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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 12:37 AM
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ME and some friends got bored Sunday after church so we decided to go melt some tires..

My G-80 worked every time, but i cheated i threw some water on the asphalt. Dropped it into 1st gear, and got them to start smoking. Held it at 5500rpms while the back tires were doin their thing.

After about 8 nice burnouts i decided to go home, was about halfway home and was just itching to do one last small burn... bad idea, got it up to 30mph... POP!!! (i was thinking Crap there just went my G-80, or driveshaft, Wrong!)


Ill get some pics later, but here are some aftermath............... it was worse than it looks.
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 12:53 AM
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not pretty
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 12:54 AM
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couple more
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 12:56 AM
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Be glad you don't have a step side...a new bed side is $300 and fiberglass work sucks ***
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 01:02 AM
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Tire wire dont like the bed....[/IMG]
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 01:03 AM
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you ever done body work before?
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 01:03 AM
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Hey i finally found out how to post a big picture!!!

Na, im goin to wash and wax it tom and see what the real damage is goin to look like.
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 01:52 AM
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man that tire looked like it had better days, it doesent look like it should have been used for any more burnin, but the other tire looks ok.
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:08 AM
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Tires on the truck in the pics are my new Toyos...
the tire thats torn to shreds is the one that went POP! haha it was a toyo.
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 10:03 AM
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Hopefully it will buff out. (the scratches)
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