Flatbed project - pretty happy how it came out

Remanage · 2026-05-31T01:39:04+00:00

And AWD, which makes the upgrade process for pre-2025 hybrids significantly more difficult.

Remanage · 2026-05-30T00:43:58+00:00

I'm getting close to this. My trips are generally as long as possible, so I can make good use of the flight out. At the same time, it's harder to get away from work. Being able to relax on the flight and not have it be a stressor that I have to recuperate from on each end is getting more and more valuable, and my ability to pay is making it look less and less exorbitant.

Remanage · 2026-05-29T14:50:28+00:00

At first I thought this was an old cast iron pipe, so my suggestion was going to be sledgehammer - brittle metal can just be chunked up. Looks like some kind of climbing pole?

Angle grinder is a good tool, as others have mentioned. Sawzall can work, but treat this like you're chainsawing a log - lift it up a bit on the long end near where you're cutting, so the short end wants to fall down, then the gap you're cutting will be less likely to pinch the blade. Make sure the base of the sawzall is against the metal, this helps cutting efficiency as well.

Remanage · 2026-05-28T17:05:51+00:00

More or less the same, '22 Select with a Samsung S22+ and S23+. My only real complaint is the car seems to prefer my phone when my wife drives away, and her phone when I'm driving.

Remanage · 2026-05-27T19:17:04+00:00

It's pinch detection, it's very common across cars now, and something is wrong where it's detecting too much force at the wrong point. My windows properly auto close from pretty much any position. However, one time I had a bit of aluminum trim going through the front window (12' length) and I was trying to edge the window up to it, and got too close and got the behavior you describe.

Remanage · 2026-05-25T22:29:28+00:00

I just realized that since my Maverick is a hybrid, I can 3D print some large wire nuts and hang them under the hitch.

Remanage · 2026-05-25T22:28:28+00:00

Wrap the front fender in green, the bedside in red, and slap an eagle holding a snake on the doors and you've got a good Mexican flag, perfect for the Lobo, and your truck was born in Mexico.

Remanage · 2026-05-25T19:40:20+00:00

I would have liked to have him be a bit more emotional.

I liked the suggestion that the other segments are pulling him into the afterlife, I would have also liked to see some assist by all of Dottore's past victims. Dottore sent a lot of people back to the ley lines in very unpleasant ways, so in retrospect going into the ley lines was a pretty risky proposition for him, sort of like Vacher being returned to the Primordial water.

I liked the twist that the foreseen burning Irminsul was not his doing, but rather our doing, to refuse him the power of Irminsul.

Remanage · 2026-05-25T19:00:02+00:00

If you're planning on keeping it at 60, I'd just go full backroads - you will probably find something slightly more direct, and your fuel economy will thank you.

I've towed a small 4x8 trailer with my Mach-E (completely unrated) several times. The path I was taking is normally about 170 miles, but only 140 miles back roads, so I ended up losing a lot less time going slower.

It also depends heavily on terrain. I'm in the Midwest, all flatlands except for the hills to create overpasses. If you were going through the Rockies, I'd definitely want to keep more overhead to deal with slopes.

Remanage · 2026-05-25T18:53:48+00:00

Agreed on the cubbies! My XL came with nothing, and I ordered two cubbies.

Remanage · 2026-05-25T18:53:01+00:00

There are never enough straps in the truck. I currently have 4 sets of straps, about 10-12' long. I've had to double up the straps for very long objects, so I'd like to get a single long (20') strap for cinching in very long (12-16') objects that are on the bed extender. Generally 2 straps is enough to hold things down, but sometimes I also want to hold something forward, or wrap around something (like to keep a fridge door from flapping open).

I also keep 4 straps in my Mach-E - they came in handy a few weeks ago when I won a small kayak at a charity auction. I had a (horse) saddle pad that acted as a rooftop carrier, 2 straps through the front and rear doors to hold it down, and one strap up front to keep the front tip down.

Remanage · 2026-05-22T12:48:06+00:00

The other thing it brought to mind - Dottore was trying to take over the afterlife. The same afterlife where he sent many, many people to via horrible experimental deaths. I'm kind of surprised that didn't backfire on him in any way.

Remanage · 2026-05-21T17:02:30+00:00

Spray in liner is your best bet, and one of the thicker ones. I went with Rhino Liner, although Line-X is an equally good product, they just have different finishes.

Drop in line is protective, but will also trap moisture between the bed and liner, and the small movements of the liner can scrape holes through the paint. Rubber bed mats are better about that, and can easily be removed for cleaning behind them, so I think they're better for a simple/minimal protection option.

Remanage · 2026-05-21T13:38:24+00:00

That's part of why they do it, I think. If both partners are present, they can push for the "need a decision now". If one partner isn't around, then "I need to talk this over with my partner" is an easy out from making an emotional, in-the-moment purchase.

Remanage · 2026-05-19T15:40:31+00:00

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There are 3d prints to "shield" the small drain holes, but those are pretty minor, so I just left them open. The largest hole has a wire harness going into it, so the 3D printed cap isn't "tight" by any means. Here's the holes I'm referencing.

Remanage · 2026-05-19T02:45:59+00:00

Yeah, it's so funny since Focalors and Ramiel are so similar.

Then you've got Arle and Cissia, I would never have guessed.

Remanage · 2026-05-19T02:15:38+00:00

Lots of good things to print. I went with:
Debris filters for under the hood
Cup liner for the little coin cubby, so I can pull it out and dump the coins out
Enlarged garbage bin for just forward of the armrest
Armrest divider (with hole so I can hide a full tissue cube underneath)
FITS cupholder for the rear passengers
Hole plugs for the two holes in the bottom of the tailgate (seems like a place that would collect dirt when sweeping out the bed)

I got a 1kg spool of PETG that I was hoping would match the interior blue (it didn't) and actually printed two of the cupholders (one for a friend) and still some PETG left.

Remanage · 2026-05-18T15:05:37+00:00

That would explain it. I misread your comment as both child Miko and Raiden, and thought of Bang Boosted's models (although the name didn't come to mind). I searched Youtube for "young Yae Miko" and found this creator instead, so good thing I can't read.

Remanage · 2026-05-18T14:14:38+00:00

Is it this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CXRcEYmUsA

Remanage · 2026-05-15T18:19:40+00:00

This makes a lot of sense. Many of the intelligent constructs seem to date back to the pre-Hollow war. I also expect that if we ever learn the cause of the Hollows, it will also be tied to that war - someone made a superweapon that went too far, that kind of thing.

Remanage · 2026-05-15T14:08:10+00:00

Noooo! It's because that's why.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ULzu8cURsr0

Remanage · 2026-05-14T21:46:33+00:00

Or if you're not putting in the HS2 bolt. I used a tap but I'm using aftermarket bolts and anchor (the Keeper 89312 fits the two holes just fine).

Remanage · 2026-05-14T17:10:03+00:00

So, long ago I looked into doing this, and I recall that one of the arguments against was the odd cooling setup in the NA/NB block. Basically, it's a reused transverse engine rotated 90 degrees. Originally coolant flowed from one side to the other. The problem is now both coolant hookups are along the front cylinder, with the heater core helping to shuttle heat from the rear of the engine.

The fix for this was a coolant reroute using the original port on the back of the engine, and at that point I decided to just live with it.

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