What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]

[Northernregal]

Carrying on with post emissions delete while in Utah. Damn 80mph speed limit on the interstate is not helping at all.

 

[Clutch]

Ok got home a 11:00 tonight unfortunately it's not a nite with a lot to show. First thing I did was wire and install the gauges. You do remember how I feel about wiring right?

I don't like doing it but I like the results.

So while I had the dashboard spare running wires I snapped a shot of the programmer.

I also managed to get most of the factory wiring back together. I needed to do that so I could finish the aftermarket stuff.

It feels good having the fuse box back in it but I'm going to put the fender back on and mount it before I do the aftermarket wiring. I did however plumb the boost gauge

So that's it until Friday night I don't have time tomorrow. I took a shot as I left but it still doesn't look like a truck yet

 

[Ugly1]

I'm glad for you. Truly. I still despise Toyota. It's a Hatfields and McCoy's thing.

Never figured on owning one. Told the dealer man “ if my butt don’t fit in the seat right say goodbye.” Otherwise it would have been a diesel.Chevy or Dodge

 

[DRIVEN]

but...


I kinda like the new tundra...

Doesn't surprise me, they basically copied the F150 Ecoboost formula. The standard gas version is rated at 19mpg combined. The hybrid version only gets you up to 20. However, it adds 40hp and 100+ lbs of torque. I haven't towed with one yet but I can tell you they drive nice and the engine is incredible quiet and smooth. Can't feel it running and barely hear it at idle. Toyotas being Toyotas, they'll probably prove to be pretty trouble-free with regular oil changes. Wish I could afford one.

 

[81cutlass]

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Ditto. Has yours been treating you well? I really like the color and option spec of yours minus the v6.

I finally decided the Rainier needs to be retired due to frame rust and have set out searching for a replacement. Been test driving stuff for the past few days/weeks and settled in on the 15+ f150 5.0 ext cab, XLT 302A bench seat.

The options for V8, full frame, solid rear axle stuff these days is THIN.

Everything pre 10 F150 has 3V 5.4 and not worth touching, 11-14 5.0 are OK but the ext cab rear seats are really small and the interiors feel like something out of 2001
15+ Expeditions only come with IRS that looks really complicated to R&R at high mileage and only comes with the 3.5 TT, and the interiors feel dated like the 04-14 generation f150
18+ Expeditions are serious $$$ and again only 3.5TT
07-13 GMT900 tahoe/sierra rust really, really bad up here
15-19 tahoe/yukon has terrible visibility and the center console is so big the leg room is poor
Finding a 15+ tahoe/yukon with a bench is essentially impossible.
14-19 sierra/silverado ext cab rear doors open forward and makes getting into the rear seat hard, plus the hood sits really high on them an front visibility is bad
I won't consider a dodge
19+ GM are too ugly, puke.
Tundras are a lot additional $$$ and the affordable body style, 05-19 feel a bit dated for the 15-18 range and $$$, the new tundras are cool but big $$$$ since they JUST came out.

Found 1 of 3 available in the state and liked it (5.0, XLT 302a, ext cab), but it's a Canadian spec one and already starting to surface rust on the frame. Just need to find one from down south.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

There's this model too.

 

[Supercharged111]

There's this model too.

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Must be an old pic. Look at those gas prices!

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Must be an old pic. Look at those gas prices!

That's per liter.. 🤣

 

[Hurricane77]

I had an Uncle with the same problem. He needed a truck to haul stuff around for his business and his wife insisted that she wanted a car and something large and ostentatious. So he solved the problem by buying a full size Olds 88 or 98 and removing the rear seat so he could install a 45 gallon diesel fuel drum for refilling his equipment!!. Car didn't half reek from diesel fumes but it was one or the other and that was the compromise. I, to this day, still chuckle about it, especially when i imagine the look on her face when he showed up at the house with a brand new high zoot car, only to learn that he had gutted out the back so he could add chocks and a cradle to hold that fuel drum. Snigger.........

Should have got the diesel version. Killed two birds with one stone 🙂

 

[Hurricane77]

Ditto. Has yours been treating you well? I really like the color and option spec of yours minus the v6.

I finally decided the Rainier needs to be retired due to frame rust and have set out searching for a replacement. Been test driving stuff for the past few days/weeks and settled in on the 15+ f150 5.0 ext cab, XLT 302A bench seat.

The options for V8, full frame, solid rear axle stuff these days is THIN.

Everything pre 10 F150 has 3V 5.4 and not worth touching, 11-14 5.0 are OK but the ext cab rear seats are really small and the interiors feel like something out of 2001
15+ Expeditions only come with IRS that looks really complicated to R&R at high mileage and only comes with the 3.5 TT, and the interiors feel dated like the 04-14 generation f150
18+ Expeditions are serious $$$ and again only 3.5TT
07-13 GMT900 tahoe/sierra rust really, really bad up here
15-19 tahoe/yukon has terrible visibility and the center console is so big the leg room is poor
Finding a 15+ tahoe/yukon with a bench is essentially impossible.
14-19 sierra/silverado ext cab rear doors open forward and makes getting into the rear seat hard, plus the hood sits really high on them an front visibility is bad
I won't consider a dodge
19+ GM are too ugly, puke.
Tundras are a lot additional $$$ and the affordable body style, 05-19 feel a bit dated for the 15-18 range and $$$, the new tundras are cool but big $$$$ since they JUST came out.

Found 1 of 3 available in the state and liked it (5.0, XLT 302a, ext cab), but it's a Canadian spec one and already starting to surface rust on the frame. Just need to find one from down south.
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I'm with Jose 😉

Quite happy with mine, 2016, very similarly spec'd to what you're looking for except I've got the 3.5L TT. I did test drive the 5.0L, but felt the 3.5L had a bit more get up ago around town. Biggest complaint is the exhaust sound.

There's been a few recalls, mostly to do with the engine block heater.

Tows well enough. that trailer's ~2100 lbs by itself, about 7,000 lbs with the Explorer on it.

Other than regular oil changes, I've done brake pads and had to replace the starter. The copper braided cable between the solenoid and the starter itself had rotted through. Has ~80,000 km (50k miles) on it so far.