I am now the proud owner of a 1999 F-150 4x4. I had been driving a 2003 Ranger Edge (my first vehicle at 16). My dad had the 1999 for almost 2 years and has been wanting a 2004-2008 supercrew F-150 for quite some time and now had the means to get one. So I let him trade my Ranger in on his new truck and I am going to make the payments on his 1999. He only paid $5500 for it 2 years ago with only 45,000 miles .It has 69,000 on it now. It does have some hail damage on the hood and roof. Other things it needs is new headlights (lenses are discolored and I can't see good driving at night). I plan on painting the faded grille shell and the step bars too. Also the back window has a leak and I haven't decided how I'm going to fix that yet. I will try to get pics up tomorrow since I had my wisdom teeth removed today.

 

Welcome aboard, everything you've talked about doing has had a how-to written up and with a little digging can be found here.

 

i'll be the first to say, Gotts mod

and welcome

 

Welcome I've got some factory heads cheap if you don't get some locally:

 

Thanks! I'll keep you in mind!

 

yup reseal your window, not hard to do, just a 10 dollar tube of urethane

welcome to the forums, im sure you're much safer and happier to be in a full size

 

When the dealer payed to have my window resealed they used urethane and it kept leaking until they sent a guy from Waco to come do it. He used butyl tape and it hasn't leaked since, still only 10 bucks. To each their own I guess.

Side not, watch out for Patman, he's like the mad scientist around here and his ideas could lead to you wanting to spend a lot of money.

 

Yeah it's kinda funny but I'm a little familiar with some of the members of this site and their trucks. I've been lurking around here for quite a while and have gained some valuable knowledge. More than likely I've spent more time on here than on the Ranger Forum. I'm gonna try to make it outside for some pics shortly.

 

If you don't want to buy new headlights, try the 3M Headlight Restoration Kit. It's like $15 from Walmart and all you need is a decent drill. Just did it to my headlights and the results were quite amazing. My headlights weren't even to the point of yellowing, they were just pitted, rough and a little faded so I honestly wasn't even expecting to see a difference but now they look brand new and even make my truck look newer.

 

Here it is!

 

not bad! looks like it's in pretty decent shape.

 

nice truck!

 

Not a bad looking truck!...low miles...looks like it could use a polish/wax though

 

aridranger03.... since you are a young buck... I have some side steps that I took off that should be a close color match:


I will be in Gatlinburg next month and I will give you these if interested. Hardware included

 

that's on my to do list.

Seriously? I may jump all over those! I was gonna repaint mine but if you are offering those I may go that route! Gatlinburg is only about 100 miles from me.