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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:41 PM
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So I had TRT performance do my header install today which there will be a post on this later on but this is the weld that they found on my car.
I just bought the car three months ago and this was already on it. I was amazed to find..
Gutted cats, the most ghetto weld that anyone has ever seen.. dubbed "the afro" lol... and the cat was aftermarket garbage and was welded too close to the stock manifold and it kept them from being able to unbolt it, btw there were three different sized bolts on there.
LOVELY.
I will post pictures up of the beautiful headers and my exp later on...with a video clip.
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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ummmmm... nice
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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good god. is that all weld in the second picture or am i misunderstanding.. looks like some *______* engineering to me.
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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I inspect welds everyday and don't see a problem with there craftsmanship.
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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wow. looks like jb weld lmfao
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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looks like someone took a huge handful of brown playdough and globbed it on there
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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lol thats priceless
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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Ghetto engineering FTL...

Wow, that's pretty rough right there.
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WOW! thats some pimp **** LOl
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calling that ghetto is an understatement
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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 11:41 PM
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i dont even know what to say.
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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that's actually amazing in some aspects...

i've tried to weld bead after bead ontop of it's self (even letting them cool off between beads) and about 4 or 5 in, they always start melting each other. this guy had some talent.... lmao.
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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i'd be afraid to see what else has been worked on with the car
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 05:01 AM
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Rest of the car has been "unmolested" looked it over when i was finished. nice car looks like mine!
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 06:22 AM
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so that's where my picaso went
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 06:33 AM
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shitcasso, never seen anything like it before
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 06:46 AM
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So uh.... who wants to claim this weld??
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 07:00 AM
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see post 15
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by reject
see post 15
Sorry, thought you were joking there, my bad.
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 07:29 AM
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bwahahahahah
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