The Street Cars/Driving Thread

[tipptruck]

Sorry I am so late on getting back. Man I have painted a few truck beds in m life. Never again unless I have knee pads. It dose look good though.

 

[Sgt Slaughter]

Sorry I am so late on getting back. Man I have painted a few truck beds in m life. Never again unless I have knee pads. It dose look good though.

I had some spare 2x4's lying around, so I just stood it up so I could get to the underside... had to spray all of it with a rubber-type paint for insulation of sorts.

Oh, and all of the gray is now gloss black. Once the bed is on the truck, I'll do the rest.

Then comes the fun part... taking the sides off the old bed, unscrewing the RUSTED OUT bolts, (woo hoo), and redoing the process with the new one.

Basically a whole week without the truck on the road.

 

[tipptruck]

I was talking about sanding the bed part. Were all the ridges are. Since the ridges are small. You usually can't do the valleys with a power sander. So your on your knees the whole time.

As for rusted bolts. I have four things I try. If the first three don't work. Number four dose the job. Some sort of penetrating spray. I have found out break cleaner works the best. If that still don't work. A pipe about 3-5ft long works. I know people that have been doing that for years. Never had a breaker bar break. If it breaks it was not a good tool. If that still don't work. I grab a torch to heat it up. In till it glowing. Then try to remove it. 9/10 times with a impact gun. The bolt will come out.

Next the quickest way I know. Cut the thing off. I don't care if you use a torch, saws all, or a cut off wheel. But you have to know your grade of bolts before trying the last two. Other wise you will be just waiting you time, and you money on blades or disk. But there is risk. You have to watch for oil and gas lines with a cut off wheel or touch.

 

[Sgt Slaughter]

I was talking about sanding the bed part. Were all the ridges are. Since the ridges are small. You usually can't do the valleys with a power sander. So your on your knees the whole time.

OH, it's been awhile since I sanded it so I completely forgot about that step XD

Believe it or not, it only took about 15 minutes to sand the bed.

Used 600 grit sandpaper since the rust on the top ridges and grooves was so light.

The sides and frame is where my knees will be begging for mercy (n)

And the bolts... yeah more than likely will come down to cutting or using a torch. They didn't move a cm last time I tested em'.

 

[K.Chuck]

Heating them with a torch will usually do the trick. Metal expands while heated, and has saved me plenty of energy breaking bolts lose. Just be careful if you have put a penetrating fluid on them prior, as some like to be really flammable. Avoid cutting them, as I have found out, there is no bolt that wont break lose, at the worst it will snap the stud and then your at the point of cutting anyway.

 

[K.Chuck]

Time to revive this thread. After 14 years and almost 300k miles, I finally destroyed the intake manifold on the convertible mustang. so my Saturday has consisted to tearing down the top end in hopes to see her drive another day.

 

[Enter Sandman]

As everyone knows, I'm not on a whole lot anymore. However, while my car is getting detailed (I don't have the proper equipment to shampoo the seats and make everything like-brand-new spiffy again), I'm just sitting around and went through this entire thread. Anyway, I decided to update the 'Rides Driven' list to hopefully spark some more life into this thread again.

2011 Mazda 3s 4 door(current daily driver, 6 speed manual transmission)

1996 Land Rover Discovery (ex-girlfriend's vehicle)

2004 Pontiac Sunfire (had one, hated it)

1999 Ford Taurus 4 door (parent's car, learned to drive in it)

1995 Ford F150 (had to borrow brother's truck to do a little moving)

1995 Jeep Cherokee Sport (vehicle owned prior to Mazda)

1987 Chevrolet S10 Blazer (first car owned, 5 speed manual)

1953 Dodge M37 (project vehicle)

2002 Volkswagen Beetle (ex girlfriend's car)

199? Ford Tempo (ex girlfriend's car)

1978 Ferrari 308 GTB (ex girlfriend's car)

1984 AMC Eagle wagon (ex girlfriend's car)

1997 Ford Police Interceptor (ex girlfriend's car)

198? Volkswagen Fox (auto shop class in high school)

1996 Chevrolet Camaro (friend's car)

1998 Honda Prelude (ex girlfriend's cousin's car )

2004 Saab 9-5 convertible (company car at old job)

2003 Chevrolet Suburban (company car at old job)

2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser (loaner car during Jeep service, most wretched car I've ever had the mispleasure of driving)

1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass (test drove but couldn't get the money together to buy, the old guy selling it had a 454 out of a junkyard Chevelle under the hood)

200? Dodge Neon (Skip Barber driving school)

200? Dodge Dakota (Skip Barber driving school)

200? Dodge Viper (Skip Barber driving school, difficult to drive because of small footwell)

2008 Honda Fit (friend's car, highly tuned and a very fun drive)

2009 Mazda 6 (coworker's car, helped me decide to buy my Mazda 3)

1997 Pontiac Grand Am (sister's car, had to drive it home for her after she got an eye injury at work)

2001 Chevy Tracker (mother's old car, borrowed during Jeep service because I never wanted to drive a PT Cruiser again)

2010 Mini Cooper S (cousin's car, he just wanted me to see how fun it was to drive)

1990 Audi 90 (ex girlfriend's car, over 300,000 miles on it with routine maintenance)

2012 Jaguar XK-RS (available for test drive at Lime Rock Historics Weekend 2011, 542 HP is fun)

2013 Jaguar XF (Jaguar Alive Driving Experience)

2013 Jaguar XJ (Jaguar Alive Driving Experience)

2010 Chevrolet Impala (Rental after having window smashed by an errant rock thrown by a lawn mower by the landscaping crew at work)

2012 Toyota Prius (ex-girlfriend's father's wretched little car)

1998 Mercedes SL500 (ex-girlfriend's father's awesome car)

1998 Toyota 4Runner (current girlfriend's former car, rust in peace)

2011 Mercedes E350 4Matic (current girlfriend's current ride)

2010 GMC Yukon XL (former employer's vehicle, the railroad crew truck)

1970 Volvo 1800 (current girlfrend's father's car)

 

[dalejr88rox]

Just thought I should post some pics of my ride. I present to you, my beautiful 86 Bronco II. *Very Large Pictures*

Sitting on a 3" body lift and 2" suspension lift with 33"s stuffed under it. 3.5 liter fuel injected V6, 12,000 lb winch on the front. Looking to straight axle it and build it into a crawler like my brother's ranger