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Old 03-17-2008 | 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 03-17-2008 | 09:43 PM
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ummmmm... nice
Old 03-17-2008 | 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.
Old 03-17-2008 | 09:53 PM
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I inspect welds everyday and don't see a problem with there craftsmanship.
Old 03-17-2008 | 09:55 PM
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wow. looks like jb weld lmfao
Old 03-17-2008 | 10:15 PM
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looks like someone took a huge handful of brown playdough and globbed it on there
Old 03-17-2008 | 10:28 PM
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lol thats priceless
Old 03-17-2008 | 10:39 PM
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Ghetto engineering FTL...

Wow, that's pretty rough right there.
Old 03-17-2008 | 11:29 PM
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WOW! thats some pimp **** LOl
Old 03-17-2008 | 11:33 PM
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calling that ghetto is an understatement
Old 03-17-2008 | 11:41 PM
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i dont even know what to say.
Old 03-18-2008 | 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.
Old 03-18-2008 | 12:31 AM
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i'd be afraid to see what else has been worked on with the car
Old 03-18-2008 | 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!
Old 03-18-2008 | 06:22 AM
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so that's where my picaso went
Old 03-18-2008 | 06:33 AM
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shitcasso, never seen anything like it before
Old 03-18-2008 | 06:46 AM
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So uh.... who wants to claim this weld??
Old 03-18-2008 | 07:00 AM
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see post 15
Old 03-18-2008 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by reject
see post 15
Sorry, thought you were joking there, my bad.
Old 03-18-2008 | 07:29 AM
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bwahahahahah



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