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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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LOL!^^^
Have you considered throwing in some subframes and using the BMR tunnel mount brace that weld to the subframes? That would work well and keep the load off the floorboards?
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 01:08 PM
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When I get done with it, the load will be more focused on the Chassis instead of them weak Floor Boards. The UMI one works very nicely, it just needs to be mounted to a more secure point.

I want to put in some weld-in SFC's here in the future..
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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Merv, I think you are the reason Geico( who ever had the squirels running people off the road ) doesn't use squirels anymore....
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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I have Gieco for insurance..lol..

I think that was a progressive commercial with the Squirrels..
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by the_merv
Just cruising down one of the backroads and got onto one of the flat streches, decided to open it up a little bit and I was doin about 120 when I see a Squirrel up ahead. so I moved over a little to try and avoid it, but he decided to run right unfront of me so I centered it and I heard the metallic ping on the front suspension. I looked under it when I got home, and there was a bit of fur and some blood remaning. He pretty much splattered..lol

I don't swerve for anything that the Car can kill, if it's big and I can stop, I'll slow down and stop, but if it's small enough I keep on my merry way..
haha when you are lowered with prokit you tend not to want to hit something the size of a racoon!!! i would rather keep my car aligned and on the road!! if i was in my truck i woulda hit it no prob
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 08:48 AM
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I ran over a large dead dog in the middle if the night.. Didn't know what it was till I put it on a lift and had to unwedge his entire leg and shoulderblade out from the torque arm...
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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^^Ha...you got souveniers on that one..
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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FL is a tossup, very rarely do we see deer, but those damn armadillos make a **** ton of noise as they slam off your undercarriage.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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^^You guys don't even have real deer, even if you do seen one..I've seen dogs bigger..lol

I bet there are a couple of instances of someone splattering a Gator..
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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Yeah a Ford Ranger flipped a few years back after hitting one actually....... Those can be disastrous.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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Ford loses all the time to Chevy's..and now to Gators..lol
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