nice touch man. so u painted the caps or sanded then painted the caps? white ones look smooth. haha, i thought it was the same truck, jus showin the progress u had made

 

Heres my 98 Ext cab 4.2 with 5 speed before adding stuff.





Havent washed it for a while but plan too this weekend and post the new pics with the tint, cb with pa, stereo, etc, im also upgrading the seats from the xl bench to the xlt 40/60 bench with center fold down console, and changing the dash glow to blue.

 

tumba im confused on how you did the bumpers?..
but i like that front end, and the lakepipes!

its actually a good looking 97 front end lol

 

I explained to my body shop guy the look I wanted. We the sawed 4" off of the frame rail.{that was as much as cut be taken off with out interfering with the airbag sensor} which was just enough to make it flush with the grill.
Then marked and trimmed the bumper in the wheel well, and cut it off. Then bolted all the mounting hardware to the bumper, and clamped and welded it in place. The bumper itself is a plain steel bumper from a 96 model {I think, because the body Man ordered it}. Then took sheet metal and welded in the trim hole in the bumper. Then mounted the valance in place and trimmed the back of it to match in the wheel well.
That's not the grill I had in there first, it got damaged, so the factory one was repainted and put back in.
I will eventually change the head lights, but this truck is a 96 1/2 model and has a different header panel, so aftermarket headlights won't fit. But that will soon have a redo, because the headlights I have for it are kick ***.

 

^i see, sounds like youve got a good body guy, i wouldnt ever have thought to do that

what valence is on there?

 

Sorry for not replying sooner. The valance is by street scenes, I'm not sure which model it is.

I had to compare the look I wanted, by telling him I wand the front end to look like an old F-7 locomotive. I even took a picture to him to show him the streamlined look.

 

The pictures for the build on the red one were in the albumn on here before the change over. I can't seem to locate them now. But we had it stripped down to the frame rails on the frontend. I did forget to leave the badges off of it.

 

Here is my Ford I picked up about a month ago. I do have duals exhaust so I will have to take some pictures of that and get that up if I can ever keep the truck clean for more than a day.

 

Heres my 02. Its got the 4.2 V-6 with a 5 speed. Only mods so far are the low profile tool box, with my custom rod rack and an ignition/plug wires. Gets great mileage. Cant decide what kind of lift to do. I want it to look good but not redneck... I was thinking just a front end 1.5 or 2.5 inch spring spacer? I also plan to tint the windows dark. Any suggestions? Good lookin trucks on this thread.

 

^truck looks good!
how many friggin fishing poles do you have???

leveled in the front with bigger tires would look good IMO

 

nice truck and about the tint, I suggest 5% in the back and 15% on the sides, and if you really want to go dark and think u can get away with it, go with 5% all around

 

being on a tournament team I have quite a few rods!

I have heard (and saw earlier on this thread) a few trucks with the torsion bars cranked down. What is involved with that? The front needs to be up a little higher so I can clear some bigger tires.

 

You have a 2 wheeel drive truck no cranking torsion bars since your truck does not have them

 

copy that. A leveling kit is in my future!

 

Like i said this is a major work in progress. I have the new seats in fourth pic with cover on fifth with them off. The box in the middle is my center console, just have to get it wrapped in leather and attach my cb to the front of it. Next up is a 6" suspension lift and nerf bars.







All in all
PERFORMANCE: 4" intake, super 44 flowmaster dumped(3"inlet two 2 1/2" outlets),
AUDIO: 4 alpine 5x7" door speakers, jbl 1000wat amp, 15" alphasonik sub (ported), pioneer deck
CUSTOM: Seats, Door pannels, Painted dash(2-tone), headache rack
OTHERS: Twin whips, tool box, spray liner

>>SOON TO COME<< Custom wooden arm rests (on the door pannels), finish center console, 6" suspension lift, side exhaust, nerf bars