A few weeks ago when installing her LED Tails, I noticed some rust on her tailgate that I didn't see before.
And she had an ugly white stripe on her passenger door moldings.
She also needed some mechanical work done too.
The body shop wanted the truck for three days, and the mech shop wanted it for two days.
Perfect! I rented her some stupid Ford Fusion for the week, and booked the work.
Here is what the body work looks like.
The auto garage repaired the following;
- All four shocks with Dealership AC Delco rebranded Bilsteins. (comforts)
- Rear sway bar bushings
- Rear sway bar endlinks
- Front sway bar bushings
- Front sway bar endlinks
- Both front strut mounts
- Both lower control arms brackets
- Ball Joints
- Tie Rod ends.
All in all it ended up costing me a little over $3k for all the work to be done, but the truck looks better and it's much safer on the HWY's.
The worst part is that the wife liked the stupid FORD!!!!
So much so that she went the dealership and got a price quote for a 2012!
SO I dump $3k into her TB and now she wants a FORD???
ARGGGGG!
Actually, I did some quick math. Typically I spend over $2k/month in gas for her and I to drive our trucks. She drove that ford over 950kms on $75 of fuel last week. Less than half of what the fuel usage of her TB would have been.
So If I bought her the new ford, the $ saved in gas spending would be enough to cover the car payments and give me some $ back in my pocket every month.
It's gonna be a tough call for her...
Personally I don't care about the $, it's about what she wants.
I told her to wait until the summer and see what her TB looks like with the 20's on it.

And she had an ugly white stripe on her passenger door moldings.

She also needed some mechanical work done too.
The body shop wanted the truck for three days, and the mech shop wanted it for two days.
Perfect! I rented her some stupid Ford Fusion for the week, and booked the work.
Here is what the body work looks like.



The auto garage repaired the following;
- All four shocks with Dealership AC Delco rebranded Bilsteins. (comforts)
- Rear sway bar bushings
- Rear sway bar endlinks
- Front sway bar bushings
- Front sway bar endlinks
- Both front strut mounts
- Both lower control arms brackets
- Ball Joints
- Tie Rod ends.
All in all it ended up costing me a little over $3k for all the work to be done, but the truck looks better and it's much safer on the HWY's.
The worst part is that the wife liked the stupid FORD!!!!
So much so that she went the dealership and got a price quote for a 2012!
SO I dump $3k into her TB and now she wants a FORD???
ARGGGGG!
Actually, I did some quick math. Typically I spend over $2k/month in gas for her and I to drive our trucks. She drove that ford over 950kms on $75 of fuel last week. Less than half of what the fuel usage of her TB would have been.
So If I bought her the new ford, the $ saved in gas spending would be enough to cover the car payments and give me some $ back in my pocket every month.
It's gonna be a tough call for her...
Personally I don't care about the $, it's about what she wants.

I told her to wait until the summer and see what her TB looks like with the 20's on it.
