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Planet Houston

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  1. “Beast Valley Dive Club” Now that’s some funny shit
  2. How much were the esteemed damages?
  3. /NoCR, just well timed current events/
  4. ^^ that’s awesome. Part of what being a dad is all about. My son loves baseball and he’s in his last year of machine pitch. His team is really good defensively but they have never been able to get the bats in sync in a game. One kid will hit, then 3 will strike out. Next game, another kid hits and the middle of the lineup can’t do anything. Our single-elimination playoffs started this weekend, and they finally came together like we knew they could. Won 14-3…I’m hoping we go on a run here this week. Little league is awesome.
  5. Thanks. Security cam footage of the wreck is in the holy shit thread. It was a holy shit moment.
  6. I had a new Bronco and got broadsided by a guy running a red light, it rolled and would have flipped but for another car stopping my momentum. Total loss of course, and I was just thankful that I was alone in the car without my wife and two 8 year-olds. It happened at the intersection of Shepherd and Welch which is very close to my house. So part of my thinking in the vehicle was having a safe tank that wouldn’t roll again. Probably irrational but whatever. No handjob for the discount but I was the first new Bronco he did, referred him a couple of new customers, and I pay in full with straight cash, homie.
  7. Well, here’s the rub. It looks awesome and will protect the car for a long, long time. Nothing drives me crazier with cars than seeing a $90k+ car with chips from road debris and paint swirls or micro scratches from carwashes. But - for a full SUV job plus tint and ceramic it cost me a bit north of $6K. And that’s for a “preferred” customer where he kinda stuck his finger in the air and gave me the best deal he could while making a little money. The labor cost is intensive, and you need to go to a really skilled place or it will end up bubbling or having sloppy edges around the doors, panels etc. Also comes with a fulsome warranty for 7 years though. If you lease or plan to own for less than 4 or 5 years, probably doesn’t make sense (unless you’re just doing it for the matte look and don’t mind the cost). I plan on driving this a long time so it was worth it to me.
  8. As I understand it, just the PPF is no more than a plastic barrier, so polish/wax would still serve a function. Once you treat the PPF with ceramic, there is no need for polish/wax.
  9. They recommend it on all their PPF jobs and the cost is minimal on top of the PPF cost. It does the same thing as it would on regular paint - water beads up, much easier to wash and it protects the PPF itself from bird shit and the like. We don’t have a garage so I’m often under a tree - the cost benefit once you spend the money on PPF is a complete no-brainer.
  10. Full Xpel stealth PPF, ceramic, front window tint to match the rear, and a small amount of tint on the windshield. It’s amazing the difference tint makes on the interior temp in a car (and it looks much better to boot). I put PPF on my Bronco because I wanted to really off-road but it had a beautiful paint job - after doing it, I’ll never have a nice car without PPF and ceramic again.
  11. It’s a place in Houston called Gulf Coast Auto Shield. Sam Houston Tollway and 59. The owner John is a fantastic guy and they do phenomenal work.
  12. Very happy with how it turned out. These guys are serious pros.
  13. Picked it up yesterday. Pretty amazing vehicle. I hated giving it up to my detailer immediately but should have it back by Fri. Loved the color in person, gonna really love it once I get it back.
  14. Looking for power, have speed to burn. I’ll look to propose some trades, but just putting it out there for anyone looking for steals.
  15. We’ve won 14 getaway games in a row. No reason to break the streak now.
  16. Goddamn that was a good win last night. Feels bigger than it should.
  17. Our division consists of Boners, Dingers, Buttwads and Poopy Buttholes. My 8 year-old baseball obsessed son can’t get enough of the team names. You degenerates.
  18. How do y’all have any idea who is who? Can we get a rundown of Shaggy handles vs team names? I’ll start - The Disgusting Brothers
  19. Skyscraper Grey. Fairly sure I’m going to get a full Stealth PPF wrap on it - should look fantastic.
  20. Your pitching was beyond ridiculous to get you 4 this week. 58 Ks and 0.94 WHIP wasn’t quite good enough…
  21. That’s a thick 19 year old. Wooooo.
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