Gosh, that windshield ordeal sounded horrible. I applaud your patience, Tyler. Looks great!
My S2000 has been needing a new windshield for quite sometime, and me being the picky SOB that I am, I have been waiting to come across that right guy who can meet my expectations, which are high admittedly, but I want things done clean and precise. Trying to avoid the type who rub against the paint with their tools and have general disregard for the car they're working on.
Thanks man. It was a little irritating, but shit happens.
Yeah, and about rubbing on the paint- I hear you big time on that. I was driving home, and the sun shined just right on the hood, and I saw where he wiped the hood off with something. I guess it's a lose-lose, because I wouldn't be happy if he left a mess on my hood, but I would also be pretty upset if I had a nice black car that he decided was okay to wipe off with who-knows-what. If you're that picky, you gotta at least give him a clean and waxed car, and have him do the replacement at your house, where you can blow any debris off with compressed air. It's just a 4Runner; we bought it to be able to have fun in without stressing about dings and scuffs!
I don't have the patience for stupid people. Like 0 patience. You're a better person than me for staying calm with them and giving them a second chance to fix it. How is it having new clear glass? I've thought about putting new glass in mine, but I know as soon as I do it would get chipped or cracked...
Well, mine was super fcked, so I didn't have much of a choice. It wasn't in my line-of-sight, but still looked ghetto.
I'm about as easy going as they come man. I can still handle business, but it takes a LOT to actually piss me off. When I was 18, I had a bagged/bodydropped Mazda. I had a cop pull me over, and be a complete DICKHEAD to me for no reason. I like cops; I have a lot of respect for cops; I have cop friends and neighbors- but this guy was threatening to tow my pickup, and telling me all the things he COULD do. I was nothing but calm and respectful, and he just wouldn't let up. Ended up not even giving me a ticket for anything. That was definitely one time my blood was boiling. Don't threaten me and be a complete douche for no reason.
I sometimes regret not getting the mk6 lvl8 in black.
I haven't once regretted getting them! Wish I would have gotten the -12 instead of et0, because rubbing the frame at lock is a little annoying. Better clearance and scrub radius though, and that's what I was after.
Looking great dude. Meant to ask you about your rear flares you chopped up. Something I need to get around to doing. I don't want to take them off as they'd look weird without them and your trim job looks great.
That's about the only place I'm rubbing when the tire is stuffed up. Just another small job on the long list of shit to do haha
Thank man! And I hear ya.
It's kind of a shitty deal, because once you chop them, it looks kinda nasty to expose the bumper/brackets after you've trimmed what you need to. I didn't feel like I had a choice though, because the 315s were jamming against them HARD. I want to be able to stuff the tires without any rubbing at all.
I can answer any questions, or I can just send mine to you. I'm sure you can have them sprayed easy enough, and you can keep your OEM pieces un-cut. Just an offer.
Since I'm working on doing an f150 tank, I had to pull the stock bumper off. Since I can't run a stock bumper anymore, I have no use for the flares.
Took a trip to Bend for the weekend!
Loaded up and headed out-
I've read multiple members talk about their rig being sketchy on the highway, and saying things like "I won't go any faster than 65- it just isn't made to go that fast, and doesn't feel safe"
This legit concerns me. If you feel this way, you need to fix your rig.
We were loaded with 400lbs of people, 200lbs of dog, and around 100lbs of gear. I think people tend to overestimate the weight of their gear, but maybe I'm wrong.
Anyway, just like my '97- my '01 drives perfect on the highway at any speed. We were driving over the mountain, and were between 70 and 80 much of the time
No shakes, noises, vibrations; drives great and feels solid.
It's crazy how much smoke has made it this far down from the BC wildfires!
Maybe the pictures don't do it justice, but the smoke is insane.
My buddy was bringing the crawler over, and ran outta gas [emoji23]
It's kinda wide.
