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Was suppose to have gone Turkey Hunting on Sat but my partner backed out at the last minute so I decide to do some truck Mods that I had been putting off ..... First off I needed to touch up my grill again with (bed liner Black) and add some new style Raptor lights and while I was at it ... I also decide on Camo for the front Ford badge .... The lights I used in the grill are the same ones used in the new F150 lifts Raptor grill light kit other than I bought the Amber lens instead of Clear ..... I really like the f150 lifts kit but coming in at 85.00 ... they are not in my budget .....
Total cost for my lights 13.00 per 4 , the mount was a piece of aluminum off an old refrigerator that I painted bed liner black ..... Already had it wired so this mod cost me maybe 15.00 with paint .......
Camo to the Ford Badge was a little more time consuming because I had to take the badge all apart to do it right .... I think it turned out pretty good Not sure if I will do the tailgate badge or not .... ran out of Mossy Oak vinyl so its going to be a while if I decide to tackle that one ....
Next up is FOX 2.0 rear shocks when they get here ... Props to Stage 3 Motorsports they have the best price on FOX shocks/coilovers right now ... and the best part is Fast FREE shipping
I added a pair of Hella Supertones (purchased from Amazon for $49.50). The factory horns on the F150's are rather pathetic; these get attention. I had a set on my STi years ago and they were awesome.
I left the factory horns connected, figured 4 horns can't hurt. The Hella's are a lower tone that compliment the high pitch squeal of the factory horns.
The kit comes with a 4 pin relay (same as 5 pin with 87a removed). I had a set of wiring harnesses for 5 pin relays, all I did was remove the wire from the harness for the 5th pin and wired everything in. I was able to mount everything up without having to drill any holes, I was able to find a good ground on the hood latch.
Edit to add... I really need to get a screen on my front end (had one on my last F150). That's a lot of bug guts for 1800 miles on the clock!
Last edited by carbinereloaded; 03-29-2015 at 09:51 PM.
I added a pair of Hella Supertones (purchased from Amazon for $49.50). The factory horns on the F150's are rather pathetic; these get attention. I had a set on my STi years ago and they were awesome.
I left the factory horns connected, figured 4 horns can't hurt. The Hella's are a lower tone that compliment the high pitch squeal of the factory horns.
The kit comes with a 4 pin relay (same as 5 pin with 87a removed). I had a set of wiring harnesses for 5 pin relays, all I did was remove the wire from the harness for the 5th pin and wired everything in. I was able to mount everything up without having to drill any holes, I was able to find a good ground on the hood latch.
Edit to add... I really need to get a screen on my front end (had one on my last F150). That's a lot of bug guts for 1800 miles on the clock!
Haha, "bugs", you must be in the far south - we're just starting to get live flying critters here in sunny southern BC, just started cutting lawn last week. Haven't had a bug hit the truck since last October!
Re: the wiring, by using a relay, did you run a separate power source and tap the incoming signal from the factory horns main power? I like the idea of adding a lower tone, the fac's sound have a "snooty" tone, not enough blast, more like a trumpet's higher notes.
Re: the wiring, by using a relay, did you run a separate power source and tap the incoming signal from the factory horns main power? I like the idea of adding a lower tone, the fac's sound have a "snooty" tone, not enough blast, more like a trumpet's higher notes.
I ran a 12v from the battery (fused) to the relay. I then tapped the horn's 12'v input (Yellow wire in harness to horn) to the relay trigger.
This way the factory horn circuit retains 99% of the original power (I'm taking an un-educated guess that the relay will steal 1% to activate). The Hella's get their own power through the relay directly from the battery/power circuit.
Now my horn doesn't sound like it belongs on a Prius
When I upgraded to 6.5' 2014 last year, I switched from simple canopy (read: hunting "camper") to the bakflip tonneau. