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Whats your least favorite or most disappointing mod.

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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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Whats your least favorite or most disappointing mod.

So I'm just curious what are some mods you have done to your f-150 that you did and shortly after been disappointed by shortly after you did it.

How long did it last before you fixed it or did you just leave it as is.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 10:35 PM
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Never did it, but I have a feeling adding a throttle body spacer is probably one of the most disappointing mods people do on this site haha.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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I had a T body spacer on mine for a total of 15 mins! I hated everything about it the sound ! The lack of power ! Yes that ranks up there for me its either one or two .
 
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 11:15 PM
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Id have to say the led bars I put behind my grille. Soon they will be coming out and kcs will be goin in!
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 12:03 AM
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prolly the little stubby antenna i had on my truck. big ol whip for the win!

fav mod would definitely be the fog fillers! mmm mmm mmmmmmmm!
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 12:27 AM
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Least favorite would be blacking out te f150 badges... That's why they are now 09 badges. Much better look.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 12:39 PM
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Least favorite would be my throttle body spacer
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 12:47 PM
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my least favorite would have to have been the hole in the bumper and dent in the tailgate


but i would have to say the chrome stick ons that i had. i did like them at the time, but now i despise them
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 03:38 PM
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It might not be my least favorite but definitely pretty disappointed in my Gryphon and custom tunes. Two things that I thought were supposed to get better were my MPGs and power. But 4 months later my mpgs are down and I lost a little over half a second on my 0 - 60 mph over my edge evo.

Yep I'm sure I going to get an earful for posting that in a forum and basically attacked since it seams that's what php does best. I'm almost positive 88racing or some other forum moderator from php will find this post soon and attack the hell out of me. And all I'm saying is things didn't pan out for me I lost in the areas where I thought I was going to find gains.

I'm sure I might get a response saying why didn't you contact php and tell them about my experience with my gryphon , and my response is this. I have an easier time communicating back and fourth with Alicia Silverstone on twitter than I did when I had my order in with PHP.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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This. After a month its already broken.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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My Dynatech Longtubes....once i go built i will see the HP benefit then from the extra flow...but for now it robbed my low end.

.....but on the other hand my truck does sound like a freaking monster
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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Recon White Lightning LED tail light bar.

My tailgate is dished from being overloaded, so the gate hits the LED bar when lowered. I had it mounted for 10min, then back in the box. total waste of $50. Why not get a new tailgate? because they are IMPOSSIBLE to find for a Screw.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 07:24 PM
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smoked tail light covers, ran them for a year or so and absolutely hated it.

 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 08:06 PM
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Installed a rectangular set of amber fog lights in the bottom hole space (between the chrome bumper and plastic) hated them. Had a TBS, didn't mind the sound or anything else but my truck started having problems so I took that off after I fixed the misfire.

I absolutely HATE trucks with the LED strip below their tailgate. I have yet to see one that hasn't had parts of it blown out or it's positioned all wavy like. I see a nice truck and then I see the LED strip when they brake, the truck goes from a 9 or 10 to a 4 or 5.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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Probably the blue LED cluster bulb swap. Just had too many hot spots and burnt out bulbs (would've been fixed with higher quality bulbs). Wound up swapping the entire cluster for an Autometer one. Lighting could be a littler bluer for my liking, but overall I like the look.
 
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