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My Dad used to get "fake whitewalls". They were a white rubber ring. Maybe 1/16" thick x 3" wide and I.D. same as the tire. It was installed over the tire sidewall pinched in between the bead and wheel flange. They stayed put, but Dad always added rubber cement for good measure. Despite curb...

An amusing aside to this. When my Dealer said my Ranger arrived, I asked for its VIN so I could have insurance ready a couple days later when I could pick it up. For fun, I Googled that VIN and it showed up as in stock on about six different Dealers Websites within fifty miles or so. I can only...

They may understand that harness is worth good money too. Whoever buys stolen lights to fix their cut harness tailamp theft will buy a stolen harness to splice on also.

Hey ! I remember that Datsun truck. About '86, It was a common sight in my neighborhood. Widmer's changed since then.

Criminals will steal them, record the code numbers off the back. Carefully repackage then return them to the shelf. After the Cashier activates the card, the criminal can steal their monetary value before the customer has a chance use it.

Sad news for sure ! I only hit an empty 5gal paint bucket bounced directly in front of me on my way home from the Ford Dealer. Only suffered some latex spatter underneath and inner tyre sidewall. Deer are year round serious problem where I live. Its a predator free island and unhealthy...

I'm missing the 60-40 bench seat of my extracab 'Luxie. It has three cupholders too. Not so much a third person was ever squeezed in. I like the less confinement of a split benchseat.

Now I have a '22 Ranger, I want to get a set of 1/4 & 3/8 drive Torx bits. Whats the largest size I would encounter ? Fwiw, I'm tools equipped well above average as far as a Shadetree goes and have a pile of misc. Torx tools. But since Ranger is my first extensively Torx vehicle, I'd like to...

Fwiw, One of the missing bed tiedows, I screwed in two forged eyebolts. Thru those a chain is passed thru to lock a small generator. Obviously that cant be simply be unscrewed. Its not going to be a quick grab. A criminal needs at least to come prepared to cut something.

Thanks, you noticed. Yes, there were several edits to get that message to read better.

You'd have to read the fine print of your financing contract. There's probably a provision that the buyer won't alter or disable a financed vehicles "safety and security features" while the loan is active. If removal were contrary to agreement. As a practical matter, it's unlikely a finance...

Sadly that sort of added crap is pretty common. Many Dealers pay some wrench potato piecework to install so obviously its not going to be nicely done. At this point damage has been done and aside from quality repair job, pretty much nothing can be done to restore as oem wiring harness. At least...

Good luck. The collision shop business typically works the"20 foot rule". Like anybody they are in business to do the minimum work to gain maximum dollar. It doesen't matter if its a Dealership or not. if it looks ok at 20', that's good enough. And by the time the customer gets it back, they're...

Fwiw, I tow a similar weight (5k-ish) utility trailer loaded with a small tractor. To run around the flatlands, you definitely know it's there. But it does fine. Taking it over the mountians, it'll do the job alright but it's not very happy about it.

Fwiw, My '22 XLT doesn't. But for all I know maybe it does but keyfobs the Dealer gave me are only 3 buttons. Ford Pass works and thats been fun to play with. But after a month its novelty is wearing off.

''78 E150. Being a company car, I didn't own it. But garaged at home. During the work week, effectively it was my daily driver. My personal "weekend"cars were and still are Toyota FJ45 and Mercedes 1017A During the subsequent 40 years numerous Ford or Chevy vans were my company car. That...

Fwiw, Unless they changed design of this Ravelco thing, Its hardly as secure as advertised. A few of our company cars had them installed. Which gave me opportunity to figure it out without also needing to break their ignition lock. Anybody electrically compentent and a few minutes with a meter...

Fwiw, If you have the wrench for it and know how much you weigh… Just standing on the wrench at the right distance from the nut will get torque plenty close for the job. works great for unscrewing the nut too. btw, Come to think of it, Standing on the wrench won’t work well if it’s bumper towing..

Same here. That weird white outline around the open door just screams it’s faked.

Finished up installing a trailer connector. Maybe its my old age.. Drilling 50mm hole in a brand new car would have creeped me out back in the day. Also while back there, filed a new indexing groove so the spare tyre lock can orient “upside down”. I want its cover flap to hang downward if it...