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Old 07-01-2012, 06:40 PM   #1
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Scott...I certainly think some sort of truck is the way to go. How 'bout a wide, rear fendered dually. Seriously...I think it would be very cool. I bet it would be fairly easy to turn a stock steelie around and somehow mount it to another one. I wish I had some PS skills.
Duallies would be a riot, but unfortunately would be boat anchors on a front wheel drive car.
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Old 07-01-2012, 06:47 PM   #2
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Duallies would be a riot, but unfortunately would be boat anchors on a front wheel drive car.
Do you think a couple of extra steelies and some fiberglass fenders would hurt that bad...especially if you are removing weight in other areas to make it a truck?
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Old 07-01-2012, 07:31 PM   #3
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Do you think a couple of extra steelies and some fiberglass fenders would hurt that bad...especially if you are removing weight in other areas to make it a truck?
It wouldn't be as much of a weight thing as a rolling resistance one. Although, it would never tip over.
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Old 07-01-2012, 07:59 PM   #4
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It wouldn't be as much of a weight thing as a rolling resistance one. Although, it would never tip over.
Ha, ha....well if Crashy can handle the "resistance" created by several hundred pounds of plow and snow......surely....well, you know.
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Old 07-02-2012, 12:51 AM   #5
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Scott, is that ABS equipped? You could run the JDM cluster i gave you
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Old 07-02-2012, 06:28 AM   #6
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Scott, is that ABS equipped? You could run the JDM cluster i gave you
She's a bare bones 08, with not ABS and no power package.
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