Midwest West Meets/Midwest BS Thread

It's was on sale a couple weeks back for $169. Highest lifting they have I think.
I have two old jacks, it was time for a new one......

 

cannot complain about 2 inches of rain today instead of ice and snow, perfect opportunity to check the durability of wash off for the CF 3000 driving around the wet highway crossing the MO river and back again

i have mixed results that i will need to call and ask about, like if this stuff has to be sprayed when temps are 70-100 for it to work the best or not. I sprayed it in the 40s and low 50s and put it on heavy.


can sorta see the outline of it still around the bottom edge and corner of the gate




between cab and bed





pretty sure it did not stick to the plastic fender liners and no idea if it stuck to the bolts i also sprayed, these are all new bolts from earlier this year, it really sharpened things up from what it was looking like before, these bolts corrode BUT the mudflaps bolts DO NOT except for a small bit in the threads, go figure!



seems to have stuck to the back of the mudflap metal bracket








i'm not really sure what is going on here on the rear passenger door sill
above is after the 2 inches of rain sitting outside and
below is what it looked like before i just went ahead and sprayed almost the whole door jam and before the rain above



below pic... i did spray inside the door cavities but this picture would indicate from the streaks that some washed out overnight and this morning with the heavy rain while just sitting outside draining through the drain holes, i certainly hope it did not all rinse out inside of there, thought i sprayed it inside pretty heavy, but idk ... i am exhausted

 

Fluidfilm woulda stuck....

 

gonna spray all my plastic liners now with FF, not sure if i can recreate a 2 inch rainfall other than holding the garden hose above my door and letting it drain through!


did you check out the salts gone stuff?
going to try me some of that as well not to thoroughly wash the salt scum off my body panels, always had to use hand sponge at the wand wash before

 

found a setup that may work terrific, yet i have not ever seen something like this
maybe one of you have
looks like scaffolding?

 

Looks like an accident waiting to happen to me

 

I have seen more than a few over the years.

 

it seems unstable
what other options might there be, i am running out of viable ideas
i still have a local rent-all place to check with and see what they might have, but renting is not 'ideal'

 

The Dumbgeon

 

@Cav_BluTRD

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-crappy-door-trim.154485/page-8#post-22417575

a 1st gen repainted in your color!

 

Very cool

 

oh boy oh boy
that FF sure did a number on my frame
just noticed today a foot long section of major flash rust on the passenger side i thought the FF was protecting

now the temps are into single digits here and i cannot rent a bay at the heated DIY garage for several hours until Monday morning to clean it up and put some temporary primer + check some other spots to make sure everything is tidy for the time being until spring/summer season

 

How did you miss a foot long section when you used 5x more than you needed?

I used 3 cans and mine is perfect lol

 

i think the FF stuff washed right off when i was powerwand hosing all the slop out of my wheel wells this weekend
was not able to get a good pic because the sun was going down before i could get my camera, its just flash surface but will progress further faster if i don't remove it soon

its just in the one spot as far as i know by the front leaf spring perch
but now i have to check the whole passenger side with a halogen light when i get to the garage Monday

you were spraying on good paint lol
i had near naked steel I was applying FF to

 

Pro tip, don’t wash it off

I’ve washed mine a couple times, it’s still fine. But I wash the body and wheel wells, not the under body.

 

the section that i must've washed off is partially in the wheel well, the leaf spring perch area

 

i just smothered the trouble spots with some more FF before i head out for the day
hope it sticks at near 0 temp, nothing is ever easy it seems

 

I put mine on and don’t touch it.......if when I do wash my truck in the firehouse, sometimes I lightly spray the front and rear diffs. Mind you this is just a garden hose. It isn’t strong enough to wash off the ff. I definitely wouldn’t go at it with a power washer

 

how do you have a garden hose running when its well below freezing? do you just let it trickle out all day and night?
i cannot just let the slop sit all over its a long time habit spanning 1/4 century
i did 'try' to avoid spraying directly on FF but i just nicked a corner of it i suppose