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Going awfully fast - that makes me nervous. I blew a ball joint in an XJ doing something similar, and I’ve gone much slower since.

I have no complaints with the comfort or materials - I'm a big fan.

I’ll try to get to it next week. Leaving this evening for the Vegas Off-Roadeo.

M2DZ-16A550-AA

If Ford uses the color elsewhere in their vehicle lineup, I’d recommend trying to find an example in person. Seeing AMB on an F150 sealed the deal for me.

I'm thinking of using double-sided 3M adhesive in place of drilling holes into the flares. We don't really get much snow in Kentucky, but mud could be a concern later.

Dremel, but I didn't have a router bit.

I only did fronts so far. I needed to do something before the door paint got too beat up.

As far as I know, yes. Really easy to install. The instructions actually called for holes to be drilled in the fender flares, but I skipped that step.

That would have helped a lot. If I do it again, I will. I also need to do some YouTube searching for the cleanest way to cut through thick plastic. I found it difficult to do without it looking like shit.

Updated with template from @flip OK, here's the secret template. The way he's doing these is simple and accounts for mounting variation between vehicles. The template is pushed over the end of the board, mud flap installed on vehicle then the template is taped to the flap, flap removed and...

The shop that did the engine rebuild on my 335i recommended LiquiMoly oil, and that’s what I’ve been using in it since. Interesting.

This is the one I used. I’ll probably try to keep oil change intervals below 4K miles, depending on use. Oil analysis at least once a year.

This analysis was done on the factory fill. I refilled with Costco’s pure synthetic and a Purolator filter.

Depending on the condition of the oil itself, they could tell you to shorten or lengthen time between oil changes. Antifreeze in the oil could indicate a head gasket or intake manifold gasket leak. Fuel in the oil could indicate a fuel injector issue. Heavy metals could indicate excessive...

I tried not to use the cruise or go over 70. I varied speed as much as possible, and I didn’t go over ~50% throttle. No idea if it had an impact or not. Seems like there are a lot of varying opinions on proper break-in procedure.

LOL. Yeah... that's cash well spent.

Updated on 1/26/2022 to show results from second analysis. In short, everything looked good. I've attached my report as a reference. I work at a natural gas transmission company, and we run oil analysis on ~350 reciprocating and turbine engines on a monthly basis. It's allowed us to...

Semantics.

Maintaining the existing fleet. For our home, as follows: 2013 Cadillac XTS 2009 Pontiac G8 GT 2009 BMW 335i 1999 Ford Ranger 1998 VW Cabrio 1996 Lincoln Town Car