Well guys, I have found SOOOOOOO much usefull info from this site and all you forum members. Getting answers to F150 Specific questions while going thru a project is priceless info and time saving. I just wanted to give back and post the progress of my 2003 F150 FX4. Thanks to all!!

At this point I had just installed the PA 3" Body Lift.
I removed all fender trim, badges, bedrails, Etc, Prior to going in for body and paint.


Here are some before shots.

 

After Paint..

 

Getting ready to install fender Flares....

 

Wheel adapters (not spacers) installed (1 1/2"). The lugs torqued and red locktite. Had to grind approximately 1/4" off each original stud.....

 

Fender Flares installed and New 35x12.5x17 Toy MT on 17x9 helo rims, torsions turned up to level the front, not cranked full, trimmed the lower front vallance alittle from tire rub.......

 

Installing the Gap Guards....

 

New 2011 Badges, Black Nerf bars, Bed Rails, Tonneau cover and Black Ford Logo on tailgate.....

 

This was for the most part a Budget build. Body and paint done by a friend, All the items including body lift were installed by myself and my dad (rims, Tires, Flares, Adapters, Tonneau, Badges) were all purchased on Ebay and Craigslist. I started purchasing these items July 2012 and finished to what you see in the pictures October 2012. I also did the Gotts mod to my intake.

Future mods...Dual Exhaust, Re gear from 3.73 to 4.56.

Thanks to all you guys and F150 online for the priceless info from this website.

 

Welcome! Great work on your truck, looking very nice.

 

Looks really nice. I like silver on this body style but the new color looks good especially with the new wheels/flares.

 

Nice, - beautiful color, I really like it. Overall , you have some taste, good job. I would change a few things personally. Never liked the hard bed tops, that's one of the better looking ones. Mainly because they don't sit level with the top of the bed. Iduno, sort of looks like it don't belong. The soft covers have better look IMO, -taking function out of the equation.

The flares look okay and will function well, although I like the look of the 4x4 factory flares a little better (again setting function aside, - you want to protect the paint, I know I would). They don't look bad tho, -by no means!

Tires and rims , -Perfect! I'd lift the front bumper somehow, even if I had to chop and fab new brackets, I'd get it a little tighter to the grill and lights.

A Cervinis hood would set that truck off. They look beautiful on a rig like that. Yea, these look spectacular installed on this MY, -

http://www.americantrucks.com/enlarg...hood-f150.html

Hard to find step bars that I really like, - you need them tho and those look pretty good IMO.

Glad you left the moldings on. Quit a few remove them, I looks take a hit when they do. It may look cleaner, so they say, - but it definitely doesn't look better once they're removed.

Alright , so give it up, - what color is that?

Looks fantastic

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yea wow that color is fantastic.. i like it alot.. truck looks great well put together...

 

Thank Guys!! I will say, everything I read on here about a 3" body lift install was right....Not too difficult BUT it takes a Long time, it took an Entire weekend, I mean entire weekend.

Jbrew...The color is "Blue Gray Metallic". And yes, I love that Cervini hood, I looked for a few months to find a Ram Air style hood and just missed one on a salvaged truck from local junkyard....someone else got it first....maybe someday.

 

I like everything except the fender flares. They just seem to small. Maybe if they were a bit wider, just my opinion though.

Very nice overall though. Looks like a brand new truck almost.

 

Now that's a makeover looks good really like the new color