Midwest West Meets/Midwest BS Thread

they also have rattle cans but i didn't get that package, i may order those and see how those work since I am almost out of the gallon I used, probably have a quart left

it says the recommended reapplication is every 18 months, but i am going to monitor it this winter

still have 4 cans of FF
i am hesitant to fully coat my truck yet since I still have a ton of frame mod work to do

 

I just apply what I do in late October early November and leave it til next year. I’ve never reapplied it.

 

FF scores a point on cost

$37 to $42 range per gallon + tax

 

some pics of testing on the first spreading of de-icing chemicals this morning here


this is FF overspray protecting on passenger side



and the CF 3000 overspray on driver side




nothing back here on driver side rear other than the Eastwood extreme primer from a few months ago

 

trying to get the undercoating finished up while the temps are still near the 40s
able to get the behind,under and some inside the rocker panels from the bottom drain holes, inside passenger door and door jams and half under the cab with CF 3000 before it got just too damned cold out and knuckles started aching
i may have forgotten to spray at the bottom of the door, remind me to do that

warmed up inside a bit and finished the front passenger wheel well with FF, and re-coated front suspension for good measure,



thank goodness i have never had the luxury of a heated garage

 

JuanitoBunito!
i am curious if you apply FF to the outside of your trucks body panels on the outside paint, like in the rear behind the mudflaps? or anywhere else

 

No I haven’t but I was actually thinking of that myself. Mainly because someone (I think you) mentioned about door jams which means the painted part, at least to me......Actually now that I think about it, I did do the bottom of the rocker panel. From the front of the front door to the rear of the dbl cab rear door. The bottom though

 

i had a small bit of rust rear its ugly head earlier this year in the door jam bottom sill area on the seam or weld for the xtracab, paint started bubbling!
its a never ending battle

 

... need a winter Chicago TW meetup or something
those guys from Wisconsin can get down south fairly easily

 

Pending on where exactly it’s at, grind it off to the bare metal. Then hit it with spray can primer 2-3 coats, then a color that matches.

 

body shop owed me 'one of many' so they mostly fixed it but i have to keep an eye on it, i'll get a pic tomorrow

 

if you trade your truck off every 3-5 years it’s not a problem

 

I have not looked at this forum in a long time and i love that this thread has i some following!

 

so are you setting up a Taco/Toyota meet in Iowa still ... like Council Bluffs they do have 'some' hills in that town

 

Council bluffs sucks.

 

how about the mountains there in NW area a bit north of Le Mars, highest point in Iowa, everything is downhill from that point!
not much up there iirc

 

how about East of Des Moines lol

 

like Iowa City?
how about Nebraska City, easy access from I-29

 

Didn’t Nebraska city wash away in the floods this year?

 

i don't recall hearing anything about that town but it is right on the river here
its on higher ground i think than the Iowa side of the river, which was definitely under water near Hamburg
or maybe they had bigger levees
or maybe it is no longer there, i should roadtrip 50 miles and check it out