Well so far so good, luckily enough... Had it up and running about a week and was leaning on it for primary transport, and someone stole my pickup outta my driveway.

with it being our only vehicle now I'm hoping it'll last til the state of ks will allow me to buy another vehicle...

still ain't addressed the exhaust studs, but I ended up getting busy so I'm lacking on time to jack with it unless it's absolutely needed. lol