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If you didn't topcoat that por-15 with something it'll turn color. It's not made for direct UV exposure unless you use their top coat, or some top coat of your choice.

Atl-atl: Most of that looks pretty good but your setup is a bit off. Nothing a bit of adjustment can't fix, but as it is if you back up you'll get most of the tail but only about 1/4-1/3 of the body. If you slide it towards the mid point of the truck just a bit you should be able to nail...

Those roof rack mounts you glued on, how exactly did you do that? How did you put pressure on them until the glue cured, or was that even necessary?

That's like...math n stuff. :)

While we're tossing questions at Chris on his day off, I've got a couple concerning roof racks. If my eye-ball estimator is properly calibrated it looks like you're using 1x2 for your rack profiles, is that correct? Whatever being the case, how much deflection under load do you see on the...

This is stupid and nothing to do with your subject but.....when I read the thread title I couldn't help but imagine the first post starting off something like ..."And on the first day.....". :)

Here's my opinion, and recent brainstorm brought on by this thread. I'd skip the aftermarket stuff when it comes to Pooch protection. There's a lot that will get the job done, but just about everything I've either used or checked out wasn't very dog friendly. Most of the materials used are...

I've had them all as well, from the idi all the way to the 6.7 though a couple in that range never showed up in the van, and I'd pretty much echo Chris's remarks with a couple exceptions. Fuel cost is hard to nail down. The diesel in general gets better mileage than the V10, it's only real...

Look for the Boomer build thread in the 4x4 camper van section. He used something gooey to bond the mount for his roof rack to his roof, and by the looks of things he used quite a bit in excess of 1/4"x6' bead. Times 2, and I can't imagine he went that expensive. I'm sure the product he...

Got a picture of this one? My '05 is a flatbed dually and is the one I considered keeping, but a flatbed is rather boring visually. It's essentially stock which makes for a great work truck, if that's all it's going to do, but I wouldn't mind sprucing it up a bit. My biggest problem is a...

How so? Seriously. I'm curious how you see that as a serious issue. I only really saw it as an issue if I needed to haul something 8 ft AND keep it covered. Like with a cap or cover and where I could close the tail gate. In that case I can see a problem conveniently solved with a long...

Yeah, the 2012 I have is a CC long bed. It's a really nice truck with all the gee-gaw bells and whistles, but I just don't like that configuration. For some reason they look a bit better to me with a cap, but I'd still rather have the short bed. I'll probably end up dumping both the...

RE the lid skin. Why not glue it? 3M makes some products that are seriously uninterested in ever letting go once bonded. No welding no warping.

Nothing a one way ticket and a 4 day road trip couldn't solve. :)

Kind of reminds me of the RV they had on that old tv show, Lost in Space.

Over the years I've had them all as well, and have settled on the CC as the best all around truck, for me. To me OBS isnt. It's just the intermediate step between what I started out driving and what rolls off the assembly line today. :) It has little chance of pulling any kind of slide...

I'm partial to a short bed in a CC configuration. A little more compact and to me it looks more balanced. Right now I'm a bit on the truck "rich" side and looking to really thin the herd so I'm trying to come up with the end game. I like having a full size truck around but since I'm dumping...

I like the top one pretty well. Bottom is getting a bit dark, for my taste. I like surfers rig color as well. Dang near enough to thieve it. :)

Hehe. I know what it is, I'm just waiting on a pic with some specific detail. Told it was coming, but haven't seen or heard since.