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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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My adventure to AMS

Well made the trip to AMS today to get some exhaust work done. Let me tell you it was an adventure haha. Left around 3pm on thurs to head to Wisconsin... took 7 hours driving and got to sleep around 11.

Woke up this morning around 6am to leave in case their was traffic, had a 9am appointment. Well it started snowing and never stopped lol... to make things worse, I had my summer rims on with my 255/40 azenis. Azenis SUCK in snow, worse then stock A046s. Took me 3 hours to travel 90 something miles to find AMS.

Got their and took a tour around the new shop. Place is HUGE and so much nicer then the old shop. I sat there for about 4 hours showing them what I wanted and letting them take their time doing it.

Overall they did amazing work, I got exactly what I wanted. There customer service was amazing, they for sure made themselves a customer for life!!!! I want to give a big thanks to Santiago for being so cool with setting it all up and making sure I was completly satisfied with my visit there and too the whole AMS crew that was cool throughout the morning!!!

On too some pics...

Where I spent most of the morning


Angled straight pipe... love it!! sorry for the crappy camera pics, photoshoot coming when I arrive home next week.








On the way home it was heavy snow. Took 5 and a half hours to go 90 miles!!!!! Many accidents on the way...



Flipped over truck...




In the end, Big thumbs up to AMS!

-Sean
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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damn dude tyou got *****... i wont even drive my car if it is slightly raining with my 615's
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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damn dude tyou got *****... i wont even drive my car if it is slightly raining with my 615's
I was sweatin the whole drive haha, spun out once but thankfully noone was near me at the time.

I didnt want to drive in the snow just kinda got caught off gaurd. Its 70degrees where I live so I assumed winter was over and I could put my good wheel on. Didnt think that just 5 hours north at AMS a huge snow storm was brewing lol
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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im sorry i gotta ask....why not just go to minekee and get the same custom exhaust done
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 10:29 PM
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This weather sucks.. I am glad that you got home safely.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 10:43 PM
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Yea this weather does suck! Today was quite a eventful day.. Specially when those strippers came by and had wrong address yet they asked for me (mark) that was just wow haha..(wonder what happened to them)
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 12:19 AM
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Nice to meet you Sean. Glad you made it back safe!

-Ryan
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 02:24 AM
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Whoa, crazy pictures!!
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 03:03 AM
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shoot i go out on purpose to the big parking lots, and fun places gotta love axis doughnuts, and just sliding around without the cost of breaking or tearing up parts.

snow rocks.
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Ginglingston11
im sorry i gotta ask....why not just go to minekee and get the same custom exhaust done
Went to all the local exhaust shops and asked


1) Couldnt weld SS

2) Didnt even know where to buy SS

3) I didnt trust them getting it the way I want it (I live in hillbilly town)

4) My car was too low to fit on their lift when they wanted to look at it

And I wanted a reason to see AMS new shop and was up here for Easter anyways
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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Yea this weather does suck! Today was quite a eventful day.. Specially when those strippers came by and had wrong address yet they asked for me (mark) that was just wow haha..(wonder what happened to them)
haha yea I was hoping you guys had just hired them to entertain your waiting customers
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 10:17 AM
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Nice to meet you Sean. Glad you made it back safe!

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Nice to meet you too Ryan, Hope your event in Cali goes well
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haha yea I was hoping you guys had just hired them to entertain your waiting customers
Where are the pics of them?
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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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Where are the pics of them?
haha they scared them off before I could get pics
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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I will have better pics of the car(with a real camera lol) later in the week when I get her all cleaned up
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