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Tow Pig / Daily Driver Build


3m eraser wheels on a drill.
 
That wont go through the clear or paint will it?

it shouldn't unless you hold it in one spot to long. i've had decent luck with them.. you could try a hair dryer and a plastic scraper to work the heavy stuff off first ( just a suggestion):icon_cheers:
 
Between that and some Goo Gone I've never had an issue.
 
I'm going to get some Goo-Gone and try it.
 
we always used the 3m wheels whenever we took off trim ive never hurt the clear with it
 
I took the headliner board outta my 86' F350 crew cab through the door, but it was cut and bent in half....:icon_twisted:
 
Use an eraser wheel in a drill. You might be able to pick them up at the parts store and most body shops will have them.
 
I decided to take my tool box out and clean the aluminum dust out and paint and coat the bottom so it wouldn't do it again.

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I also got a new Silverline exhaust tip from Complete Performance. It is a 4" inlet x 5" outlet tip with a miter cut and rolled edge.

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Cleaned and washed up since it was decent outside today.

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I came home from running errands today to find these setting on my door step.

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I got some "O-CRAP" handles installed. This is probably the dumbest thing Ford did by not putting these in to begin with. Thankfully, they did leave enough room between the inner metal and the outer shell to use expansion nuts. These handles are out of an Explorer.

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I also got some new body parts in. I got a new grill, headlight bezels, and a tailgate. The headlight bezels and grill is OEM parts. The tailgate is Keystone Premium (no picture, not getting it back out of the box to take one). It is a heavy piece and comes with an excellent warranty. These will not be going on until later next month when the truck comes out of the body shop. She is getting a total makeover.

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Here is the reasons why she is getting a make over:

Rust starting to bubble on the passenger side rear wheel well. Shop is going to cut both sides out and put in new panels.

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Dents in the bed side.

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Rotted out tailgate.

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Dent in the driver side cab corner. There is no rot anywhere on the cab, just this dent.

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Ford's best clear coat they could use. Funny enough, the top looks like new.

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Man I couldn't even tell it has and dings or rust. It looked flawless. Atleast your fixing the rust before it gets worse
 
Man I couldn't even tell it has and dings or rust. It looked flawless. Atleast your fixing the rust before it gets worse
The rust was hidden by the wheel molding trim. Once I got it off and out of the way, the rust bubbles showed their head.

I am fixing it now and replacing both side wheel arches so it will not have to be done again in a year or 2.
 
I finally found good pieces of door trim to match the silver dash trim. I have searched for about 6 months in different junk yards. I had a passenger door trim, but didn't want to put the passenger door trim on until I could find a good driver door trim as well.

To swap the black trim for the silver trim, you just have to drill out the black plastic rivits on the back side of the black trim. The slots for the silver trim is already in the door panels.

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I got one part of my intercooler setup installed today. The Super Duty 7.3 oil fill tube will allow me easier access to my oil fill cap once the intercooler tubes are installed.

The part number for the tube is 4C4Z-6783-AA.

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