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Old 07-15-2015, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by turbofan
<p></p><p>want to sell me your butterfly brace when I come down for MRLS?</p>
Maybe. I'm adding a proper lift to the new garage, and hopefully that will make installing the butterfly bit significantly less of a PITA, so maybe I'll use it after all.

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I went with the FM braces and have no regrets. My car is pretty low and I still have yet to scratch the rails. Still nice knowing if I do, rust is not an issue.

We don't believe in speed bumps in Utah though, so maybe I haven't had the chance to test clearance.
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Originally Posted by Jeffbucc
I went with the FM braces and have no regrets. My car is pretty low and I still have yet to scratch the rails. Still nice knowing if I do, rust is not an issue.

We don't believe in speed bumps in Utah though, so maybe I haven't had the chance to test clearance.
My FM frame rails are pretty scarred up. Glad it was those that hit the speed bumps rather than the underbody.

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ROFL @ discussing pretty, undamaged, shiny things on a track car.
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<p>On a part under the car too.</p>
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Remember the <strike>Alamo</strike> PPF? I tend to think like this.

But for me, I just don't like rust. Avoidance of said rust is big to me. Hence the love of Stainless.
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Yeah, I think it'd be silly to put rustable material there. All sorted though. Ordered brake pads... I think I'm done ordering for a while.
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<br />At the hospital with dad this morning though. Passed out while brushing his teeth this morning. Hopefully a fairly easy solution, but ER + cat scan - insurance = ouch.
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Sorry to hear that. I hope it is nothing serious.
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Originally Posted by turbofan
Why is this so difficult? WTF is wrong with me?</p>
Jeff did this to you.
He's done it to us all.
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OCD...the slow silent killer...of your time, sanity, and checkbook. Sorta like Meth, without the slow turn into a zombie.
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I'm immune. Ed I'll pick your parts.
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Originally Posted by Monk
Jeff did this to you.
He's done it to us all.
My goal this winter is to start to Jeff my car. WWJC (what would Jeff clean) goes through my head on every install. I have a mental checklist for when the car goes into hibernation mode
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When I put my new trans in last week. I lightly scrubbed it with purple power. Sent a picture to Jeff and he was so proud of me. Such a waste of time. Nobody can see it anymore.
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you make me sick

if I was local, I'd bring cleaner and clean your car every time I saw you
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Jeff has already offered. I clean the wheels and the engine bay. That's about it. I think if I had a steam cleaner I might try harder. But I hate scrubbing.
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Ugh you people kill me. Drive the car, it was made for it. Not for cleaning
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Dammit, if you guys want to clean things so badly come clean mine.
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<p>And thanks, ofspunk, Dad is vertical so that's good. Couldn't find out why he passed out twice, two cat scans proved inconclusive, so he's wearing a heart monitor for a couple days.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Fun times.</p>
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