My 5 Alarm Hoe

[Cattivo]

Went to start my garage queen yesterday and the battery was completely dead... My buddy hooked up his power pack to my truck and it turned over immediately...pretty cool little device, it can also charge various types of phones laptops etc. I went ahead and ordered 3 power packs, 1 for each truck for a little piece of mind

Schwaben - es2808520KT - Micro Jump Start Kit

 

[PG01]

Went to start my garage queen yesterday and the battery was completely dead... My buddy hooked up his power pack to my truck and it turned over immediately...pretty cool little device, it can also charge various types of phones laptops etc. I went ahead and ordered 3 power packs, 1 for each truck for a little piece of mind

Schwaben - es2808520KT - Micro Jump Start Kit

Did you leave the light bar on thinking it was the sun?....... lol

Hmmmmmm....smaller then my jump pack, i may just have to get one......good link...thanks brother

 

[Cattivo]

Did you leave the light bar on thinking it was the sun?....... lol

Hmmmmmm....smaller then my jump pack, i may just have to get one......good link...thanks brother

It was on my X5M lol, I forgot to plug in my trickle charger since she sleeps in the garage till spring time

 

[PG01]

It was on my X5M lol, I forgot to plug in my trickle charger since she sleeps in the garage till spring time

Was it completely dead as in no click at all and that little thing fired it right up? Thats pretty good.

 

[Cattivo]

Was it completely dead as in no click at all and that little thing fired it right up? Thats pretty good.

It was clicking at first but I kept trying and completely killed it...as soon as we hooked it up the truck started right up. Looks like I'm going battery shopping today

 

[Tonyrodz]

Went to start my garage queen yesterday and the battery was completely dead... My buddy hooked up his power pack to my truck and it turned over immediately...pretty cool little device, it can also charge various types of phones laptops etc. I went ahead and ordered 3 power packs, 1 for each truck for a little piece of mind

Schwaben - es2808520KT - Micro Jump Start Kit

I have something very similar to that, made by Cobra. I actually just had it replaced. My van destroyed the old one! Pcm was going bad, causing a no/hard start issue, and kept cranking it with the pack on it. Blew the internal fuse on the battery clamp, then the pack itself swelled! Lol. But these packs are sweet. Beats carrying the old big packs around.

 

[Cattivo]

I have something very similar to that, made by Cobra. I actually just had it replaced. My van destroyed the old one! Pcm was going bad, causing a no/hard start issue, and kept cranking it with the pack on it. Blew the internal fuse on the battery clamp, then the pack itself swelled! Lol. But these packs are sweet. Beats carrying the old big packs around.

I've had a jumper pack in the trunk for 5 years now, I think I used it once...figures the day I needed it, it was shot(wouldn't hold a charge anymore)

The new power pack I ordered is nice because it fits just about anywhere since its so small...I never new Cobra made one, I thought they only made c.b.'s and radar detectors lol

 

[Tonyrodz]

I've had a jumper pack in the trunk for 5 years now, I think I used it once...figures the day I needed it, it was shot(wouldn't hold a charge anymore)

The new power pack I ordered is nice because it fits just about anywhere since its so small...I never new Cobra made one, I thought they only made c.b.'s and radar detectors lol

I'll try to get a pic later of it.

 

[Tonyrodz]

This is the old one that was replaced. Same deal tho.

 

[Cattivo]

This is the old one that was replaced. Same deal tho. View attachment 78234

That's about the same size as the one I just ordered

 

[Cattivo]

Some before and after pics...I've owned the Hoe for 4 months now and only put 1k miles on her so far

 

[Cattivo]

I remounted the Lund rear spoiler only because I have some ideas floating around my head I'd like to try

The paint is in really bad shape! I'm not sure if wet sanding and paint correction will bring it back...I'm considering having it painted matte black or something similar... My new plan is

1- repaint the entire truck for $1k

2- plasti dip entire truck for $40

3- sell it and start over

 

[Tonyrodz]

That's about the same size as the one I just ordered

I think basically they're all the same size.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Some before and after pics...I've owned the Hoe for 4 months now and only put 1k miles on her so far

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Whatever you decide to do, it's come a long way!

 

[jarydM]

I remounted the Lund rear spoiler only because I have some ideas floating around my head I'd like to try

The paint is in really bad shape! I'm not sure if wet sanding and paint correction will bring it back...I'm considering having it painted matte black or something similar... My new plan is

1- repaint the entire truck for $1k

2- plasti dip entire truck for $40

3- sell it and start over

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If the mechanical bits are solid(ish) I would repaint matte black. Plastidipped vehicles look chincy IMO

Your truck looks good. I only sell for major engine or transmission failure.

 

[Cattivo]

I can't express how much I dislike the color of my interior, it reminds me of an old man truck...not sure what the color is called, lets just call it horrendous!

I hit Home Depot and bought a case of gloss black and 4 cans of candy apple red spray paint. I can't believe how easy the dashboard came apart along with all the surrounding trim pieces...I painted the dashboard and trim pieces gloss black, the radio bezel I'm trying something different for a little contrast so it's not all black. My plan is to paint the perimeter of the bezel candy apple red and the rest gloss black.

After 7 coats of paint on everything, I ran out of gloss black paint and decided to spray the entire radio bezel candy apple red until I pick up more black paint...it would of looked like shit if I left it half painted. The reasoning behind the red perimeter being painted is to make the lower dash trim piece I'm wrapping in carbon fiber pop a little.

This is absolutely not finished by any means so please try not to flame me too bad lol

Not sure wtf that black thing was on my dash but it drove me crazy! good riddance

After 3 coats of paint

After 2 coats of paint

 

[Cattivo]

The airbag was more of a pain in the ass because I didn't want to remove it so I painted it in place

Lots of over spray on the ugly nasty carpet...it will be gone before long

 

[Cattivo]

I think it looks a hell of a lot better than the original puke color

The blue LED lights actually look pretty good with the red background...I may get a white overlay for the speedometer

 

[MadDogDelpho]

I usually don't like accent colors like that but I dig the look my man! I think I actually have the same gray and tan-ish interior but the black and red look pretty good

 

[Cattivo]

Whatever you decide to do, it's come a long way!

That's my biggest problem every time I buy a new truck...I mod it too fast then get bored with it lol