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[suke]

Speaking of oil changes, does anyine else own a 2021 or newer Ford F-150? I learned the hard way that there is no "dummy" light for when an oil change is due. They just wont start if it goes below, I believe, 20%. You have to manually pull it up on the settings. Am I missing something?

When mine dropped below 20%, engine would not start until I reset the oil life manually. It then started and I got it changed.

If you have the ecoboost change the oil every 5000 or when the oil indicator hits 50%. Whichever comes first. The best thing you can do to extend the life of those cam phasers is frequent oil changes.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

If you have the ecoboost change the oil every 5000 or when the oil indicator hits 50%. Whichever comes first. The best thing you can do to extend the life of those cam phasers is frequent oil changes.

Off topic ...... I am surprised that someone hasn't invented an oil cleaner process. Dump in your used oil and it refines it back to near new oil.

 

[suke]

Wow, tough to follow a post with a new Lexus RC 500 (Hubrid or full electric?) but here goes, I’m setting up to put pin stripes (aka a thin strip or wrap / paint protective film) on my boat tomorrow before work. I’d things go smoothly I think I can get it done in 45 minutes, so I budgeted an hour and a half. I’m
also going to add the fender mounts pictured but
not until tomorrow night, after work.
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Back to wrapping or adding PPF on cars. Here in CA installers are charging up $800 tint a Tesla, $1,500 to wrap a sports car with very thin material and $2,000 to install PPF/apply a clear bra to the front end and mirrors. They do the entire job in two days or less but if it’s not my day job and I have to do this on the side in my free time, I’d have to charge a lot as well. If I lost my job tomorrow, I think I’d open a home window tinting business.

This is the NA V8 that was a bespoke build. A full and proper PPF job is insanely labor intensive. This took nearly two weeks and $8k. The Z06 was nearly $7k and also almost 2 full weeks. If someone is pumping out these jobs quick they're using pre-cut kits....which you don't want. And/or doing a rush job....which you also don't want. Modern PPF is amazing. Both of these have the self healing PPF from Suntek, so if you get swirls or minor scratches you just set the car out in the sun and they disappear. There were some stretch marks on the PPF for the Z06 and I took a heat gun and watched them magically disappear. PPF installs like detailing is very much a young mans game. It's brutal on your body.

 

[suke]

Off topic ...... I am surprised that someone hasn't invented an oil cleaner process. Dump in your used oil and it refines it back to near new oil.

In theory when you recycle your used motor oil that's what they do. That an other products.

 

[Yambers]

If you have the ecoboost change the oil every 5000 or when the oil indicator hits 50%. Whichever comes first. The best thing you can do to extend the life of those cam phasers is frequent oil changes.

It is the 5.0 V8. We usually still try to stick to changing around 3k-4k miles.. But even my 2011 Camry has a dummy light for me. Ha

 

[jmargo]

Speaking of oil changes, does anyine else own a 2021 or newer Ford F-150? I learned the hard way that there is no "dummy" light for when an oil change is due. They just wont start if it goes below, I believe, 20%. You have to manually pull it up on the settings. Am I missing something?

When mine dropped below 20%, engine would not start until I reset the oil life manually. It then started and I got it changed.

Odd...I take mine down to 5 or 10% prior to changing it. I've had both the 2.7 and 3.5L EcoBoost. You can track it through FordPass.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

In theory when you recycle your used motor oil that's what they do. That an other products.

Perhaps they make other products from it but I always thought that they used it for fuel to produce heat in an industrial situation.

 

[zipper]

In theory when you recycle your used motor oil that's what they do. That an other products.

Some up here heat their shops with used oil in Winter. There is a furnace for that.

 

[zipper]

This was my warning at start up.



And then scrolling thru the info.



Then after resetting from the check mark on the steering wheel.

 

[Thermobrett]

This was my warning at start up.

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And then scrolling thru the info.

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Then after resetting from the check mark on the steering wheel.

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I like the fact your truck has actual gauges. Our Yukon is completely digital. If there is an infotainment glitch, we lose everything from the dash and radio. No knobs, switches, nada.

