What did you do to your Gen 3 today?

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Spooder

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Went to install bed stiffener brackets only to find that one was not square and would have required me to pull in my bed side at top of bracket by ~0.150 inch from as-is perfectly square. Sent inquiry to seller, hoping they will replace the bracket. If not, will bin them and thinking of getting the ones made by Patton Fab since they use an adjustable tie bar. Would go ADD, but their design has a cut-through logo right at the most stressed region leaving a small amount of material to carry the load. I want the stiffeners since I have a heavy shell with additional load on it.

Cleaned the undercarriage from the engine bay back, then painted all corrosive susceptible steel and brake line connectors with marine Corrosion Block using a 2 inch brush. What a chore over two days !!. Will do the front end next, engine bay and all. Fogged the insides of the beams with 4 aerosol cans of Fluidfilm. Coastal south Florida air is very corrosive and I don't want it rusting. Found rust mostly on the rear axle tubes, pumpkin, driveshaft CVs and the brake caliper brackets. I could just bulk spray the underside with Woolwax or Fluidfilm, but that makes a big mess that collects dust. But if you do that nothing corrodes. Just looks like crap and the service guys always complain about the mess.
 
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