Calamity tacos build thread that was for a tacoma but now is for a ford! crazy times we are in!

you dont have to be lonely with tacomasonly.com!

 

Got some more junk! Was up late one night and saw some interesting and cheap wheels and shot him a low ball offer and went to bed (the paint looked really poor which it was) and to my surprise he said sure why not sooo had to go grab em haha. So now I'm in the process of stripping the wheels down and sanding them... Three wheels are sanded down and ready to go to be polished or paint since at first I was gonna fully polish them and put them on the truck but the machined look with the bright blue just wasnt hitting it for me... So now the idea is to paint the main portion of the wheel the same dark grey my steelies are or to paint the wheels a different silver and paint the lip black with silver hardware or the same concept but bronze with a back lip with silver hardware. ATM I'm leaning towards the dark grey and machined lip with black hardware.

Also got the trucks front windows tinted and waiting to see if that's all I need or if I need more for the gf since she has light sensitivity issues. i did go about swapping my cabin air filter since it never showed being changed at the deeler so my guess is the old owner did it and when i opened it up it was basically smashed in there and not put in properly at all... so that was a funny find! i got a pic on my phone and will post that later on.
this was just 80grit up to 400 so not fully polished but the blue and polished silver just wasnt hitting it for me

80grit and 120 grit decided to stop there until i get all the rest done then ill go back and polish the lip and sand down the bores and get them ready for paint. yes i could use a sand blaster but id only use it this one time so it seems a bit silly to buy one for a one time use when i can just do it by hand which ive done before...

then window tint! also i found a fun thing about these 17in steelies from ford... im not the only one that has balance issues with them oooor issues with the damn things sticking to the truck and not coming off without using a torche for at least 2-3mins per wheel... i will still keep these as spares but man its annoying when you try and rotate your tires and you have to heat up a dang wheel to just get it off! never had this issue with steelies before..

 

if you grease the surface of your hubs, then the wheels won't rust to the hubs and get stuck

 

so funny thing i did do that.... a week later they were stuck again... people even try anti seize on the forums and it still gets stuck like wtf is with these wheels lol

 

I’ve used copper anti seize for years to keep mine from getting stuck.

it’s impressive the weird issues you have lol

 

now i didnt try that stuff lol

i know right its so much fun! but this one does seem to be others as well. i called my local dealer and asked about it and they told me they see steel wheels they put a torch to them

 

New wheel looks nice.

 

This is my cabin air filter I found jammed into the dash it wasn't really doing its job tbh lol

 

for cheap wheels im not complaining haha not sure if its truly the style i want at the end of the day but for 150 bucks idk i can run em for a bit

 

old pic from the tercel trip down in eminance mo.

cant wait to get out more this year with this bike and hit more trails and backroads hopefully with another bike as well! looking for a xr150L for the gf so we can ride around together since she wants a dirtbike.

 

Wtf. Do you know where it was last changed?

 

the old owner lmao

everything on this truck is on record at the dealer minus the cabin filter! so im guessing the owner got annoyed with the cover which is fair its annoying and just shoved it on lol

 

maybe i should give those polished wheels another shot but instead of it being fully polished break it up like this truck.


also this is not a raptor its a 5.0 platinum that was converted which i went down the rabbit hole on that one! its not to hard and you can buy all oem parts and it bolts right on!

 

sigh what to do with this car... ive lost basically all interest in it.. yes it was fun at the time but atm i dont have a desire to finish it or work on it so its been shoved outside to allow the gf to park in the garage.

not sure if ill sell it complete part it out or just keep it around...

 

what you doin in here!

 

Plead da fif!

 

lmao i doubt this!

 

lmao

maaan ive been going down the rabbit hole for a raptor conversion and ive found stuff for sale i want but all with shocks that need rebuilt... sigh it would be sick buuuut also would make my truck even wider then it already is!