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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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shift kit? pin striping? help

I called my dealer, its 90 bucks for the complete pass. side pin stripe, I need the lower one, at some point somebody replaced one of my doors and had a problem with eyesight, because its way crooked. Can I get the stripe somewhere else or do I have to order from ford? I only need enough for the pass. doors. Also, I see some of you have shift kits? My old F250, I put a Factory tech VB in it, same with my dad's F250....however I want to do something for this one, its soft 148k mile old shifts aren't satisfying me. The Factory tech kit Mad sells is a DIY kit, not a complete VB, anyone installed one?? whats it consist of?
 
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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I replaced a section of my pinstriping on my 98 once and I found it at autozone or some place like that. Just shop around and you should be able to find an exact match pretty easy.

As far as shift kits most people seem to recommend the J-mod instead of an actual shift kit assuming you have the 4R70W. Here's a link for it

http://www.tccoa.com/articles/tranny...ybusiness.html
 
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 06:55 PM
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how much of an improvement does this make? same as the ftvb? is the factory tech kit easier to install??
 
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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you could always get rid of all of your pin striping thats what i did on mine
 
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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I would except someone painted the DS bedside and taped off the pin stripe to do so, so I'd have a paint line...........I might just have the bottom of the truck chip coated and have him do it high enough to cover the stripe marks...
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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no other thoughts???????
 
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