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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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Yeah might have to, my garage is only a single Jeep garage lol.. but yeah David at Northridge said it'll ship late next week, so probably two weeks till its here. 7 boxes, including bump stops and bilstein 5100s.. hopefully all the shit gets here. There's definitely a case of beer in it for ya, probably gonna need some help. And I really hope you're right Dave, I'd love to see numbers at least outta the negatives lol
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by afdude87
Yeah might have to, my garage is only a single Jeep garage lol.. but yeah David at Northridge said it'll ship late next week, so probably two weeks till its here. 7 boxes, including bump stops and bilstein 5100s.. hopefully all the shit gets here. There's definitely a case of beer in it for ya, probably gonna need some help. And I really hope you're right Dave, I'd love to see numbers at least outta the negatives lol
Well don't look like it's gonna happen.....at least not today. Still -21 this morn. How come your heated garage isn't warm?

Oh.....and about the Bilsteins....The kid at Northwest Customs told me that the seals in the Bilstein shocks aren't holding up to the cold up here. He said the only aftermarket shock that he's found to hold up are Ranchos. Of course this is only what "he" said, so I have no first hand knowledge. Just wanted to let you know. You might want to ask David about this before he ships them.
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by afdude87
Yeah might have to, my garage is only a single Jeep garage lol.. but yeah David at Northridge said it'll ship late next week, so probably two weeks till its here. 7 boxes, including bump stops and bilstein 5100s.. hopefully all the shit gets here. There's definitely a case of beer in it for ya, probably gonna need some help. And I really hope you're right Dave, I'd love to see numbers at least outta the negatives lol
Make it rootbeer and you got a deal.
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 09:34 AM
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7 above, a little breezy, and a light dusting of snow........a regular heat wave....... lol
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 01:25 PM
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Man, getting stuff shipped up here is killing me! I stopped by NW customs in Soldotna to check some prices... they don't use lube there when they ask you to bend over, probably won't be back. Then I called one of the vendors from this forum for some sliders... they wanted $400 for shipping!!! I shipped an entire car up here for $800! I called Jeep add ons, another vendor on this forum and they are getting the sliders to my door for 440 total. I highly recommend calling them if you are having something shipped up here... we still take it in the shorts because of our location, but so far they've treated me right and they get your order out right away. Can't wait til they get here! BTW, NW customs wanted $599 for the sliders and I had to find a way to get them shipped to WA state for that price.
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Alaska Jeep
Man, getting stuff shipped up here is killing me! I stopped by NW customs in Soldotna to check some prices... they don't use lube there when they ask you to bend over, probably won't be back.
Hmmmmm.....that's odd. He used to have fairly decent prices on some things like wheel/tires, lights... But then again I haven't been in there for over a year now, and I've never actually bought anything from him either.
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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He did have some decent deals on wheels and lights... stuff he had in the store, maybe it's just because I wanted some special order items? Who knows. He was supposed to call me back today with a price for a warn, but i haven't heard from him. AIH had a decent deal on a Superwinch... I almost got it, but I think I'm going to run with the Warn. Still undecided. It's nice to just be able to run down, look at something and then buy it. You never know what you're gonna get with this mail order bride stuff.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Alaska Jeep
He did have some decent deals on wheels and lights... stuff he had in the store, maybe it's just because I wanted some special order items? Who knows. He was supposed to call me back today with a price for a warn, but i haven't heard from him. AIH had a decent deal on a Superwinch... I almost got it, but I think I'm going to run with the Warn. Still undecided. It's nice to just be able to run down, look at something and then buy it. You never know what you're gonna get with this mail order bride stuff.
One thing I do remember when I asked him about lifts.......he didn't even know what Terra Flex was.
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Alaska Jeep
He did have some decent deals on wheels and lights... stuff he had in the store, maybe it's just because I wanted some special order items? Who knows. He was supposed to call me back today with a price for a warn, but i haven't heard from him. AIH had a decent deal on a Superwinch... I almost got it, but I think I'm going to run with the Warn. Still undecided. It's nice to just be able to run down, look at something and then buy it. You never know what you're gonna get with this mail order bride stuff.
When I talked with Traileracraft here in town they wanted like 2K for the same Warn and it still had to be ordered and would take nearly a month. That's when I went down the road to Six States.
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by afdude87
Yeah might have to, my garage is only a single Jeep garage lol.. but yeah David at Northridge said it'll ship late next week, so probably two weeks till its here. 7 boxes, including bump stops and bilstein 5100s.. hopefully all the shit gets here. There's definitely a case of beer in it for ya, probably gonna need some help. And I really hope you're right Dave, I'd love to see numbers at least outta the negatives lol
Depending on my schedule I can help out too. One of the Airmen I supervise just bought a '01 Cherokee and he needs help with minor stuff on it. I told him to hit the autohobby shop and give me a call.

My only issue with the guys there is they are still really cocky. They treat dudes like crap if you don't have moderate mechanical skills. A coworker needed to change his clutch slave cylinder in a Ford pickup and they totally blew him off.
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