I'm comfortable enough to order the metal, cut out the old, weld in new, body work it and then pay someone to paint it since either have no experience blending with existing paint.
Was gonna strip the oily coating that's been applied underneath and POR-15 everything. My secondary concern to stopping the rust from spreading and repairing it, is being able to paint it afterwards too
Found cab corners and even full rocker panels on amazon. Cab corners were under $50, rocker...
Thought I had some triple fog light single bulb Morimoto pods and brackets lined up for $100. Paid for and all, but seller couldn't find the brackets. So I guess I'm going to have to pay the Raptor tax after all to play. Seriously considering fabbing up my own triple pod brackets. Need...
Hardwired the remote control in for my 9500ix radar detector and found nastiness too. Had to clean that up while I was in there.
Truck does amazing towing 5hrs round trip too. Not a single issue the whole trip. Put the Explorer up to make a larger payment towards the Raptor loan, traded for...
Truck came with a Pedal Commander installed. Was going to just leave it and maybe use it in eco mode on longer trips.
Spun the tires the other day and truck gave me a wrench and went into limp mode. Pulled into a parking lot, shut the truck off for a minute, then restarted it and it behaved...
Got a chance to detail the truck since I bought it. Made it 500 miles home relatively clean. First day to work it gets covered in grime on the bypass :mad:.
Found out that the rocker panels had been painted with some cheap black paint apparently to hide more rust. also found a spot at the front...
Driver seat worked during test drive. Should have set memory on it at that point. An hour or so on the way home the seat controls stopped working but the memory buttons continued working. Replaced switch panel and trim a few days later to no avail. Still haven't figured out the issue. Also...
Left NC at 23:30 Friday night, got to the car lot right before 0900 Saturday morning.
Car lot told me 'no rust no rust no rust'. I knew BS being it was from Ohio/Pennsylvania. First thing I found was poorly bondo'd (yet fairly well painted) rear cab corners. Despite there being obvious rust...
yeaaaahhhhhh. been wanting one since they were first revealed by Ford. finally getting dreams to come true.
that was NEVER gonna be an issue with me! lol
Listing photos and first sight photo. Truck was for sale in Ohio and listed at 22,800. Talked them down over the phone to 21,500 and dropped a $300 deposit thursday 12/14/23 night to hold the truck for me to come look at Saturday 9am 12/16/23
159,*** miles
Per previous owner to used car lot...
I'm gonna start a 'build thread' for my dream truck so it's easier for me to keep track of everything I do to it, as well as issues I've already discovered and those that will inevitably show up.
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