Welcome from New Zealand, I love the regular cabs and that is a tidy one. I think a lot of people on here have the truck they wished they could afford when they were at High School and are really enjoying them too. Do you have any pictures of when you got it for a comparison?
"I felt good to be out cruising around in the truck. I had a lot of people stop and compliment me on it and ask questions about it. It was a good truck night!"
It was mentioned on another thread about the lost culture of "cruisin' the block" and the way it leads to meeting people and old...
"I think I had forgotten about the lack of cargo space in these standard cab trucks..."
I always leave a couple of clean plastic storage bins in the back to chuck stuff like groceries in, for when you weren't planning for it.
That would give you the best 30 seconds of lawn mowing before spending the rest of the afternoon picking bits of scrap metal out of your lawn. :Big Laugh:
My last employer had a party at his lifestyle property, it was fully catered out on a large deck area. We were flown in by helicopter landing right next to the house and the lawn had just been mowed, all of the food looked like this.
Stainless steel is a generic term for a multitude of different alloys, they all contain at least 50% Iron so can and will rust under certain conditions. Even wiping them down with a mildly acidic cleaner will set them off and there is no stopping it from then on.
You will be lucky if there is a half inch between layers, when I installed my roof console I did what @Drunkcanuk said and drilled a test hole and poked a piece of wire into it as a depth gauge.
Very nice truck. Remember, you don't have to do it all at once, take time to just enjoy your truck as well. It will all come together in good time. Life is not a race.
I did the same thing so don't feel bad. I was lucky enough that there was enough thread left on the screw that I could screw them back in and used Loktite to stop them being inhaled by the engine. If I am correct that lump is not weld but pressed like a rivet so you may be able to grip it enough...
The flares I got for my truck are: Xenon® 8620 - Street Style Front and Rear Fender Flares Kit. They were the widest I could find that didn't require cut the guards and bolting in place. They use screws under the lip and 3m tape against the body.