2008fx4 2013 oxford white screw mild buildup

[Ni9mm]

Still trust your buddy at the Toyota body shop ? Lol.

Making deals with the devil.

 

[2008fx4]

Still trust your buddy at the Toyota body shop ? Lol.

Making deals with the devil.

lol. completely. he wasnt there the first day i went to look at the paint. he wouldnt have even let me come down to the shop. and yes i trust him. have with at least 5 different vehicles. plus, lifetime warranty on paint/workmanship as long as i own the truck




installed a few more things today:

Corsa exhaust - love it. really like that i can drive around with no drone whatsoever, but its more pronounced than stock esp. at wot. was able to install the exhaust in my garage without cutting the factory exhaust up. loosened the two clamps holding the stock tips on then slid those off. removed the two hangers after the factory muffler by removing a total of 3 10mm bolts, and sliding the hangers off the factory exhaust. then i pried the hanger just before the factory muffler off. then i dropped the spare tire and loosened the clamp between the factory resonator and muffler. now there was enough room to rotate the muffler to move the pin on the pipe between the resonator and muffler out of its notch and allow it to slide free. from here i was able to remove the factory exhaust from the resonator pipe. in order to remove the exhaust completely out from under the truck i placed a jack under the frame rail on the passenger side and jacked the truck up and it gave me enough room to rotate the entire muffler/tail section assembly and get it over the rear axle and pull it out from underneath the middle of the truck. then i released the jack, reattached the factory hanger mounts and installed the corsa per their instructions.



DeeZee tailgate assist - no more dropping the tailgate and having it slam down:



JLT oil seperator: keep some of the oil out of the intake track. ran one similar to this on my 2002 harley f150 and it kept a ton of oil from reaching the blower.



also done - but didnt take pics - drop-in k&n and factory bed extender.

 

[2008fx4]

Plastidipped rear ford oval

 

[SaintsFan]

What did you do about the problems with the Bakflip F1? Would you recommend this cover based on your experience?

 

[2008fx4]

after looking at that pic of the plastidipped emblem, i thought that it looked kinda cheap

so i busted out the exacto knife and some patience:



looks a lot better to me - even if its still chrome.





as far as the bakflip goes - im gonna finish getting the mods done - should be done by the end of this week and then im going to take pictures and send them to Morrie and see what can be done. I recommend the top - but anytime you manufacture something in mass quantities - you'll always have a bad one slip through the cracks. The problem with that is I had ordered the bak box 2 as well - and it came with a huge defect - it wouldnt bolt together because the holes didnt line up:





thats a big oversight on their part. after seeing how flimsy this thing is all i want to do is return it and get my money back.

 

[2008fx4]

so stoked right now - just got off the phone with J.R. @ Addictive Desert Designs and my bumpers are ready, and i also am going to be adding their rear gusset/bumpstop kit and new rear leafs - deaver +2s.

i'll get pics up on Friday while they are installing everything!

 

[2008fx4]

good news: had the wheel wells line-xed today.

bad news: truck has to go back to paint. some of the tape took a little bit of the paint off the flares. not a big deal, just more time wasted.

 

[2008fx4]

few more things done today - removed the rigid lights in the bumper to get ready for the bumper install.

also installed my bedrug:



and painted the corsa exhaust tips a high temp flat black:

 

[Roscoe968]

Looks good! You don't waste any time getting shit done.

 

[2008fx4]

spent some quality time up at Addictive Desert Designs today - venom series front/rear bumpers with rigid 20" combo e-series and 60* diffused duallys respectively, and their rear brace/bumpstop kit with fox bumpstops and custom deaver leafs. only have pics of the bumpers now - once i get the truck cleaned up i'll post up some better ones.