I am going to do my yearly buying of new parts for the truck, but unlike other years were I have gone and spent 4-500+, this year I am going cheap and trying (note trying) to spend $250 or less. But I can't decide what I should order first, if I order 2 or more things I am going to order 1 next week and then wait for a month or so and order the other. (I am trying to fly under the radar of wife that is 6.5 months pregnant)

This year there are only 2 small things that I can think of, but I am open to any other ideas that anyone has.

1. 09 emblems--I was quoted $85 shipped from Tasca

2. 3" Autospring rear blocks--$130 shipped


Thanks
Paul

 

Have the parts shipped to your employer or a friends house so you dont get busted.Pregnant women can get real mean you need to be careful.Congrads is this your first.

 

I would say emblem first based off the picture in your sig....the truck looks good and the 09' emblems really stand out.

 

Emblems defintley. Lol I promised the wife I would slow drasticly on the spending this year since she needs a car and is driving my F150. So far I bought a 41'' wide tool box, 100ft retractable air hose from sears (10 minutes ago) and a 650 ft/lbs impact gun. I just cant stop.

 

Thanks, yes this our first. Its going to be an interesting summer, but I can't wait!
I know exactly how you feel,I have been trying to cut back on my spending also but it doesn't seem to be working very well. In the past few months I have spent almost $1500 on tools (damn ebay), Home Depot and I have been seeing way too much of each other in the last month also. Now I got a bug up my ___ to do something else to the truck .


I was also thinking that the badges should be next, but I wanted to hear what others had to say.

 

You can take care of both if you stick with the emblems you have now. I think it would look really good if you painted the emblems black and bought some DSG inlays to match the two-tone. The inlays are relatively inexpensive--then you could buy the 3" block.

 

Exhaust system. That stock pipe looks fugly.

 

I never thought of doing that, do you have any of the full side of you truck so I could see what the fender emblems look like?

Actually in that pic that is a 3" pipe hanging there, although it doesn't look like it, but I now have a 4" SS tip on. I just havn't changed the pic in my sig for almost 2 yrs.

 

Sure thing, buddy. Inlays are only $15 for a full set from Patriot Decals. So you can save about $60 doing it this way and it would look killer on your truck!!

 

DANG! What rims are those on your truck, Mblouir?

 

KMC XD Monsters

 

Well after another trip to Home Depot today, and spending a few hundred dollars, I have decided to go really cheap now. Instead of buying 2 things I am only going to do the emblems. Now I just have to decide if I am going to get the ones for the 09 or just paint mine and do inlays (gray or chrome), what do you guys think?

 

Since your truck is two-tone the DSG inlays on a black emblem would look awesome. 1 vote for paint/inlays!