Blackmoor Vituperative

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Today I finished two projects that I started weeks ago. The first one was installation of some sound deadening material. The second one was the installation of a pull handle for the trunk lid. I made some mistakes, but nothing anyone will see. Overall, I am pleased with it.

Here is what I used for the handle, plus a couple of M6 nuts and washers ($9.99): https://amzn.to/4eV0xxx

Here is what I used for the sound deadening ($27.40): https://amzn.to/3Up3bTM

See also: 2023 Mustang GT Projects

Today’s big exhausting project was installing stainless steel window trim from AliExpress (aka China). I am pleased with how it turned out. I cleaned the rubber thoroughly with Dawn beforehand, and I used 3M Adhesive Promoter. Hopefully, that will help them keep from flying off the car at freeway speeds. We shall see…

Until then, I love how this looks. It’s not perfect, but it does not need to be. 🙂

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Today’s big exhausting project was installing a pair of BMR Super Low Profile Chassis Jacking Rails (Black Hammertone, Item # 398165, $178.96 incl. tax and shipping). It went super smoothly: only four bolts on each side. It took me around 90 minutes.

My new floor jack arrived today, too: a Husky 3 Ton Low Profile Floor Jack, (Black, Model # HD00120-DIP, $199.02 incl. tax and shipping). The Mustang weighs 1,000 lb more than the Tiburon did, and I didn’t trust my old jack. Look at this beast! Woot!

If you are ever in a movie:

• Don’t mock the locals.
• Do not touch your ear when speaking on your HANDS-FREE earpierce.
• When sneaking, do not walk like a tap-dancing hunchback. It does not make you harder to see or hear.
• Do not send five people into obviously deadly danger to rescue one person. Four of them will die, along with the person you wanted to save.
• If someone asks who else you’ve told, say “I think it would be safer not to discuss that”. It’s not a lie. Also, they’re the villain.
• Always take the weapon with you.
• When the serial killer threatens to kill someone to force your cooperation, shoot them, right then. Don’t talk. Just shoot them. Immediately.
• Don’t stop attacking the villain until they stop breathing.
• Cut the villain’s head off immediately. Kick it away from the body.

Consider printing this out and carrying it with you, just in case.

See also: 2023 Mustang GT Projects

Today’s big exhausting project was replacing my OEM red tail lights with white tail lights. Apparently it’s a European thing, but l did it for the looks, and to preserve my original tail lights (which are now safely and comfortably stored in the box the white lights were packed in). For the original Wraith, a black 2003 Hyundai Tiburon GT, I blacked out almost everything. For Wraith 2.0, a “Dark Matter Gray Metallic” Ford Mustang GT Premium, I am going for a ghostly look.

I love how this turned out.

Incidentally, the interior is looking bare because I am in the middle of a back seat deletion project. There are a lot of steps that need to be done in order, so I have to focus on doing one step at a time. Replacing the tail lights was super easy: six nuts. It took me about an hour, plus an hour or two watching YouTube videos on how to do it. 🙂

I think it’s interesting that terms like “Luddite” and “Uncle Tom” are misused as insults by people who know nothing about the Luddites or “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. My knee-jerk opinion is that most semantic drift is caused by ignorance, but in recent years, I think malice has become a major cause, as well (see also, “woke”).

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/06/the-luddites-were-right