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    What brand aftermarket brake caliper should I buy?

    ding ding ding... i track my car and currently use brembo blanks and ebc green stuff pads. about to change to ebc blanks and see how that works.
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    $1000 at snap on suggestions!

    if its the way it was when i went there, you pick from packages, its not just a 1000 bucks to snap on for whatever. my suggestion is the 1/2 inch and 3/8 inch blue point impacts and sockets. sockets are top notch, the 3/8 still gets used daily, the 1/2 broke and my dealer trade me the broken...
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    How do you decide which Ratchet to use if you own lots of them..?

    95% of the time, 3/8 craftsman rp flex head. i have a snap on flex comfort handle and non flex hard handle, but i hate betting them up for no reason when a craftsman will work just as well. 1/4, its either a blue point non flex to beat on, matco flex head 88 if i need the flex, 1/4 craftsman...
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    Mind boggling CL post

    like someone already said, if it was so. cal. that's about as good as it gets.
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    The Green Snap-on Tools ****

    the ratchet will probably never get used, and the drivers maybe on rare occasions.
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    auto techs: how long before you were set with tools?

    Re: auto techs: how long before you where set with tools? first off, i want to thank all of you for your answers, they all have helped in some form or another. second, i want to give a more detailed explanation to clarify why i asked this (if it matters): a. i work at what i would call a...
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    auto techs: how long before you were set with tools?

    Re: auto techs: how long before you where set with tools? im mostly set with wrenches, screwdrivers and the like, now its diagnostic tools, which cost an arm and a leg. compression testers, good scanners, power probes and such. oh yea, and i need a bigger box soon, and thats some serious cash...
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    auto techs: how long before you were set with tools?

    im a just over a year into being a tech after a year as a tire guy, and i feel sometimes that no matter how much money i spend on tools, i always need more (and yes, this forum doesnt help a bit). my basic question is how long did it take you guys (and gals) to be "set" with tools, basicly to...
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    My $15 servicing cart. It's almost unbelievable.

    you scored dude. +268 on the you **** award.
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    Let's see your toolbox.

    in that case im working out of my dads fab shop :lol_hitti.
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    Sears to shut 100-120 stores

    im 99% sure the one in temecula is going no where. its going to be small town stores that shut down, if they cant turn a profit, its gone. and i highly doubt people voting liberal is the problem at all, more like the system as a whole, but thats a whole different thread.
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    Nice snap on box on c/l cheap (fla)

    im 90% sure thats a krl, classics have the classic badge on the right side iirc.
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    Common large metric sockets

    +1 on toyotas 12 point 30mm, ive heard that the new tundras have a 39? mm 12 point, good luck if you hit that.
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    Dwarfs KR1000.

    i vote for intimidator, watching that guy got me stuck into racing. wasnt really nascar that got me, but the way the guy drove. AnYwAyS, nice collection of boxes, our alignment rack guy has listas in his van, boy are those things killer.
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    Dear Snap-on QC Department

    i didnt even notice till i got almost to the bottom of the first page, kinda shows why i became a tech.
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    My Mac story. Problems with dealer.

    while i havent bought mac tools, i remember when i was at my last shop a tech had a 1/2 inch impact gun what took a ****, he called a mac dealer twice just to come and pick it up, and it took 4 calls and 3 months to get it back. need less to say i wont buy mac. both shops ive worked at had a...
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    Snap On classic 78 hutch Yah or nah?

    well that fixes the height problem. now you just need the hutch. hondas are addicting, but im contemplating buying a miata or 240, got an itch to drift.
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    Snap On classic 78 hutch Yah or nah?

    its a personal thing. i think the classics height isnt enough for a hutch, i want to be able to lean into it and do stuff with out a chance of hitting my head. from what ive read into it, i might have to duck a bit, so its a no go for me. im looking at getting a classic with a top box and...
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    Snap On quality?

    its not this country or its people that make people like me sick, its the people that rule over us like its some game. while i hate our government in its current form, i still buy u.s. made tools proudly knowing im keeping decent paying jobs here and not supporting sweatshops in china. is the...
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    occupations

    c+/b- auto tech, looking to move to catalina island at some point.
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