 

[zipper]

2015 Infotainment…seat temperature controls are my favorite.

 

[AZMark]

This is the NA V8 that was a bespoke build. A full and proper PPF job is insanely labor intensive. This took nearly two weeks and $8k. The Z06 was nearly $7k and also almost 2 full weeks. If someone is pumping out these jobs quick they're using pre-cut kits....which you don't want. And/or doing a rush job....which you also don't want. Modern PPF is amazing. Both of these have the self healing PPF from Suntek, so if you get swirls or minor scratches you just set the car out in the sun and they disappear. There were some stretch marks on the PPF for the Z06 and I took a heat gun and watched them magically disappear. PPF installs like detailing is very much a young mans game. It's brutal on your body.

So that whole car is wrapped in clear plastic? Like every bit of paint?
What’s the point of the ceramic if the film is self healing & works so well?

 

[zipper]

Last night I saw “The Other Woman”…

 

[Scottintexas]

Last night I saw “The Other Woman”…

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that's a "whole lotta Rosie"

 

[Ronnie]

This is the NA V8 that was a bespoke build. A full and proper PPF job is insanely labor intensive. This took nearly two weeks and $8k. The Z06 was nearly $7k and also almost 2 full weeks. If someone is pumping out these jobs quick they're using pre-cut kits....which you don't want. And/or doing a rush job....which you also don't want. Modern PPF is amazing. Both of these have the self healing PPF from Suntek, so if you get swirls or minor scratches you just set the car out in the sun and they disappear. There were some stretch marks on the PPF for the Z06 and I took a heat gun and watched them magically disappear. PPF installs like detailing is very much a young mans game. It's brutal on your body.

I assumed as much. When I was getting quotes supposedly $1,500 for a two door sports car I was told the wrap is very thin compared to PPF which is why PPF is more expensive. This was just a few months ago but it didn’t line up with our paying $1k for a clear bra only over about six years ago. That took a full day yet the latest guy said he could wrap the entire car in one day eight hour day, two at most. He said he could do a clear bra and mirrors in one day and offered no discounts if I purchased a precut kit for him to install. I got the feeling that despite the pics of some of his previous jobs that he was going to do a rushed/half assed job.

Tinting home windows is easy by comparison, no curves and mostly straight edges. We did our home in about six hours with a material cost of under $200 and a lot leftover. My only concern would be high windows like those sometimes installed in entry ways. I would not want to tint while standing on a ladder if I could avoid it.

 

[suke]

So that whole car is wrapped in clear plastic? Like every bit of paint?
What’s the point of the ceramic if the film is self healing & works so well?

Yup every bit of paint it covered. Even the piano black trim. There's a couple different reasons why you'd want to ceramic coat it. One and probably the biggest is you want to make sure the edges of the PPF are coated. Helps keep things like dirt from building up or sticking in that location. The other is the more obvious one of making it easier to clean. PPF does a good job from knicks and scratches, but not necessarily is it super easy to clean. You don't want to go crazy with abrasives or chemicals on PPF either.

 

[suke]

I assumed as much. When I was getting quotes supposedly $1,500 for a two door sports car I was told the wrap is very thin compared to PPF which is why PPF is more expensive. This was just a few months ago but it didn’t line up with our paying $1k for a clear bra only over about six years ago. That took a full day yet the latest guy said he could wrap the entire car in one day eight hour day, two at most. He said he could do a clear bra and mirrors in one day and offered no discounts if I purchased a precut kit for him to install. I got the feeling that despite the pics of some of his previous jobs that he was going to do a rushed/half assed job.

Tinting home windows is easy by comparison, no curves and mostly straight edges. We did our home in about six hours with a material cost of under $200 and a lot leftover. My only concern would be high windows like those sometimes installed in entry ways. I would not want to tint while standing on a ladder if I could avoid it.

Ahhhhh, yeah vinyl wrap and PPF are different beasts.

 

[Ronnie]

Any guesses as to what the asking price is for this 2022 Bronco?

 

[zpaul]

Any guesses as to what the asking price is for this 2022 Bronco?
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$65k

 

[zipper]

Proof that even the smallest boats benefit from having trim tabs. Big 40hp motor too. From California, A long way from home.



I got to admit…I’m having a case of dinghy envy. Lol