Truck stuff, it begins.......

So when it comes to a few things I am a pretty typical guy. I love just about anything with 4 wheels. I love to modify them. Stereo, suspension, paint, interior, rims, you name it I love it. I have had my fair share of vehicle as well ranging from Show worthy Modded Acura Integra GSR to POS Cutlass Sierra to a fully loaded Ford Expedition to a lifted Jeep Cherokee. They have all been fun. None of them have been stock.
What I currently own is the expedition. I have a family now and needed something with room. Enter the expo. I have wanted one of these trucks since I can remember, I have old drawings of modified expos from the mid to late 90s that I did. So now I own one. Yay lol. Well it didn’t take long to start modifying it.
But here it is when I got it. Nice and stock.

Well I started with modifying the dash to accept a Double din Head unit.

Upgrading the speakers to some high end Clarion. AS well as adding nearly 90 square feet of sound deadening to the 4 doors and rear tail gate.
Next came the Head light/HID conversion, rims and a back up camera.

And then with a 3/3 Drop on it.

The plans to come, more sound deadening, 2-3 amps, center console enclosure, rear seat entertainment, exhaust, headers, painted front valance and last but not least AIR BAGS (Suspension)

Kitchen reno madness!

Its been a while since my last/first post but theres been alot happening.  Kitchen reno.  dum DUM DUMMMMMMM  Yes most people shutter at the thought of this seemingly daunting task. 
Most people also know that renoing a kitchen can be the biggest bang for your buck when going to resale.  That said our lovely little 50's era side split has/had its ORIGINAL kitchen and it was time to go!

All of the renos were done myself and with the help of a few friends and family.  Also, it is not yet fully complete so stay tuned.  Here goes. THIS WAS DONE IN A WEEK TOO BTW!!!!!!!!

This is what we began with: (the day we moved in)

Sweet right?! Um no.

Well here the kitchen from the day reno started.


Plan is to remove the wall that has the door and about 46" of the corner wall to about the light switch.
After that drop the ceiling in the eating are part, add pot lighting (10 in total) swap the stove and fridge location and rewire the whole thing. As well add a much needed dishwasher, that was never there.   Just so you know, the whole side of the house is on one circut eeeek!

So smashing begins


Smashing concluded (about 2 hours, we were excited




And now rebuilding and wiring.





Drywall up and more wiring






And now paint, very cool grey.


And building cabinets








AAAAAND complete.




So heres a before and after:




Pretty cool huh?

So things still to do. Replace window and door with a 5' sliding door and fill in the extra space, add in last 2 cabinets and counter top to the left of fridge when door goes in,  Crown moulding, Floor edging, air intake cutout, backsplash.
Yes I know your wondering about the fridge.....Its short.  Its the one we had and new ones are on the way so for now that big open space stays.

The crown moulding is done now, I just neet to take pics. Looks WAY better and totally finished off the top of the kitchen at least.

Oh and for the back splash I'll be using faux stainless ceiling tiles. These ones.



More to come!