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Old 07-02-2008, 07:05 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Re: Any Turbocharged FJ's here?

Where in Texas are you guys located? From the looks of the trees I'm gonna say 80% chance it's East of I-35.
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Old 07-02-2008, 07:54 AM   #42 (permalink)
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How do you do burnouts without the little swervy lights coming on? Mine come on like an angry mother and tell me No! No burnouts for you.
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Where in Texas are you guys located? From the looks of the trees I'm gonna say 80% chance it's East of I-35.
We're in Houston, Northwest side, 290 and Bingle.
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cant wait for the vids!
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no videos yet?????????????
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Awesome, love the burn out.
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bump for vids
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It really sucks when somebody has a cool project like this and then disappears
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Okay, but WHY turbo an FJ???
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Okay, but WHY turbo an FJ???

I think the proper question is "why not turbo an FJ???"
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