Jake P

Rough Country has good lifts at a low price. I ordered one and sent it back and had alot of problems returning it, just make up your mind before you purchase to avoid the problem. http://www.roughcountry.com/Jeep_MJ_3in.htm

I will be the first to use it YAWNOCOPTER

Thats one of the reasons for that law. It sucks that the people who respect law enforcement and roll down their windows so that the cop can purposely see in have to suffer for it. Im sure cops get nervous pulling someone over so i want to make them as comfortable as possible. I roll down my windows and turn off my truck. Oh well, its just tint.

Seeing that made me smile and think back to an easier time in life, then I realized in less than 12 hours I will be at work again .

Here are some guidelines to follow about exhaust. 1. The exhaust MUST be away from passenger areas. Either out the back or side(s), having it dumped is ok also as long as you don't have a camper on the back. When you put a camper on the bed it makes it a passenger area and having it dumped could cause the fumes to enter the camper area which is bad. 2. The muffler cannot have ANY hole in it UNLESS they are made for drainage purposes. You can not patch a whole or crack, you have to buy a complete new muffler. 3. The pipes must be held up by the mounting brackets. Not by duct tape, not by wires, not by glue or gum. It has to be held together by brackets. As long as it meets those requirements you or anybody for that matter will be ok. Not one time in the class was I taught to fail someones vehicle because of noise level. You might get complaints from neighbors but nothing that will get you into trouble. As long as it is pushing the fumes away from passenger areas to where your not breathing any in, you are ok. I read a paper in class where a grandmother and her two granddaughters were driving somewhere and her exhaust had a leak in it. By the time she got to where she was going and got out to get her granddaughters, they were both dead from carbon monoxide gas.

I hope you like redneck clap. Huh? -tumnus LOL redneck clap is what some people call the pops that the exhaust makes as the rpm's go from high to low. With cherry bomb exhaust you will have it. Heres an example-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD7V8AYNWG0&feature=related. BTW Ike, I was wrong about the horn. You CAN have the train horn or any other horn for that matter as long as you have a standard horn as well.

I agree 100%. I planned on having it changed to 25% (even though we can legally pass 20% and the law states 25% as the limit) after i went through the 2 day class. People really have no idea how much of a process it is and of how much importance it is. I came into this job thinking I would inspect cars and pass or fail them no problem, it is MUCH more than that. My tech told me that he had a friend in Dallas county who was inspecting a work vehicle on the Dyno and entering his friends car information since the info has to pass through Austin Texas before it can be completed. Well he would inspect the truck and then put in the cars information and put the sticker on the car. Well a state trooper and some people with the Texas DPS were in a van in the parking lot video taping him doing this. Needless to say hes in jail right now and this was last year I believe. Its amazing how much trouble you can get in. For example, if I decide to not test a gas cap on a vehicle, or put the test cap on so it will pass and a person of authority sees me doing this, I can get up to a 1,000$ fine for a first offense. Other offenses vary from 150$-10 years in jail. If I leave the inspection stickers out of the drawer or unlocked while im not doing an inspection, 150-500$ fine. One funny law is if say a Jeep comes in with no front windshield BUT it DOES have windshield wipers, i have to finish the test and fail the vehicle because "the windshield wipers do not make direct contact with the windshield" ;D. They are aloud to take them off on the spot and I can then pass the vehicle.

I hope you like redneck clap.

The train horn will not pass inspection here in Texas. I just learned that today while getting my State Inspection Certification ;D.

I am not at liberty to discuss.....

I recently got a job doing state inspections and learning how to be a mechanic in the free time I have while at the shop. Before I can start I have to take a certification class and pass all the 3 tests. I went this morning at 8 am to begin the class along with 9 other people total. Around lunch time we see a State Trooper walk in the door and he starts talking about the consequences of illegally passing cars when they should have failed because you are lazy or are doing someone a favor. He explained how he would come visit us at our job and give us our very own CUSTOM set off wrist bands and take us for a little ride to the motel of his choice. He even said he would fill out the paperwork and give us our own rooms so that we wouldn't have to do it ourselves. He also said that he can upgrade our stay from one night up to 10 years depending on the offense. Needless to say that set the tone for the remainder of the day. Well as were all going on our last break we walk outside to see Trooper Jackson sitting in his car typing on his laptop. He gets out of the car and walked around all of our cars and inspected them. Then got back in his cruiser and typed some more which made everyone very nervous because he had already arrested someone in the middle of class for lying on the GOVERNMENT paper we all filled out. The trooper gets out of his cruiser and walks to the first car and points at it, the owner walks to it and they do their business, then he walks to the next car and so on. After about the 7th car he walks to my truck points at it and I walk over to him. He tells me to roll down my window, so I do. He pulls out his tint meter and places it on my window and tells me to look at it. 13%, Texas legal limit is 25% and up. He tells me that he didn't see me driving so he cannot give me a ticket, but once I leave the parking lot for lunch break and come back then he can. He tells me I have 2 options, scrape it, or receive a tint ticket. I figured i can get them re tinted LEGALLY for 60 if I scrape it off as apposed to a 100$ ticket plus the hassle of paying it. I scraped it off only to see that the other 3 guys with illegal tint had not and finished the class and went home with no tickets . I passed the class though .

