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Old 10-26-2010 | 11:07 PM
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I dig the murdered-ness of your XJ, minus the crapple sticker and thats some awesome CAD drawings ^^(picture on page 2 of thread)^^^ is that the newest MS Paint.?... Word of advice, do an internship while in school... i graduated in '09 with BS in mech eng and still no job... thanks Obama

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Old 10-26-2010 | 11:45 PM
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sweet rack wondered how you made it when we met up, like the new paint job on the front end, gotta love the laws that az doesnt have! next time your in town we shoud meet up (as long as you dont rear end me) hahahahahahaha
Old 10-27-2010 | 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by azxj99
sweet rack wondered how you made it when we met up, like the new paint job on the front end, gotta love the laws that az doesnt have! next time your in town we shoud meet up (as long as you dont rear end me) hahahahahahaha
oh shove it haha i'll make sure to put some really big bugs in his jeep so he does it to you hahahahaha

btw i can attest to this racks strength. it literally wont take a few little twigs, it'll take the entire branch haha
Old 10-27-2010 | 12:42 AM
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I bet you don't even need big ones... A few little flys will do
Old 10-27-2010 | 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by azxj99
I bet you don't even need big ones... A few little flys will do
this is true hahaha. But yes considering i flopped my jeep and the rack stayed in tact and instead proceeded to ruin my roofline haha
Old 10-27-2010 | 01:12 AM
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That's right. I remember seeing you flipped your xj. How'd that go?
Old 10-27-2010 | 03:17 AM
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Decent. alot of broken axle parts and some sheet metal dents. The rack is fine tho
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Old 10-27-2010 | 03:46 AM
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Really nice job on the rack
Old 04-25-2011 | 06:34 PM
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a fellow mountain biker! all those bikes hanging off a lifted xj would be a cop magnet where I live. looks like a great time. Do you downhill mountain bike or just trail ride?
Old 04-25-2011 | 06:37 PM
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I DH every now and then. I would like to do it more. but mainly XC and some AM,

then of course i also Road, Tri, TT, cyclocross, and Fixed Gear.


here is a video I made one day while bored


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http:...?v=NtfRl9RSAMA
Old 04-25-2011 | 06:48 PM
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So sick! mountain bike season is gunna start soon. Still some snow so a few more weeks. when I go snowboarding or biking I use my sisters roof rack off of her BMW
Old 04-25-2011 | 06:50 PM
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it is MTB season year round here lol
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Do you ever wish you could get a foot plus of powder once a week for 3 months though? We got 175" of snowfall this year!
Old 04-25-2011 | 06:54 PM
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Do you ever wish you could get a foot plus of powder once a week for 3 months though? We got 175" of snowfall this year!
it is only an hour drive away. we have the southern most ski resort in the US.

It aint no Tahoe or anything, but it works

Kinda jealous of how much snow ya got tho



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Old 04-25-2011 | 07:22 PM
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This my local mountain for snowboarding and biking
Biking map:http://www.sundayriver.com/EventsAct...ailMap_SRP.pdf

Ski map:http://www.sundayriver.com/TheMountain/Trail_Maps.html

If you ever in the white mountains(Maine and nh) you should consider this place
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