Author: Alan BullingtonA perfect bed liner keeps your pickup free of rust and corrosion while making it look good doing it. Spray on liners work just right for many users but are they the perfect choice? Spray liners work for any pickup because each installation is a custom fit. That may not seem important, but other liners like plastic liners only come in models for certain trucks. Older pickups and some lesser truck brands will have few...more
Author: Alan BullingtonBed liners of several kinds have become almost must-haves for pickups. Without some kind of protection, pickup beds soon turn to rust buckets. Simply using a pickup for casual hauling is bound to cause scratches, if not dents, and lead to corrosion in time. Spray on bed liners have several advantages over other options. Now these are offered as options even on new trucks. Usually for a new truck the application will...more
Author: Alan BullingtonTruck parts prices change partly by supply and demand just like anything else. It's been my observation that parts prices and availability for Chevy, Ford and Dodge trucks have been such that driving old trucks "forever" worked well. Sheer numbers of these trucks on the road guaranteed a supply of used truck parts plus a demand for new parts too. However with the closing of many parts plants, doesn't it make you wonder where the parts will come from to keep older trucks on the road. Spare parts for older trucks often were made in batches on regular production equipment and then stored until there was a call for a part. At that time the part was shipped from inventory and then at some point the inventory level triggered an order for another run of parts to be produced. I drive a 1976 Chevy C10 with about 50,000 miles on it. Can you imagine going back just that far how many pickup part numbers have been built just for Chevrolet trucks? The number is in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions. All parts must be tracked and the manufacturing data available for these parts to be produced when needed. In addition, production tooling and...more
Author: Alan BullingtonPickup truck bed liner choices offer options that best suit different uses and different budgets. Every type of liner has advantages, but each has disadvantages too. Here are comparisons of your options. Spray On Liners Very popular partly due to the look, spray on liners custom fit every truck. That especially is...more
Author: Alan BullingtonTruck bed cover choices are about more than just cost and looks. Soft covers offer advantages over even some much more expensive cover designs. Here are soft cover advantages and how soft covers differ. Soft covers are the lowest priced option for a truck bed cover. But there's more. For example, fiberglass tonneau...more
Author: Alan BullingtonTruck beds that actually get put to use often end up with one kind of damage or another. It's easy enough to just turn over your pickup to a body shop for repair. The problem with that approach is the price tag. What about tackling a bed repair project yourself? Here are 5 approaches to do-it-yourself truck bed fix-up. Replacement Panels Especially if rust is the villain, complete replacement of the damaged bed floor works best. For many popular trucks you can buy the truck floor in sections. That way you just cut out the bad part and graft in the new. The new panel can be attached with rivets and then puttied in to match the existing panels. A better way is to simply weld in the new sections and then prepare for paint. Rust Converter One powerful tool for dealing with rusty metal is chemical rust converter. Made by several companies, these compounds are a paint on coating that actually changes rust to a different material. What you end up with is a primer coat after the reaction takes place. Then just paint on the finish coat right over the prime coat produced by the rust converter. Sanding Getting rid of rust requires some serious...more
Author: Prof.dr. Ibrahim KhalilThis is the eighth article of the series: "The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran" In the previous articles of this series, we have seen that Language-wise, the "foreign" woman is the alien or the exotic or the...more
Author: Kasan GroupeThe female R&B singer is a mainstay of top 40 hip-hop and dance music, often integral in providing the catchy hook on an otherwise rough track. With the popularity of the auto-tune effect in hip-hip, many rappers have taken to...more
Author: Kasan GroupeThe female R&B singer is a mainstay of top 40 hip-hop and dance music, often integral in providing the catchy hook on an otherwise rough track. With the popularity of the auto-tune effect in hip-hip, many rappers have taken to...more
Author: Olukunle Odebo AMIDST rumours yesterday of the death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in Saudi Arabia, the Presidency has urged Nigerians to ignore the story, saying that it is "not only false, but also a figment of the writers' imagination."...more
After a long chilly day, nothing beats the feeling of crawling into a warm comfy bed. Using a king size electric blanket can get rid of those dreaded cold sheets. No more waking up because you are freezing, and are too cold and too tired to get out...more
Author: Roy CarterMany online marketers have avoided using Twitter until now, with the main reason being that they have felt that they just didn't have the time and effort required to get the followers.Now however, some very respected internet...more