The good thing about this is when your mom receives the flowers and card in front of her co workers (mostly women co workers) will tell her how thoughtful her child is and it will make her twice as happy, trust me. Plus if shes having a bad work day this would for sure cheer her up .

Metallica-One

Sadly I know next to nothing about guitars. My Father has played a guitar since was 12 and has played the Grand Ole Opry on more than one occasion and I never learned a lick. One thing I remember him saying though is practice, practice and then when you have practiced enough, practice some more. I know it sounds cliche but it works. I think its a good thing to get the family involved with it, you and your daughter will have alot of fun with it.

Lets see here, in the AFC East we have the Pats, Phins, Bills and Jets. The Patriots with Tom Brady is almost a guaranteed divisional win HOWEVER, Tom Brady is now injured possible for the remainder of the season. I wonder what other team has a good QB with alot of knowledge to lead them to a division title :.

That's another weird thing, I didn't hear about it until July from a friend.

I might change mine for a cool 10 Milli 8-).

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The Marvin Harrison incident is weird to me. The image he put off in my opinion was one of a person with a great friendly attitude and a very smart man, I was shocked to learn he had been involved in something like this. I don't see how they can trace the bullets to a custom made Belgian handgun, which Harrison owns and still not take any action. I read that he has roughly 25 handguns in his home. I did not expect this from a player like Marvin Harrison.

LOL, you might want to lower your standards a tad......Try 5

Well Ladies and Gentlemen as you know this week was the start of the 2008 NFL season. It has been way too long for me personally and im just glad its finally back. Lets get some football talk going, what ever it is you want to talk about, lets hear it. I will start it off with this weeks stats. Week 1: WAS 7 NYG 16 DET 21 ATL 34 CIN 10 BAL 17 SEA 10 BUF 34....... Jet Favre and the New York Brettes 20 MIA 14 KC 10 NE 17 TB 20 NO 24 STL 3 PHI 38 HOU 17 PIT 38 JAC 10 TEN 17 DAL 28 CLE 10 CAR 26 SD 24......Delhomme to Dante Rosario for a TD on the last play of the game. ARI 23 SF 13 There are three more games to be played before week one is wrapped up. Tonight's game is The Indy Colts at Chicago Bears. Then we have Minnesota and Green bay Monday at 7 and then Denver and Oakland at 10:15 on Monday also.

No telling so far. The only pick I have made is for the NFC Championship and I chose Philly and Dallas. I would like to say Pittsburgh for AFC but im not going to jinx anybody.

Are you kidding? Cassel isnt a bad backup and they still have Lawrence Maroney and the run game. Still have Randy Moss and Wes Welker and still have Ben Watson just to name a few. Without Brady I will give them 9-7.

Hey Joe-Hendrix

Trace Adkins-girls love country boys, i believe. My dad played in a band with him before he hit it big and i think it was called Trace Adkins and the Bayou Boys. Ladies Love Country Boys. Dang! Your dad played with Trace Adkins!!! :o That's pretty cool! -Ike My Father has played with more than a handful of now famous artists, hes even played the Grand Ole Opry. Hes opened up for Garth Brooks when he was on tour with Janie Fricke, i doubt most of you will know her though it was back in the 80's and she only had a few hits. She did backup vocals for tons of country hits though. Ok heres one.... I see you had your mind all made up you group of Pitiful liars. before I woke to face the day, your master Plan transpired. -something told me- this job had more to Meet the eye. my song is not believed? my words some- What deceiving? now Im unwhole. Youve waged a war of nerves But you cant crush the kingdom Cant be what your idols are. cant leave the scar. You cry for compensation. I ask you please just give us.......