Well, it finally came. Took it to the Ford dealer to get it painted but found out that in this city Ford DOES NOT have a body shop (what is wrong with this picture??) They recommended to take it over to the BUICK(???) guys since they take all their stuff to be painted there; 200 bucks later I think the bumper looks a bit lighter, but they said it still has to be "baked" by the summer sun to match the rest of the truck(??) .
Any ways, I'll be posting pics soon...

Alf

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2000 Silver XLT 4.6 Extended Cab

Stuff I Got:
- ARE Z-series color matched cap (for my Rotties...)
- Flowmaster 40 series with Edelbrock oval tips
- Airaid intake system
- 500 watt sound system (Sony CD player, Lanzar EQ, Profile amps, Polk speakers, Kenwood subwoofer)
- carbon-look emblems
- dropped 3/5
- clear corner lenses
- color matched Street Scene mirrors
- Superchip
- 20" Alessio Daytonas with 275/45/20 GTII rubber
- SVT bumper cover

Stuff To Get:
- supercharger (twin screw type)

[This message has been edited by Alf (edited 05-12-2001).]

 

Sweet man! Your truck already looks good and is getting better! How much did the bumper cover cost? Can't wait to see the updated pics!

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1999 F-150 XLT 4x2
Black Reg Cab Flareside
4.6L V8 5spd 3.55 non LS
Gibson Super Truck
Mobil 1
Stull billet grille
20" Boyd Coddington Nemesis'
Goodyear GTII 275/45/20


Future Mods:
K&N FIPK
JBA headers
Superchip
3/5 drop

 

BAKED BY THE SUMMER SUN? I think someone is pulling your leg. If anything, the sun is going to make it FADE. Did they put clearcoat on it? The shop that did mine painted it at the same time as they painted my truck, and it was exactly the same color. Now it looks factory .

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All About Me & My truck


[This message has been edited by SilverFlareSide (edited 05-14-2001).]

 

I don't really know. But what can I do now? It doesn't look that bad, it's only when you see at certain angle. I'm getting used to it, and as I said, is not that bad.

Alf

 

this is what you get when you take it to a BUICK dealer! no, not all ford dealerships have body shops.. that's why smaller local body shops would be much better.. i know a few that could match any color you wanted... but those factory colors are a guessing game.. i had a 96 monte carlo and had my ford body shop paint the side after an accident, you could tell in the sun there was more metallic flakes in it than the rest of the car.. bake in the summer sun?? sounds like the guy that told you that was half baked himself! bet he never heard of computer matching, or a clearcoat

 

Well, see, I've never done this kind of stuff before so if Ford is recommending this Buick place (since they claim they have all their parts painted there) there is no reason for me not to trust them. Of course now I know, and shame on me if I make the same mistake twice.

As I said, the job is not terrible. It does have clear coat, I do know that. I asked my neighbor today if he could see the difference and he said it wouldn't be worth the trouble to have it repainted. I'll be posting pics soon for you to look at.

Alf

[This message has been edited by Alf (edited 05-15-2001).]

 

here it is...


more pics at http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292750561
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2000 Silver XLT 4.6 Extended Cab

Stuff I Got:
- ARE Z-series color matched cap (for my Rotties...)
- Flowmaster 40 series with Edelbrock oval tips
- Airaid intake system
- 500 watt sound system (Sony CD player, Lanzar EQ, Profile amps, Polk speakers, Kenwood subwoofer)
- carbon-look emblems
- dropped 3/5
- clear corner lenses
- color matched Street Scene mirrors
- Superchip
- 20" Alessio Daytonas with 275/45/20 GTII rubber
- SVT bumper cover
- black powder coated Street Scene grilles

Stuff To Get:
- supercharger (twin screw type)

[This message has been edited by Alf (edited 05-16-2001).]

 

Looks real good Alf! Where did you buy the bumper cover and how much? Thanks.

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1999 F-150 XLT 4x2
Black Reg Cab Flareside
4.6L V8 5spd 3.55 non LS
Gibson Super Truck
Mobil 1
Stull billet grille
20" Boyd Coddington Nemesis'
Goodyear GTII 275/45/20


Future Mods:
K&N FIPK
JBA headers
Superchip
3/5 drop

 

Well I think that looks great, plus I like the rims also...

 

how do you post a picture on the board?

anyways. looks good.

i did the same thing to mine.
i am about to get one for my supercrew i tink.not sure if it would look good or not though.

look in signature and go to page to see my truck.
over $11,000 in accessories.

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1998 red f150 stx 4.6 V8, clear corners, SVT seats, flowmasters, K&N filter,viper esp500 alarm,sony xplod m600 cd player.A.R.E. tonneau cover, lightning bumper cover, lightning body mouldings, lightning wheels and tires and lightning emblems billet upper and lower polished grilles, fog lights, PIAA superwhites,lightning dash kit,
white guages, cervinis ram air hood,bilstein shocks, 01 lighting taillights, superchip,4 infinity kappa 5x7,01 erou heads and corners,

more pics on site coming soon.

(currently 104 pictures)

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1386286&a=10343257

 

99flareside:

It came from West Wings (or is it Wings West?) and it was not cheap, 395 plus shipping. Plus couple hundred more to paint it. Shhhh, wife does not know all this. As you can see in my sig. I'm done with mods. for now. I want to start saving for a supercharger.

SVTaudio:

Need to know the url (or address) where your image is and then add [img] at the begining and [/img] at the end, that's all.

Alf

[This message has been edited by Alf (edited 05-17-2001).]

 

Alf, that looks really good! Especially with those wheels. I can't tell the difference in the paint, either.

 

lets see if it works........









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1998 red f150 stx 4.6 V8, clear corners, SVT seats, flowmasters, K&N filter,viper esp500 alarm,sony xplod m600 cd player.A.R.E. tonneau cover, lightning bumper cover, lightning body mouldings, lightning wheels and tires and lightning emblems billet upper and lower polished grilles, fog lights, PIAA superwhites,lightning dash kit,
white guages, cervinis ram air hood,bilstein shocks, 01 lighting taillights, superchip,4 infinity kappa 5x7,01 erou heads and corners,

more pics on site coming soon.

(currently 104 pictures)

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1386286&a=10343257

 

sorry guys got a bit carried away with the pictures.

i forgot to show off my new taillights so here they are.

 

man!! you can't even tell that is a regular f150 stx. I have an STX and I bought it because it was the closest to looking like a lightening without the price tag. I hope to do some mods myself soon.
Great replica, anything under the hood that help that 4.6l? Just curious.