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Discover someone clipped my taillight at the store. Anyone got a spare driver side taillight they want to sell (no bliss)?
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Came home to discover one of the trees inour yard lost a limb. Clearly made sense to stand on the truck and clear the last major chunk with the pole saw.
Dang! No note from the wonderful human being who did it?
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Finally got around to cleaning both the truck and my wife's suv. Been an inexcusable amount of time since either was cleaned this well, and I still had to cut some corners in the name of time!
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Forgot what a PITA the McGuiars endurance tire gel is to apply to the WildPeaks!!! So many contours?
 

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Finally got around to cleaning both the truck and my wife's suv. Been an inexcusable amount of time since either was cleaned this well, and I still had to cut some corners in the name of time!
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Forgot what a PITA the McGuiars endurance tire gel is to apply to the WildPeaks!!! So many contours?

Sweet truck - love the color! I am biased though... lol

Which size Rokblokz do you have? What offset and tire size are you running? I am thinking about adding the mud flaps and like the look of your set up.
 


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Sweet truck - love the color! I am biased though... lol

Which size Rokblokz do you have? What offset and tire size are you running? I am thinking about adding the mud flaps and like the look of your set up.
Hey thanks!

I'm running the wider tremor width rokblokz. My truck is an fx4, but I replaced the stock flush fender flares with the tremor specific ones for that extra bit of bump out.

Tires are 275/70R17 on -18 offset wheels. The difference from factory offset is just shy of 1.5".

It's also lifted on the eibach pro truck adjustable front strut assemblies, rear pro truck sports and icon multi rate squeak... I mean leaf packs.

I originally leveled it before changing leaf springs, which lifted the rear up a bit from stock.
 

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Gave Soupie a bath. =)

Last year I did two graphene coats and this is full wash and shine #2 for the season. I won't do another graphene until next spring. But I'll soap and rinse in the fall and on warmer winter days to get the road grime and salt off.

priority one, set up the foreman so he can supervise (and a chair for his out-of-shape subordinate)
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best part, soap cannon. used the far-too-heavy mitt-on-a-stick for the hood, roof, and tonneau
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used a microfiber mitt and a bucket with a grate for the rest, and this is the very first time I've dried it! usually the sun gets to it before I do. but after that, I had to check in with the foreman and wait for the sun to move off it for the graphene
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graphened the entire truck, rather than panel by panel, and buffed it out all at once. I don't put much pressure when buffing but the side-to-side action wrecks my craptacular shoulders =p
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sure is pretty for a day! =)
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ugh, so many little acorn dents ... =(
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I use a Harbor Freight rolling stool to save my back. raise it to its highest and scoot along, then to its lowest and scoot back
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I never do the tires, just a good rinse, it's too frou-frou for me (or maybe I'm lazy!) =D
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even graphene here!
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still need to do 303 Aerospace Protectant on the plastic parts and tonneau cover, but now it's time for a gin & tonic, four Advil and a couple of Excedrin!
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Gave Soupie a bath. =)

Last year I did two graphene coats and this is full wash and shine #2 for the season. I won't do another graphene until next spring. But I'll soap and rinse in the fall and on warmer winter days to get the road grime and salt off.

priority one, set up the foreman so he can supervise (and a chair for his out-of-shape subordinate)
20230903_134916.jpg


best part, soap cannon. used the far-too-heavy mitt-on-a-stick for the hood, roof, and tonneau
20230903_140811.jpg


used a microfiber mitt and a bucket with a grate for the rest, and this is the very first time I've dried it! usually the sun gets to it before I do. but after that, I had to check in with the foreman and wait for the sun to move off it for the graphene
20230903_145646.jpg


graphened the entire truck, rather than panel by panel, and buffed it out all at once. I don't put much pressure when buffing but the side-to-side action wrecks my craptacular shoulders =p
20230903_162254.jpg


sure is pretty for a day! =)
20230903_171227.jpg


ugh, so many little acorn dents ... =(
20230903_171243.jpg


I use a Harbor Freight rolling stool to save my back. raise it to its highest and scoot along, then to its lowest and scoot back
20230903_173659.jpg


I never do the tires, just a good rinse, it's too frou-frou for me (or maybe I'm lazy!) =D
20230903_174753.jpg


even graphene here!
20230903_171234.jpg


still need to do 303 Aerospace Protectant on the plastic parts and tonneau cover, but now it's time for a gin & tonic, four Advil and a couple of Excedrin!
20230903_145754.jpg
David, it is officially ready for the next dump run. :clap:
 

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Installed the new BatteryMINDer on my day old battery. The Green LED started blinking...let the desufating begin... ⚡⚡

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Added a Ram mount to the dash tray last week; I didn't like having my phone below the screen as it required me to look away from the road too much. I then added an Auxbeam controller to my setup, yesterday, using the Proclip mount that previously held my phone. Just the controller for now. I wanted the controller before I got any lights; my fridge will be the first thing to wire to it. I'll likely move the controller wire fully behind the dash panels, but want to make sure I like the placement, as that will require cutting a notch into the panel due to the wire size; for now it's just zip tied to the slots on the side panel.

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Side Note... Guess I need to clean my screen :)
 

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Do you just zip tie this down and it stays connected full time?
Andrew,
I stuck in on top of the removeable fuse box cover using the adhesive strip that came on the bottom of the BatteryMINDer. I placed it as far left as possible on the fuse box cover so that the underneath area of the hood will clear it when closed. It will stay permanently attached to the fuse box cover and won't interfere when taking the cover on and off if I need to replace the fuses. If it's mounted on the battery, it will have to be removed on the next battery replacement.

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Andrew,
I stuck in on top of the removeable fuse box cover using the adhesive strip that came on the bottom of the BatteryMINDer. I placed it as far left as possible on the fuse box cover so that the underneath area of the hood will clear it when closed. It will stay permanently attached to fuse box cover but won't interfere when taking the cover on and off if I need to replace the fuses. If it's stuck on the battery, it will have to be removed on the next battery replacement.

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And you have it hard wired to the battery? Both positive and negative posts? I saw some that have gator clamps and others with ring terminals
 

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And you have it hard wired to the battery? Both positive and negative posts? I saw some that have gator clamps and others with ring terminals
It is attached with rings over the small threaded positive and negative posts.
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