Ditch the stickers.
The Leadfoot look benefits from some metallic accents so keep the wheels.
Or do whatever you want, it'll still be a great looking truck.
A couple years ago I bought a 5 liter container of Nextzett glass cleaner from amazon by accident - I was intending to get washer fluid. Luckily, it's hands down the best I've ever used. In conjunction with a microfiber, it just does not streak or smear, ever. Kinda pricey but a little goes a...
I just stuff a bunch of pig mats up under and around the filter before loosening it.
I do have a lift and I do remove the skid plate for better access.
The mods that don't make sense to me are the ones that actually decrease performance, e.g.:
Cheap lift kits, as mentioned above
Asymmetrical wheels (spoke count not evenly divisible by lug count)
I have no complaints with the EB in my Raptor, but I've gotta say the cold start rumble on my SD with the Uhaul motor gives me goosebumps. Must be the forged crank and six bolt mains...:waytogo:
"I don't want to pry anything...so I cut up the motor mount"
LOL I've been there. Often the reality of what's going on under the truck overrides the elegance of what's going on in the mind.
I probably went a little overboard - removed the wheels and popped off the flares, which allowed me to fit and trim the outboard edge of the liners perfectly. It was winter, so no sun available, but I did blast them with a salamander heater which softened them up nicely and made fitting them...
Pushrod simplicity, engineered for long term reliability, gobs of low end torque and almost certainly robust enough to produce much more - all would make the weight penalty easier to stomach. But yeah, not holding my breath either.
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