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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 10:03 AM
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87 - 91 headlights

Are 87 - 91 trucks the bastard children of ford trucks that don't get to share in the diamond clear headlights and diamond clear corners? I know they have em for 80 - 86 and 92 and up. But I can't seem to find them anywhere for my 90. If someone knows where I can get them send me a link. Thanks.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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Aren't they sealed beam? If so, they rely on the fluted lens to dilute the light pattern.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bikertrash3531
Are 87 - 91 trucks the bastard children of ford trucks...
Yes.



Any more questions?

Seriously: those trucks are so ugly to begin with that no one bothers making dress-up parts for them. It's like putting a dress on an orangutan. If your headlights are foggy, just replace them with normal lenses. RockAuto has pretty good prices.

BTW
Here's that orangutan:
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 04:45 AM
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My lights aren't foggy. It's just that I have so many ideas running through my head for this truck, I've spent a lot of time researching them and have found little to nothing in the way of off the shelf custom parts. Yes I agree that the 87 - 91 trucks are uglier than the others, but I have hope that I can make it a damn good looking truck. Sort of the ugly duckling that grew to be a beautiful swan. Lol. Thanks for your bits of info guys. I appreciate it.
 
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by bikertrash3531
...I have hope that I can make it a damn good looking truck. Sort of the ugly duckling that grew to be a beautiful swan.
Swap a '92-96 front clip onto it. This is Ted Nugent's '86:



The only hard part is mounting the bumper, and it's not that hard.

It'll still have the crappy '87-91 interior, and the only way to fix that is to swap on a '92-96 cab. At that point, you'll realize you should have just sold the '90 & bought a '92-96 truck.
 
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