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04-16-2017, 08:42 PM
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car shopping with my mom ...chevy strong !
so IMO the recent years of cars have gotten less attractive, big cars with small engines in them ,etc etc; so my mom had all german cars from like 97-14
in 14 she got a Jeep Grand Cherokee Altitude.. car was sick white on black , black 20"s tinted out. now her lease is ending and we went car shopping again
we looked at the :
benz e-class - new body style is ugly... looks like a slightly larger C class
benz c-class - small, nothing special about it
benz s-class- feels like a boat, loose handling, but luxurious, terrible lease programs 1500-2500 a month
new benz trucks are ugly IMO
not feeling the new infinits or lexuses
cant buy anything british unless u like spending most of your life at the dealer service center (and im a mechanic)
bmw 5 series- new body style is small inside, 4 cyl turbo feels under powered and the car was extremely expensive for what you are getting (800+ a month with big amount down)
bmw x5 - expensive, not really a truck more of an SUV or a car that sits off the ground...
bmw 7 series- car was sick, big, luxurious, drove great, she was dead set on this car and then i tell her lets go test drive the tahoe... she reluctantly agrees...
drives the tahoe and bam ! shes in love lol long story short GM FTW !
if all goes according new tahoe will be here in week or 2
shes gonna have a sicker truck than me... little jealous lol
Last edited by 6spdg37s; 04-16-2017 at 08:45 PM.
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04-16-2017, 11:34 PM
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Tahoe's are unbeatable. Kinda expensive but hold value very well, make fantastic police cars too lmao. Livery service ones go upwards of 300k miles. My girls got a '12 with 92k miles on it already, we put 18k on it in the year shes had it, only did rear breaks/tires. I love driving it, all my fun cars sat home on all of our road trips. Ive blacked it all out, MBRP exhaust and a CAI, sounds awesome.
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04-17-2017, 04:29 AM
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Yup, Tahoes/Yukons are a personal favorite! What color did she get? Maybe we'll talk in 2-3 years 
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Originally Posted by LS1ow
Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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04-17-2017, 05:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jersey Mike
Yup, Tahoes/Yukons are a personal favorite! What color did she get? Maybe we'll talk in 2-3 years |
Summit white with jet black interior
As soon as we get it I'll post some pics n more info
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04-17-2017, 01:31 PM
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THE ONLY THING THAT SUCKS WORSE THEN IMPORTS ARE RICED OUT IMPORTS!!!
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05-18-2017, 07:25 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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supposed to get the truck tues... the iridescent pearl white on black... getting it from pine belt chevy the guy i got my silverado from is comin thru clutch ! lol very long story on why its ended up coming from there and why it took so long
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05-18-2017, 09:36 PM
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Power Member/NJFBOA Bookie/Moderator
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I don't care where you get it from. Just take care of it for the next 2-3 years until I need to buy it off you 
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1995 Firebird... Stock-ish.
Quote:
Originally Posted by LS1ow
Good. He microwaved my phone 6 years ago, i hope his intake erupts.
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05-19-2017, 10:33 AM
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Could've put your mom in a custom GMC Quadrasteer for a 1/3 of the cost...lol
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05-19-2017, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jersey Mike
I don't care where you get it from. Just take care of it for the next 2-3 years until I need to buy it off you |
lol im a mechanic so i am meticulous with that stuff, car washes, wax, oil changes, etc;
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Originally Posted by MDSheds_SS
Could've put your mom in a custom GMC Quadrasteer for a 1/3 of the cost...lol
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lol i tried to get her to get a pickup (or take my pickup) but she needs the 3rd row seats for when she goes out in long island with my grandparents
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05-23-2017, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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got it tonight !
big thanks to adam W at pine belt chevy in lakewood ! 2nd truck i got from him in 2 years
LT with nav, luxury package, rear buckets and 20"s
its the iridescent pearl white exterior with jet black leather interior
she said shes getting the windows tinted next week and my boy is supposed to do HID LED low beam kit (can't believe that a 65k dollar truck doesnt have factory HIDs) but besides that truck has everything you could ever need.. CHEVY FTW ! it matches my diamond white silverado LTZ crew cab ! lol
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05-24-2017, 06:38 AM
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Meet Coordinator
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Nice truck. Hid or LED, can't have both
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05-24-2017, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
Nice truck. Hid or LED, can't have both |
They started making HID kits with LED bulbs
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05-24-2017, 07:22 AM
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Meet Coordinator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 6spdg37s
They started making HID kits with LED bulbs
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Yeah, that doesn't make sense. Maybe you mean projectors with led bulbs?
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05-24-2017, 10:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 6spdg37s
They started making HID kits with LED bulbs
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There is no mix tech so you either get one or the other for the same beam. Do you mean HIDs with LED accents?
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05-24-2017, 10:28 AM
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HID is an arc in a capsule, an LED is different. I think what Adam said is what you meant LEDs in a projector
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05-24-2017, 10:47 AM
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Idk I could be wrong I don't do that type of work my friend does so I'll ask him
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05-25-2017, 10:10 AM
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ok so moritmoto or whatever the high end HID/LED brand is.. the LEDs have some sort of ballasts with them but they run cooler than HIDs so it looks like he's doing the LEDs like i said I stopped doing lights and stuff myself when my buddy opened his business and he does all of that work for us
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05-25-2017, 10:20 AM
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Meet Coordinator
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Yeah, I didn't mean to make a big deal out of it. Hids and Leds are two separate things, that's all I wanted to say.
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05-25-2017, 06:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
Yeah, I didn't mean to make a big deal out of it. Hids and Leds are two separate things, that's all I wanted to say. |
i know what u meant lol its all good man !
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05-27-2017, 02:47 PM
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heres another pic.
will post some pics with the lights and tint next week
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06-03-2017, 04:06 PM
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here are the pics from today, I waxed it (dealer prep sucks) and she got the front windows tinted the other day
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06-04-2017, 10:13 PM
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black bowties and youre set.
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06-05-2017, 06:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maroman88
black bowties and youre set.
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was thinking about that... her jeep GC was the altitude edition (the lease ends next month) so it was white, with black 20" rims and all black emblems/grill etc;
so idk if she wants the black out theme again lol
someone else told me that the aftermarket company stopped selling the blackout bowtie cause something with lawsuits?
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06-05-2017, 11:48 PM
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12 Second Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 6spdg37s
was thinking about that... her jeep GC was the altitude edition (the lease ends next month) so it was white, with black 20" rims and all black emblems/grill etc;
so idk if she wants the black out theme again lol
someone else told me that the aftermarket company stopped selling the blackout bowtie cause something with lawsuits?
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probably. GM sells them now also as the whole emblem. I just use black vinyl and trim it out.
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97 Trans Am WS6
98 Blazer ZR2
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