this is a hoot

reminds me of the day i got new tires, the tire shop put the old ones in the bed and sure ennuf - if missis found them, since we had just bought our house i told her the last owners had left the in the back yard and i was getting rid of them

i've been biulding up my tools and shop stuff like this for awhile and now working on my 05

 

Great story FMK! I've been married 19 years. My wife has stopped paying any attention to my vehicles.

 

The good news is the missus doesnt know much about cars in general. I could prob put a supercharger and she would say, "whats wrong with your truck? it didnt whine like that in the past, you should get it looked at"

So as long as I wait for wheels/tires, I think ill be in the clear to work on the engine for know. Not much more I can do on the engine besides UDPs and Efans, unless yall have some ideas......

 

what did you use to tint the headlights and tails? VHT?

it looks really good!

not sure if i want tinted tails yet but i do want tinted heads

 

the heads arent tinted, although I guess you could do that. I opened them up and used krylon fusion on the chrome parts that I roughed with sand paper. There is a GREAT writeup in the tech articles. Tails were nightshaded

 

This past week I had to go to Phoenix for work, but thats not what Im pissed about. Actually the trip was pretty cool. Phoenix is a nice town. But the crapstorm that awaited me back in town was a mess.

On a side note, I am going to stop talking in the third person for a while, it is getting tiresome. If yall wish me to continue I will.

I had gotten a call during the week that my dog was sick, so I asked my friend watching her to take her to the vet. Now, as well all know, vets will try and rape you almost as fast as this guy I knew in college, Timmy McRaperson. He was your pro-typical frat dude who used words like "brah" excessively and always, and I mean always employed the front tuck. For those of you who dont know what the front tuck is, it is where you take only the front part of your Abercrombie/aeropostal/american eagle/banana republic vintage polo shirt and tuck it into your abercrombie/aeropostal/american eagle/banana republic vintage cargo shorts, so everyone can see your totally awesome vintage canvas belt. But anyways, I degress.

So I expected my friend to know this, but alas, she did not. So I get the vet bill back and there are wicked stupid charges. I mean, $10 cans of "special" food, and $75 for a shot, and $80 for medicine, amoung others. I will admit that I love my dog, but there is a limit. She was just throwing up, she prob just ate something funky, she is a fat girl at heart.

But before that, I fly back from Phoenix, get and go to get my truck out of the parking lot only to find...

mother cussing horse crap son of a llama

At least they were curteous enough to put it in the bed of my truck. So when I see it in the bed, I notice something funny, there are two broken mirrors in the bed of my truck. Oh no. Dont tell me. *%&^*%#@@#*^@#^*@&*@%!!!!!!! Are you flipping kidding me!?!?! BOTH DAMN MIRRORS!!??!?

As pissed as I have been in a long time I storm into the managers office. When I am screwed, I would like to be told that I am screwed and not have it sugar coated. Apparently this place only has cameras on the entrance and exits of the lot, and not on any of the actual cars. (Damn you Parking Spot!!) As such, I ask him outright if I am, in fact, screwed. Well, damned if that managered wouldnt come out and say it.

So wearily I finaly get back to the house and pick up my dog. Exhausted after a long trip I turn on the shower only to find that the shower isnt draining. I grab the draino and a plunger. I am by no means a plumber and after two hours of working on it, I have to call a plumber. Normally I would just try and fix these things myself, but when I flushed the upstairs toilet, the downstairs toilet filled up, now thats just not right.

So lets do some math

Vet bill -$250
Mirrors, both sides - $220
plumber - $400

total - $870


I guess the new wheels will be on hold for a while....

 

You can buy just the glass for those mirrors at like $20 each. Had to replace one of mine.

 

I was thinking about that, but the plastic part housing the motor is broken. The motor is fine, but the two long white plastic screws are broken off and part of the main hub is broken. If anyone knows where I could buy just those, please let me know!

 

Why would you be missing your mirrors. I would go and think they were trying to steal them but they put it in the bed of your truck. Maybe they thought you were their cheating signifacant other and seeing they they found out you were trying things behind their back they wanted to make sure you couldnt see behind you so they could do things behind your back?? hmm... yeah think about it.. lol

 

OMG, I park at that lot too.

WTF, BOTH mirrors?!?! How, I mean BOTH? Looking at where you parked, people could only drive by on the left side. Someone had to get out and walk over to the right side, correct?

I may have to stop using that lot. Sorry to hear about your baby.

 

I was in the same spot until a month ago, make sure to do the big things she will notice to your truck before popping the question. They (women) have a tendency to want you to save money for the wedding, rather than buy that nice new bull bar, or that expensive programmer(ebay, I got an edge evolution for $150), new oem rims (courtesy of someone on the site) and wheels, its just a good idea...or you will be waiting until after the honeymoon........and then some....I made the mistake of proposing to my seductress (5'2'' 115lbs) and then going for the tire package....save yourself the headache...parts first, propose second, unless you can work it in that she buys you tires! since you got her a ring!

 

I'd check a junk yard for parts...im sure you can buy the mirrors off a truck there for cheap, if your lucky you can even find an upgraded set of mirrors with turn signals or heated

 

this has been one hell of an entertaining thread to read...very good writing! i like the way your truck is coming thus far! as for the guy who "wished he could have a 5-speed with something other than a V6"...well, i am one of those fortunate enough to have found a 4.6/5-speed truck. let me tell ya, i absolutely LOVE it...it's like an overweight Mustang GT!