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Old 10-31-08, 02:24 PM
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For those that have asked a few times, I know know.......

Grabbed the wifes cam real quick while it was somewhat clean, not the greatest photos but its photos (wifes cam, is that some effect maybe? cam pros let me know!)

This is about as clean as it gets. Off to the OVR trails in the morning.

3" Toytec lift
17" Moto Metal Wheels
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I need to check the settings on the cam and take more. I have a scratch that will make most car owners cringe on the passage side front fender, blah.
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Originally Posted by J.P.
I need to check the settings on the cam and take more. I have a scratch that will make most car owners cringe on the passage side front fender, blah.
The FJ is nice looking would never know it has a small lift on i.
The pictures number 1) not bad 2) the background is over exposed but 3) Is just great looking.
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Originally Posted by herbvdh
The FJ is nice looking would never know it has a small lift on i.
The pictures number 1) not bad 2) the background is over exposed but 3) Is just great looking.
Thanks.

With that cam the photos usually come out really sharp, not what I was expecting when I pulled them up on the PC.
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I love it!! I think it looks awesome.
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I have a scratch that will make most car owners cringe on the passage side front fender, blah.
If it's not very deep, this might handle it:



If it is too deep for SCRATCH-OUT, and you don't want to fool around with insurance or a body shop, try a long piece of flat-black trim tape over it.......one on each fender, matching on each side. That will not only hide the scratch but, if done and cut/trimmed corectly, will make it look like a simple piece of black body trim. That's an old trick I've used several times.....but you can only do it so much on one vehicle, of course.
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GFreg, thanks!

MM thanks! It looks like it may have pushed in the metal a bit, but my guess is not enough for the dent guy to take it out. Right now just hoping it blends in well with a product like that.
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looks great man. I donrt know why I dont see more of these on the road. my wife likes them also
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looks great man. I donrt know why I dont see more of these on the road. my wife likes them also
I started to see more and more but then sales went dead after gas went up. I think they went from 5000 in sales a month to like 1500. So they are now discontinuing it.

I owned several second gen GS’s, stock and hooked up and I received more compliments in one year with this then I did in all that time with the GS’s. Male and female, both seem to love it.

Number one Complaint by those that stop me to talk, is they hated the white roof. It was a $600 fix, not sure why people let something like that stop them from buying something.

I get all the H3’s ***** in here Detroit giving me dirty looks, it is kind of funny.

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GFreg, thanks!

MM thanks! It looks like it may have pushed in the metal a bit, but my guess is not enough for the dent guy to take it out. Right now just hoping it blends in well with a product like that.
Or, just take it off-road, through some nice thick brush, and you'll get plenty more scratches to match....all over. Then you won't have to worry about any of them.
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How did that scratch happen? Defensive driving at the rough urban malls or barricading through thick forest brush?
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How did that scratch happen? Defensive driving at the rough urban malls or barricading through thick forest brush?
Mountain bike hit it

As far as the trails, you cannot see it but I have dozens of marks from trees. It REALLY shows up on the black paint which makes me wish sometimes I picked a different color.

It looks great clean but shows all the marks. Some of the ORV trails are wide open but many it is tight even on a two way or your stuck to one side to avoid some bad stuff so your in the trees.

I have tried but yet to get it stuck. Prob going to get a 9k winch so I can go out by myself. I plan to hit more of the harder trails, may wish I had the 6" kit.

If I find some good mud\rocks I will post up more. Cannot say I hit any of the hard trails yet, may never get to. Some of these guys have fully rebuilt jeep crawlers and still mess their rigs up!
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