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Hey guys.. just thought I would share with you what I've done in the past week to the truck...
First off I replaced both front wheel bearing assemblies and calipers ! All new tie rods, ball joints and that wrapped up the mechanical part of thing !
My front fenders were rusted right out after replacing them 4 years ago... so 2 new front fenders and a set of bushwacker OE flares were installed ! Spent all day yesterday power polishing the whole truck and she's looking pretty good ! Still have a bunch of bush scratches down the sides and the usual rock chips, but I'm satisfied on how it looks for now ! Here's a couple pics !
First off I replaced both front wheel bearing assemblies and calipers ! All new tie rods, ball joints and that wrapped up the mechanical part of thing !
My front fenders were rusted right out after replacing them 4 years ago... so 2 new front fenders and a set of bushwacker OE flares were installed ! Spent all day yesterday power polishing the whole truck and she's looking pretty good ! Still have a bunch of bush scratches down the sides and the usual rock chips, but I'm satisfied on how it looks for now ! Here's a couple pics !
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Here are a couple more guys !!! Notice in the picture of the F350 badge... it is now chrome !! By accident, I spilled some lacquer thinner on them while cleaning the back side off and the black paint came right off... so I did the whole thing on both sides... I now have chrome badges and they look very cool ! If you do this .... make sure you use a soft cloth to rub the paint off... I scratched mine up a bit :-(
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Thanks !!! My truck has 302,000 Kms ! I can't remember how many miles that would be ! I could have gotten away without doing all the tie rods... but I was in there and doing it... so I thought I would do them all !
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Truck looks great!!
What caused the fenders to rust out so quickly?? Did you have the fender flares before? I've heard they hold water and salt and can make things rust out quicker. I do like the look of them though, I've been tempted to go with that look.
What caused the fenders to rust out so quickly?? Did you have the fender flares before? I've heard they hold water and salt and can make things rust out quicker. I do like the look of them though, I've been tempted to go with that look.
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I'm a very hungry and growing man Rick !! lol I run hounds and that is what they travel in ! The holes on the side are so they can have the heads out for smelling ! They can strike a lion or bear scent while driving down the road ! Works good !
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I had those stainless flares on there before and I believe what you said is what happened... it just trapped the salt and sand back in there and worked away at it,.... I try and wash it out everytime I use the pressure washer... but it didn't work out ! I think these bushwacker ones won't be as bad for holding stuff in there !
