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Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 5:59 am
by Chris GTO TT
Decided to just get some new 3M mounting tape. I did however buy some yellow fog light bulbs :D

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:02 pm
by ChargerX3
So as not to attract flys?

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:10 pm
by Chris GTO TT
Mostly because I like the way hids look when paired with yellow fog lights.

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:59 pm
by Chris GTO TT
Might have to pick up a battery for it :grumble:

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:36 pm
by vr4
[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Might have to pick up a battery for it :grumble: [/quote]

Better trade it in

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:22 pm
by DCIV
[quote=""vr4""]Better trade it in[/quote]

This!!!


Coop

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:24 pm
by Chris GTO TT
Well ford has some good deals and financing going on :d err:

In more serious news I threw the charger on it and it came up from 65% to 100% fairly quickly. I'll have to keep an eye on it since it only gets driven once a week at best now.

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:46 pm
by stealthee
Run a parasitic draw test and/or put a maintainer on it.

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 9:36 pm
by DCIV

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 11:53 pm
by vr4
Damn that's rustier than mine and mine spent the first 9 months of it's life in Massachusetts as a dealer demo


Bet it would be a good run for my beater. Rare for sure.

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 4:44 am
by Chris GTO TT
[quote=""DCIV""]You wanted an explorer.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1998-ford-explorer/


Coop[/quote]

Ha that's awesome, wonder what it will go for

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 9:25 am
by DCIV
[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Ha that's awesome, wonder what it will go for[/quote]

I had never heard of one before, I do wonder what all they did to it to handle the extra power or if they just added a couple coolers and called it a day.


Coop

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 4:01 pm
by vr4
[quote=""DCIV""]I had never heard of one before, I do wonder what all they did to it to handle the extra power or if they just added a couple coolers and called it a day.


Coop[/quote]

They really didn't add that much power. Roughly 60hp additional if they rated it at the crank.

It's basically a supercharged v8 explorer with an exhaust, some suspension work, and a body kit.

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 9:18 pm
by Chris GTO TT
Installed the yellow fog light bulbs today and fixed the passenger side fender logo. Cleaning off all the old mounting tape and trimming the new mounting tap to fit was really annoying. Now it's firmly attached though.
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All the dirt and grime stuck to the back of the logo.
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Peeling the mounting tape off the back of the logo.
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Fender mount all cleaned up and wiped down with rubbing alcohol.
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Back of the logo cleaned up.
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New mounting tape applied... I forgot to cut out the tape from the middle of 0 :d oh:
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And done.
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Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 1:29 am
by ChargerX3
Oh I hate forgetting to check stuff like that. Tell me it wasn’t on the truck when you found out.

Truck now has 3 different forward facing lights. ;) can’t miss it!

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 2:11 am
by Chris GTO TT
It was on the truck when I found out I had forgotten about the 0. I took my razor blade and carefully cut it out.

And it had 3 different forward facing lights before. The headlights are the factory HID, and the fogs are just halogen.

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 5:28 pm
by Chris GTO TT
Just put gas in it for the first time in over a month... Took 22 gallons at 2.299 @ gallon after my $.0.50 a gallon coupon. Got a bit over 15.3 mpg for the tank. I'm still getting used to the 36 gallon tank. It's crazy to think I still had over 10 gallons before I needed to worry.

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 5:46 pm
by ChargerX3
[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]It was on the truck when I found out I had forgotten about the 0. I took my razor blade and carefully cut it out.

And it had 3 different forward facing lights before. The headlights are the factory HID, and the fogs are just halogen.[/quote]
Awe that sucks. Glad you got it though. Oh, and i was just refering to the colors. Now you have 3 colors out the front.
[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Just put gas in it for the first time in over a month... Took 22 gallons at 2.299 @ gallon after my $.0.50 a gallon coupon. Got a bit over 15.3 mpg for the tank. I'm still getting used to the 36 gallon tank. It's crazy to think I still had over 10 gallons before I needed to worry.[/quote]

Love me some big tanks. What does you DTE say? 580 miles?

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 5:51 pm
by Chris GTO TT
[quote=""ChargerX3""]Oh, and i was just refering to the colors. Now you have 3 colors out the front.[/quote]
Yeah I know, so was I. Halogen bulbs are more yellow than hid bulbs. Now the fogs are really yellow as opposed to the yellowish white of a standard halogen bulb.

[quote=""ChargerX3""]Love me some big tanks. What does you DTE say? 580 miles?[/quote]

DTE said 615 right after I filled it up.

Re: Truck Yeah!

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 6:40 pm
by ChargerX3
I almost forgot how big those tanks are. Ram has its largest at 32 Gal, but 36 would be even better.