ok, i finally got the pinstriping done so my transformation from this:


to this:


is just about complete. all i have to do is install everything now. i tried searching this section, and other sites. but nothing came up searching "grille removal".

i did read in someone's thread that the headlights & markerlights had to be removed. but i was looking for a more detailed explaination, so i dont break anything. can anyone give any advise so im not going to regret trying this on my own?

 

i assume you want to take out the grill and surround, and not the header panel. the header panel is what the back of the headlights mount to.

but anyways, take a look in the how-to section for a superduty trans cooler install on a red lightning. they took the grill and surround off for the install and it is we documented

 

yes, you are correct. just the surround is what i need to swap.

thanks for the info. hopfully, ill have this done soon.

 

did you install the grille? it helps to remove the turn signals first, then the headlights, then just take a phillips to all the screws. there is also two clips under the header panel that need to be released

 

looks good now too


yes start with the head lights and turn signals and ti's just a handful of screws and you're done

 

thanks. but the paint that the previous owner had done is in bad shape. there are a lot of rock chips. i could just get it touched up, but i dont know what color that is called. i also dont want to "pimp" someone else's truck. doing this is my way of putting my "spin on things", lol.

 

should have painted the filler door while you were at it





you learn to launch it yet???

 

that's an old pic that dirtyd88 had just photoshopped. i got rid of that filler door once i found a black one at the junkyard, lol.


here's a more recent pic with the new headlights installed.

yeah. still need to play a little with tire pressure, but definitely getting better now that i have drag radials.

 

when you going to post some non-photoshopped pics then

 

lol. hopefully by this weekend. im off wed & thurs. so im going to try to get it done during that time.

 

aight man, I'll stay tuned

 

I was just wondering why your neighbor still had his Xmas lights and ribbons up in July, but then I remembered that you live in Baltimore

Just kidding man, I see that those are older pics now, that lighting is looking sweet man.