NW WA Meet / BS Thread

If you can afford a Ferrari it isn't illegal to not run a front plate, it just periodically costs $130 to do it.

And in my experience, putting the front plate on your dash not only looks dumber than having it on the front of the car, it's basically a beacon for the cops to notice you aren't running a front plate. That, and it's a nasty injury waiting to happen if you get in a wreck.

 

WTF dude. I would have sent you home with mine.

 

ah shit. didnt know i needed one til this afternoon. my install compadre suggested we do the needle bearing today.

 

Your compadre sounds like trouble

 

front plate technically needs to be on the front most part of the vehicle. if a cop wants to play hard ball a plate on your dash can get a ticket too.

 

actually the opposite. i was the dumbass not to inspect my front diff to be installed. he found a few things, including seals. if all goes well ill have 4wd again sunday.

 

Oh ya @bobsuruncle, your other Icon kit came in a few days ago.

 

Oh I had almost forgotten about that. I just took that shit out of my truck the other day. Now I gotta put it back in and go to Jim's

 

Well in the fucking moron who deserves to be pulled out of his truck and beaten category for today...

4 way intersection, guy across from me has like 20 sheets of plywood in the bed of his truck. Under the plywood he had some more wood (2x4's or something....enough to have the plywood be higher towards the cab. His light turns green and the dipshit just floors it....and all those sheets of plywood slide right out and into the intersection. Dipshit pulls over to I assume collect it all.

Thankfully (well sort) there was a few cops tending to something else like half a mile up the road. Had no problem slowing down and telling one of them what happened and watched him hop in the cruiser. One thing I have zero tolerance for is unsecured loads. Call me an ass or whatever but fuck people who dont tie shit down. Both the fiance and I have had things (me some cribbing and the gf was a steel plate) hit us in the past. Thankfully both of ours were just broken windshields.

 

I work with a guy who's brother was killed by a flying steel plate.... I get it. Beat that fucker with a heater hose.

 

Damn thats rough Jim, but I completely agree with you guys.

Fyi I work downtown Seattle and haven't had a plate for 3 years. If you park on the street the meter maid will ticket you for no plate 155.00 last time. Its the only hassle I have ever had. My rear one is bolted to the pinch weld on the bed about 6inches in. Since I bobbed my frame to the shackle mounts, I have only been talked to once and was let off. The cop was building a wheeler as well and understood I also dont ride dirty anymore so I could care less.

 

On more positive news....bottom end is finished. Got the valve springs installed in the head so thats ready to go on in the morning

 

That your mr2 motor?

 

Wasn't long ago that woman was blinded on i5 by an unsecured load

 

Yup. 4agze

 

Fabbed up a new winch mount, for when I go offroading. Thinking about a lift and tires next.



Anyone know if there's a supercharger kit for a 4cyl flathead continental with propane fuel?

 

Oh shit, that things a Clark.

 

More like half a Clark.

 

agreed. kinda sad they had to make it a law. too many reckless retards in the world with no consideration to others safety. i used to work in a lumber yard so ive seen it all. im with jim on his remedy.

 

I have one you can use for free with purchase of a white bumper...