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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 01:10 AM
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lol i've come to love the color over time.

nothing new, just driving her. plan to do some mods but between 4 trucks its hard to focus on one right now.

went down the coast the other day, got a pic

 
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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 04:50 AM
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i really like the blue too.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 11:40 PM
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studded tires came off and summer tires/wheels went on...plus she got a wash.




 
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 03:05 AM
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whats the deadline? i need to do mine, cant remember when they gotta be off by tho.

been extra lazy this year.
 
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 04:05 AM
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they extended it to may 1st this year due to the snowfall.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 10:07 AM
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did 2 this weekend will do 2 more next weekend, and will be done. took all but 2 lights off to save them from road damage since we dont need the extra lights on the vehicle in the summer.

gonna take the brush guard off and blast and paint it too soon.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 10:52 PM
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sounds like a plan skip!

i also took some lights off, the utility lights i had on the back...i'm going to go with something slimmer. in the mean time it looks much better. also painted the hitch again




 
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 12:38 AM
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figured out tonight i need brake pads..damnit lol but i got 20k out of the ones it had on it when i got it..not bad! new pads on the way.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 05:07 AM
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good idea on painting the hitch! does yours have a skidplate over the entire gastank? ours doesn and its full of gravel i wanna try to take it off to ge tthe gravel out.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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yeah my expy has a skid plate over the tank also.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 01:05 AM
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alright, got my new pads on. i parked it JUST in time! saved the rotors but the pads were prolly 10 miles from destroying 2 of the rotors. whew! she stops better then ever now!




then went on a test drive, beautiful night. trucks dirty but i cleaned the chrome and wheels up some..




 
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 01:02 PM
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I'm seeing postcards written all over these. Great shoots man!
 
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Old May 8, 2012 | 01:27 AM
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got my new personal plates in for the expedition...love it!

tree huggers have got to hate me!





 
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Old May 8, 2012 | 01:58 AM
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got my new personal plates in for the expedition...love it!

tree huggers have got to hate me!





i thought that blue one got totaled?
 
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Old May 8, 2012 | 10:47 AM
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No..my green explorer did in october. The expedition is great
 
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