Looks great...but now you've got this HUGE tailgate handle shaped hole in your tailgate

Very nice, but it wouldn't work for me, I have to lower my tailgate to unfasten my tonneau cover.

 

Ahh... Much better

 

Ahhh... Much better

 

Verrrry niiiice, I am muchly impressed

 

Nice shaved handle, those always look super clean!

I went the other way with a new model reverse camera handle ptm'd. Just waiting for an adapter harness to hook it into the wiring from my crappy plate mounted reverse camera.

 

Replaced the broken taillights with oem replacements. Added Wade Sure-Fit front mats and daystar upper dash panel.

 

Okay, okay...not so much as today as a few Saturdays ago, sorry.

Earline (yes, I named my GREY truck Earline)...why Earline?
Good question, I'm glad you asked...I like Earl Grey tea, my truck is grey, Earline is the feminine form of Earl, so it just stood to reason in my twisted brain to name my GREY truck Earline.

Anyway, she developed a grinding noise from the brakes and she wasn't stopping so well.
So I did a wheel window check of the front rotors...outside looked and felt fine so I pulled a wheel to check out the backside...not good, repeat, not good, the inside pads were down to metal and the discs were being ground up.

So...I bought new pads and rotors at Autozone, put them on a couple of weekends back...lo and behold, no more grinding

 

put my new head lights in my truck and pops along with a cheap o 3rd brake light(no more leak) and cleaned up a small surface rust spot on the roof. now if i would stop being a cheap *** and get a new windshield.

 

Wired in my relay for an auxiliary ac condenser fan.

 

 

Winter cleanup, washing and waxed it!

 

I don't know your health situation, and I'm not gonna ask, but because of some old injuries that came from my using my Motorcycle to stop a truck (injuries'll be 35 years old on 20 May).
I use handicapped parking.
Viola, no more *** holes banging into the side of my truck.

 

I changed the oil a couple of days ago. Think I'll add fuel in a few more days.

 

So, on my 2005 F150 XL, I decided that the manual crank windows needed to go, so I bought one of those electric window lift kits for $50 and set out to install it, kit was pretty straight forward and installed well but I soon discovered that the window regulators themselves were junk...driver side crank pin loose and wobbly and passenger side was binding up and lubing it did not help at all. Quick research discovered that manual crank regulators are ridiculously expensive, like 2-3 times more than the electric versions even with electric motors included. Totally baffled on that ,but alas, I bought regulators with the electric motors attached and splice wired them into the electric window lift kit switch gear, using the bezels and crank hole covers that came with the kit for a really nice, finished look...overall, extremely pleased with how it came out and now I don't have to either reach down awkwardly or lean across the cab to get my windows rolled down.

 

Scored a perfect condition Lariat grille for my STX at the local U-pull. Now I just have to find a set of nice chrome bumpers. I have very much of an "old man" taste when it comes to appearances on trucks. Chrome bumpers and no options lol