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I worked with a guy that put 30K on a donut spare. Highway speeds and all. Probably could have gotten more out of it but it caught on fire when one of the families of wildlife that lived in it chewed some wiring. I am serious as a heart attack on this.

I use dawn to strip any wax ect. Then depending what I am doing such as a ceramic coat or polishing followed by P&S beadmaker I will use a 50/50 mix of water and alcahol in a spray bottle. Use plenty of microfiber towels since the wax,compound or polish you are removing will end up on towel. I...

I use P&s beadmaker when I wash my truck as a drying agent. Then maybe 4 times a year apply on dry vehicle on all surfaces including glass And trim. Its a polymer that keeps crap from sticking. $20ish on amazon. Rainx is a wax that actually traps contaminants.

I can get close to a 100,000 miles out of brakes no matter what vehicle im driving. Alot of higway easy on the go pedal and allow the vehicle to engine brake if I can. Wife may get 25,000 miles if shes lucky. But she drives like an idiot.

I use P&S beadmaker as a wetting agent after I wash. Light mist while truck is still wet and towel dry. Haven’t had water spot problem since. And our water is on the hard side.

According to my neighbor its the fctp program (ford courtesy transportation program)

Ive won and lost the extended warranty gamble. Had a 05 vw and had almost $6k worth of work done a month before the extended warranty expired. Vw ended up buying back a car with 180k on it for $15,000. So I drove a car for almost 5 years that I paid $25,000 for. Made out like a bandit for that...

My neigbors family owns the ford dealer where I bought my Ranger. He constantly has a new vehicle that he has to put 2k on. He said its a program through ford to get vehicles through the dealerships. I forget the name too. Ill check with him this weekend.

Outside contractor for the retool. Done a couple of gm plants and subaru once. Worked at tower automotive and the chicago stamping plant a couple times.

I did the retool for Chicago assembly plant for the new explorer’s. They were bringing car hauler after car hauler of 2020 explorer’s while we were still doing demolition of the old line. Asked one of the engineers where they came from he told me they built 600 units in Michigan setting up the...

I have a chatty 3 year old and a car seat. So mine might make a racket when i’m driving but over the babbling and shrieking I wouldn’t know. Will loan out if you need to cover any annoying sounds. He works for happy meals and ice cream.

Sent email to motovx regarding when they were going to have the 19-20 ford ranger funnels. Heres the reply I received. .

I had a couple guys from the Carolinas working for me. We are out in the parking lot after work and they pull up in squatted diesel trucks. They were what yall think of our rigs. My buddy goes. Are you still saving up for the rest of the lift kit. They were thats how us carolina boys roll. My...

With the part numbers changing is the gap still .030?

This explains alot.

Ive been running 93 here in VT mainly because most stations here that have 93 octane its non ethanol premium. If im out of area I run 91 octane. Id rather not run the ethanol in my truck if I can ovoid it.

Used a led flashlight. Looked like it had been sanded. Wanted a good surface before I ceramic coated it.

Finished paint correction after dealer ran truck through brush car wash prior to delivery. first I spayed truck down the truck with P&S iron remover then used stripper wash to remove whatever dealer put on paint. Used meguiors m110 with a Lake County microfiber cutting pad followed by a white...

its a small enough part that getting a set 3d printed wouldn’t be that difficult if you found someone with the right set up. 3m automotive double stick tape is what most of the aftermarket manufacturers use.