Explore's Truck

[ExploreTHEWorld]

Fixed my hood

and got some new pedals cause my gas pedal was making me wanna kill things

Future plans:
Probably gonna herculiner everything that isn't already black
Synthetics on the next oil change
Lift
Mudders when the milestars die
Sound system (Hopefully this week if they are open tommorow)
New coat of paint You guys recommend any colors? I was thinking going red or just getting it done in black again.

 

[BrianDye]

Id go for black....but thats just me...i tend to go crazy with the black. Lol

 

[97sprt4x4]

did you ever get your acceleration problem fixed?

Justin


PS i'd go black. it's sexy ;-)

 

[Blacksheep Josh]

When I do the seafoam, I usually do it the day before I get an oil change...

But the first time I did seafoamed I did 1/3 of the can in the engine 3 different times over a week. It had 274k miles (or something around that number) and it had never been done.. it smoked up HUGE each time. Probably 10 minutes of idling/revving smoke each time. Now when I do it (about every 6 months) I barely get any.

As for the oil, like I said, I do mine right before an oil change as not to chance anything. I don't put any in the gas tank, for gas treatments I use Lucas Fuel Injector Cleaner.

 

[ExploreTHEWorld]

Ya the acceleration was it just being a bear up hills. And I think I may just go for black its looking to be cheaper to get them to just sand the old shiz off and get a new coat of Glossy Black.

 

[97sprt4x4]

Glad to hear everything is up and running. I would say that unless you really deem it necessary, your paint in the pictures looks okay, i would invest it in the lift if you're planning to off road. i can speak from experience.... Your paint gets chewed off road either from rocks or from trees/shrubs on the side of trails. So if you plan on weekend trailing it, it would be a waste of money after a year or so.

Just food for thought.

Justin

 

[ExploreTHEWorld]

I don't know I've been doing some serious thinking bout the paint and I saw that the cap near me has a nice big think of Herculiner. Would it be more worth it to buy that and just Liner the things most likely to get roughed up Offroad. For example everything thats gray in the pic

It dries black right? If it dosen't I can always just go get some black from the auto place but It would probably be cheaper then a whole new paint job.

If this is plausible how would I goes about painting them? Is it a multiple coat ordeal? Am I going to have to take all the trim and boards off? Any guides to stripping that stuff off?

I figure if it is a good idea I would try and take it all off, wire brush the boards and bumper/fender and just go crazy with the liner.

 

[97sprt4x4]

Well you can look at my truck on the later pages, i painted both front and rear bumper in bed liner, and i will be painting my trim as well. I painted them with Rustoleum bed liner from Lowes for about 6 dollars a can and i needed 4 cans to do both front and rear bumpers for two coats.

That's always an option. and depending on what you do and what brand you get you will need to get UV protectant as otherwise it will turn gray again.

But to answer your question i think that would be a better option instead of Painting the whole truck as off roading is not paint friendly.

Justin

 

[ExploreTHEWorld]

For those of you who don't know I drove her into a tree, and bought a F-150, any good enthusiasts sites out there for them?