Hey All,
I am new to this forum so glad to be here. I have saved up a good deal of cash to start doing mods to my truck. I have a 1998 Ford F-150 STX. I bought the truck this fall with 100,000 miles, but the thing is mint. Its black with maroon interior, kinda weird. It came with FX4 stickers on the rear where the old STX blue stickers used to be. It also came with a flame background on the gauges, and instead of installing over the black background, the old owner actually peeled it off. So far all I have done is buy a cheap brush gaurd for the front. Heres what I plan to do.....

btw its a 4.2 2 wheel drive, prolly knew that already from the model

1. White background on the gauges to replace crappy flames
2. Black stepbars on either side
3. Rear windowscape with Ford emblem in the middle
4. Imco Extreme exhaust
5. Gas strut one piece tonneau cover


I just ordered a set of Pirelli Scorpion ATRs from tire rack, they were the #1 ranked tire for light truck. I will let you know how they are if anyone is interested.

If anyone has any ideas of what else I could do to my truck, please let me know Im always open to some cool ideas

 

post some pictures, that would help come up for some as we would know what your truck looks like!

 

New wheels would improve the look greatly.

 

Hey, I just created a gallery, so check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks

https://www.f150online.com/galleries....cfm?gnum=8618

 

Good looking truck:

Very odd looking interior:

 

Yeah I told you. The last guy who had it put in the CD player and the white backgrounds on not only the AC panel but also the Flame background as well. Give me some ideas for the interior as well as the exterior, it needs some help pretty bad.

 

That is a nice looking truck you have.
I just ordered these lights for mine.

 

I like those lights a lot, im thinkin about ordering them for myself now. Thanks!

 

Sounds good, Upgrade headlights, taillights, grill, wheels, maybe a nice pinstripe, if its a single cab stepside make it into a Lightning maybe. But FX4 stickers on a 2wd, hmm thats a new one. Welcome to the site!

 

From your pics it appears to be installed correctly. What do you mean he peeled it off?

I agree that it looks funny, i havent been a fan of cheap looking flamed gauges. Heres an idea ill share with you. and it would be cheap too.

I have my orignal black background gauges. I am going to make a template and get a large enough peice of sheetmetal to make a bezel for them. Then i am going to polish that up.

i love that look and no one makes a chrome or polished bezel for most of the newer ford models.

 

[QUOTE=Fabian06SC]From your pics it appears to be installed correctly. What do you mean he peeled it off?

I agree that it looks funny, i havent been a fan of cheap looking flamed gauges.QUOTE]

What I mean is that in the intructions for installing an aftermarket gauge background, you are supposed to place the new background over the stock black background. The guy who had this truck before me, neglected to read those instructions and peeled the factory black background right off the plastic....and then laid down the flame background. So underneath there is just hte lights, theres no other background. And yes, the FX4 background on an STX 2wd is pretty weird....but look at the odd interior, hes done a lot of weird things so far.


Should I keep the grill gaurd or sell it and get new headlights?

 

right now im thinkin bout dumpin the grille gaurd, goin for a billet grille cover and gettin the new headlights.....

last guy cut out the bottom air dam for a previous brush gaurd!!! so now i have 2 big holes, I really like the air dam with the fog lights, but dunno where to get it...any suggestions?

 

I just bought this also. I think he has around 10 left if you are wanting to keep the factory look.'99-'03 FORD EXPEDITION & F150 4WD PICKUP VALANCE PANEL

 

would be perfect if it would fit on my 98. I like the fog lights that comes with, but I dont know if it would fit the painted bumper of my 98. Any idea?

 

I finally have a list of what I am going to do to the truck.

Exterior
Billet Grille Main and Bumper inserts
New valance
gas strut tonneau cover
new headlights
darker tints
cowl induction hood scoop
rear window decal

Imco extreme exhaust

Interior
New gauge background
New CD player
Heres where im lost...i agree my interior is suffering but how do I fix it??

sorry for the long post guys, just tryin to make this truck look good. Anyone know if the pro comp 3.5 and 6 in 2wd lift looks good??