1997 - 2003 F-150

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Old Jul 5, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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the bad & the good

THE GOOD: Well I've have the f150 for a little over 3 months now and I've done quite a few things:
painted grille,painted bed caps, acetoned emblems
leveled, 33x12.5x17 Mickey Tompson MTZ, powdercoat gloss black rims
true duals black tips, took off all stickers, smoked tails, corners,and 3rd brake
Gotts intake, SCT X3 programmer

future plans: headlights, fogs, paint more plastic stuff, remove door molding, tint

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THE BAD: My mud/trail truck started on fire. I was driving it when my rims were getting powder coated. I think it started by or in the trans.

 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 01:03 AM
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wow..... unbelievable. That sucks.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 01:10 AM
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Sorry bout your ranger man... but no offense, I like the stock look of those fx4 scabs more than customized... looks cleaner, but that's just me. Cool truck though
 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 01:58 AM
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Truck looks good man
 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 02:11 AM
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omg i wouldn't know WHAT to do if i saw that..
 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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ouch!!!!
 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 11:20 AM
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Very nice, I love the FX4 Scabs! Does yours have a sunroof? Also I removed the door moldings on my 99, IMO trucks look so much better without them. The trick is to get a heat gun and peel them off, once the adhesive is hot, you can just take something and rub it off. Sorry about the ranger, that sucks bad.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 05:26 PM
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your f150 looks great! i like the powdercoated wheels.

did you remove the cruise control on the ranger? there was a recall on it causing fires.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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str8t six: no i never had the recall fixed but the cruise has not work for about 6 months

mikeyss: yes it does have a sunroof, hopefully get to the door molding this weekend
 
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 06:50 PM
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dang!! what is it with fords catching fire

The f150 looks real good! Id like it better with the fx4 stickers on it still. and I'm not a fan of acetoned emblemes.. but its not my truck!
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 12:37 PM
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Rathf150 how much did you spend on getting the rims powdercoated. I am looking into it myself and just wondering how much I should be looking at.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 01:37 PM
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Looks nice. I had FX4 wheels powdercoated black a while back and loved them. What happend to the centercaps?
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 09:14 PM
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paid 300 for sandblast and powder coat

Just didn't have the caps on yet, I PTM'd the dark silver
looks awesome
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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Wow sorry about the Ranger..that blows

I remember when you first got the F150..she's lookin good! I like the upgrades so far
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 10:57 PM
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Sucks about the ranger.
 
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