Here is a picture of my freshly pimped ride, complete with the new "so dark they are going to get me arrested" tinted windows. I really love my tinted windows, I just hope I don't have to pull the tint off during a traffic stop while a policeperson watches some day. Next items on the list: nicer stereo if I can do it really cheap followed by nicer motor if I can also do that for cheap.
I just had new tires put on the car two weeks ago. I figured that the installers would be fairly careful about the inflation of the new tires, since tires are their main business. I figured wrong, the tire pressures were as follows: 25, 27, 34, 36. Accoring to the door frame, they are supposed to be 30, 29, 29, 30 - following the same order that I listed the other pressures. (30 in front, 29 in rear)
If you look really closely, you can see that James is actually inside the car. Please note, he is wearing a fairly brightly colored striped shirt, and you almost can't see him.
Work news: I have a trainee. I finally have someone that can be my back-up! I finally have the ability to take real vacations! (and possibly get promoted?) -The really funny part about this story is that I used to have my own office at the Dolton plant, but by the time I left the Dolton plant, I was sharing an office with two other people. Now that I am in Grandview, I am once again sharing the office that I once was the sole occupant of for the last two years. The guy that I am training has no office of his own. He was sharing an office out on the production floor with the supervisors. I was almost sharing my office a little while ago with yet another one on of my coworkers that actually had a single office, but it was really far away from all of the action in the plant. I had a chance at three people in my office again. That would have been funny.
5 comments:
oh, too much, daddy
You know you enjoyed sharing your office in Dolton with Elyse and me.
I better stay away from your thinking or my Jeep will have 6" lift kit installed.
Dude, that tint can't be legal!
You're straight up gangsta'!
Dude, I used to subscribe to Sport Compact Car magazine. That'll have lots of great tips for your drifter. I stopped getting it because they never had anything about corrollas (I have a Corrolla S). I've been looking at mid-90's nissan 280s and lexus SCs for a tuner project. A lot of the things you can do to improve performance can be done by yourself - airfilter, stabilizer bars, fuel injection chip, and possibly even the supercharger. If you are really brave, you could even do the suspension (and 1" drop) and brake system - stock brake systems won't be able to handle an additional 40hp).
... not that I've thought about it. I think I am getting more excited about your ride than you are! If you really wanted to get nuts, you could replace the exhaust manifold, bore the cylinders a bit, add new high performance pistons, crankshaft and cams, add on some high performance fuel injectors, spark plug wires and distributor. Remember, though, the more you do, the hotter the engine will run. So you need to consider (even with the basic upgrades) upgrading your radiator and fan. I would not install NAS, as it may even be illegal where you are.
I am excited about toying with my car. Karen is really not excited about it.
The tint is not legal at all. They even made me pay cash to install it, so they did not have a record of it ever happening.
I never really thought about using nitrous. The thought of having the high pressure bottle in my car and the threat of explosion under the hood did not seem like it was worth it to me.
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