Mark,
We have usaa for our car insurance, and used them for our home mortgage only for them to turn around and sell our mortgage to someone else.I re-certified with my insurance carrier USAA that the location mode is still active on Ford Pass. They give a discount for a Vehicle Recovery System in case the Ranger is stolen and they need to locate it. Also have their Safe Pilot app that tracks (God forbid!) my driving habits (such as braking and phone use) which I can get up to a 30% discount on the insurance premium with a good score.
Bought a used jcr offroad (I think) engine cover of fb market place for 50 bucks last week and installed it yesterday... Seems like it might help with water intrusion. I'll probably get some rubber edge trim to help direct the water away from the giant oval hole on top of the thing...I did a thing. 28,974 miles.
Tomorrow I pick up a used engine cover locally.
Plugs and boots are laid out with cylinder #1 on the far right.
Plug 4 being behind the water dripping entry was in the best shape (looked almost new).
I also used this as an opportunity to purchase a platform thing I've had my eye on for a while. (it's on sale at Lowes 99.99 from 169.99 or something.
If you look in the holes you can see debris that looks like metal flakes from rust... Only took ~45 minutes and that included fishing the plugs in and out be cause my sparkplug socket seems to have lost it's little rubber catch thing inside it.
Zoom in here at ~230 you can see the chunks.
Edit: I started to wipe down the #1 boot but quit because it was more effort than it was worth...
I was with USAA for 35 years. Started when I was a cadet. Over time they went from military focused and great customer service to just another large uncaring insurance company. Once thought I’d be a lifelong custome.
I used USAA while I served. I never really had a good experience with them. Horrible customer service, insurance was expensive state side and banking was a pain. Ended up switching to NFCU towards the end. They have been amazing with every service they provide.
I've heard many are switching to nfcu...
I spent two hours on the phone while a USAA rep drummed up a quote for the same home & auto coverage we have from State Farm. In the end, USAA was way higher. Complete waste of two hours.
Just be sure to use the adhesion promoter on anything plastic.Snagged some EGR fender flares and started to paint them with duplicolor J7 Magnetic Metallic grey to match the OEM trim pieces. Shout-out to the painting tutorials here, were helpful in dialing in technique.
These will help coverage for +2" wheel spacers, need those to relocate bypass shocks outside the frame.
Could've done better with the clear coat on the spoiler, but first time is always off a bit. Top right corner is a little heavy on the clear coat, but I'm no Van Gogh, just tryin to make it look a little nicer than black. Doubt anyone but me will notice with it being above your head.
Yup, 2 coats duplicolor adhesive promoter, 2 coats paint, and the same for clear coat.
