i have a few ideas about some small/cheap mods that i want to do to my truck, but wanted to see what you guys thought about them.

1. Paint the black plastic upper & lower valance and the rear bumper plastic to match the truck
2. get a 4wd lower valance with fog lights but no tow hook holes.(painted to match)

and a few i plan on in the near future

1. GF 2" drop shackles
2. Patman's old "emblemless" grill (hopefully)

thanks guys.

 

Hmmm...unless you have color-specific paint, dont get Krylon. Too much of a difference. What I did with my doorhandles (made of the same stuff the valences are made of) is sand it down with 600 then 800 to smooth them out, paint with my color-coded YZ and then I'm going to shoot some clear coat on there tomorrow.

 

yea, i will make sure to do that. that way there isnt a texture to the plastic, and it looks like its just paint the same as the truck.

o and i found a guy with a 4wd lower valance on a 2wd f150.

http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...01_14_full.jpg
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...01_17_full.jpg
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...01_12_full.jpg
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...01_10_full.jpg

i think it looks INSANE!

 

Wow, I like those diamond fogs. If I had a 99+ front end, I would def. get a L bumper, HID's in the fogs, and a ram air hood

 

Harley valence (not too bad of a price)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...spagenameZWDVW

Buy these and send them to me and ill make you one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LIGHT...spagenameZWDVW

 

hey dirtyd88 that pic of the truck is 1clean42 on v6 f150 . com he sold that truck but still goes on the site as he picked up another f150

 

yea i know. ive been talking with him since yesterday on cardomain.com. he says even though he now has the 4.6, he still drops by to give some pointers to V6ers

 

i didnt know Ls came with honeycomb grills...is $199 cheap for that?? i like it, but seems pricey...

anyways, if i was getting a new grill though, id get the OEM L one like tarajerame has on his green Scab.

do you know when your going to be getting your new grill?

 

No current plans to buy another one, but wouldnt mind making a new grill that is the same thing.

99 and 2000 lightnings came with regular headlights/tail lights and grills

200 is a little high for the harley valence but they are kinda hard to find so get what you can get.
I paid 120 total for my valence including the repaint.

 

i think im going to stick with the 4wd valance. its lower than the one i have now, but not low enough to where you can tell that it has no body kit or anything...kinda like how the STX has that long front bumper that makes it look it lowered from the front.

thanks for the tips though! and let me knwo when you are thinking about getting rid of that grill. i will gladly take it

 

well it might be years down the road....

Thats why i was offering to make you a grill from those on ebay :o

 

Hey man post a link to what you did you your grill? I never knew what everyone was so ooo aaaa about. Id like to see it man!

 

I dont think i ever started a thread. My sig is it, but here you go anyways






Believe me its not as easy as the pictures look. Took me about a week to get it done working on and off.

 

ooo. i thought you were saying to get those, and you would put them in the valance...:o sorry.

well ive been meaning to head to the junkyard sometime soon and look for some tails to practice nightshading them, and i will try to find some grills. if i do i will let you know, send them off to you, and let you go at it.

how many do i need?

 

2 good ones perferably, or atleast 1.5 really.

I was thinking that ebay one would be good because you could have it shipped straight to me, and it would only be a 20-25$ investment....