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Old Apr 25, 2019 | 01:41 PM
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Holy crap! I should have gotten a SSD a long time ago!

Old Apr 25, 2019 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
Hahahahaha.... I feel you. My Mustang sat for about 5 years, looking like s4!t, and lookng at me with a sad face. My Wife told me on my birthday to "just go get it painted and start working on it". After a month of trying to find the perfect body and paint guy, I got it done. About a week of that was trying to convince my Buddy's Dad to paint it though. He is absolutely the best body and paint guy I've ever seen... he has some serious skill.

EDIT: Look at that sad face..... This was 3 or 4 days before I took it in.

I'm dying to get it painted but sadly I think I'm FAR from that point.
Old Apr 25, 2019 | 03:32 PM
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Holy crap! I should have gotten a SSD a long time ago!

Yeah, it's a lot better. On my file server I run the OS and programs off an SSD, then file storage on a regular HDD.

I've used a couple hybrids at work, and they do pretty well. Quickest thing I've used though is one of these. It boots Windows 10 in about 30 seconds. But, your MB has to support the M 2 slot.

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Old Apr 25, 2019 | 04:42 PM
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So doing new brake lines for the highboy. Decided to go with Nicopp and bend my own. I feel like if I order 25' for $23 I'll end up short but if I buy 50' for $36 I won't even use 20' and have a bunch extra collecting dust .... how much do you think I need for the truck?
Old Apr 25, 2019 | 07:34 PM
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I'm always a "buy too much, and save it for later" kind of guy. I'd roll with the 50 footer.
Old Apr 25, 2019 | 08:47 PM
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I'm always a "buy too much, and save it for later" kind of guy. I'd roll with the 50 footer.
That's what I was leaning towards but that mentality has me severely lacking in storage space lol. We are moving in a year but my garage is busting at the seams already!
Old Apr 25, 2019 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
Yeah, it's a lot better. On my file server I run the OS and programs off an SSD, then file storage on a regular HDD.
I've used a couple hybrids at work, and they do pretty well. Quickest thing I've used though is one of these. It boots Windows 10 in about 30 seconds. But, your MB has to support the M 2 slot.
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-760P-25...078VCGSKS?th=1
My 'puter is a Dell Optiplex 990, so no M2 for me, but man, this thing is like a new machine! There was a lightning deal for an ADATA 240MB drive for $25, and I bit. (Only $5 off, but hey.) So glad I did.
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So doing new brake lines for the highboy. Decided to go with Nicopp and bend my own. I feel like if I order 25' for $23 I'll end up short but if I buy 50' for $36 I won't even use 20' and have a bunch extra collecting dust .... how much do you think I need for the truck?
Twenty-six feet.
I ran some string along mine to get an idea, then went with a 15% overage just to be safe. Ended up with the long roll if I recall correctly.
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Old Apr 25, 2019 | 09:12 PM
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Twenty-six feet.
I ran some string along mine to get an idea, then went with a 15% overage just to be safe. Ended up with the long roll if I recall correctly.
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Ah that's a good idea. I'll measure with string first to get an idea... im sure I'll end up with 50'
Old Apr 25, 2019 | 09:14 PM
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Well red got his taillights and wheels today. Damn winter took a lot of tonneau paint off, but that will get fixed th



is summer. I went w 265/70R17 Bridgestone Duelers. I boiught 400 mile take offs from a new Yota. Not bad for $250.
Old Apr 25, 2019 | 09:21 PM
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Boy, I like those wheels, AK! Not sure on the lights yet.
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