probably my next mod!!

TIA
 
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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 10:09 PM
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What brand of remote start did you go with? Probably my next mod!!

TIA
My buddy owns a shop I just picked up the cheapest 1way he had.

I've had a 2-way Viper on my Ex for 6 years and it's been great, caught someone trying to break into it once and the 2-way alerted me..well worth it!

Astrostart, Viper or any DEI product is good stuff!
 
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 02:38 PM
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First meeting set up today with a buyer, we'll how it goes.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 06:55 PM
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Truck came out lookin' real nice Russ! Good luck with the sale.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 07:06 PM
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Good luck!
 
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Old Oct 5, 2016 | 07:47 PM
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Great Job Russ!
 
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SOLD SOLD SOLD!!! $7,500!


This story was great, he comes to look at it with a flash light..ect to go through it. As we are talking I pop the hood he check the oil and in our talking he figures out it was the same wrecked truck. Turns out I bought it out front under him! He went back to buy it and it was gone haha!! So he didn't need to test drive it or look anything else over. Now it came down to price, I was at $8,995 and he asked for my bottom dollar. I had set aside in my head I wouldn't go under $8,500 but he told me the story about his kids and stuff so I said $8,000. He said what about $7,500 in cash right now? I caved and took it!

He got a great truck, I was able to pay my bills down win win for everyone!

I'm VERY happy with how this all worked out, on time, in budget. It could not have worked out any better.

This was the biggest flip ever for me, I've never taken that much risk but the reward was worth it 10 fold. My last 2 weeks of work have been terrible so this was a huge pick me up I needed!
 
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Old Oct 6, 2016 | 12:45 AM
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Thats awesome..win win for everybody involved. Congrats!! I wish I could flip cars for a living!!
 
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Old Oct 6, 2016 | 06:06 AM
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Excellent job Russ! I see more of these flips in your future.
 
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Good going! a win for both of you!
 
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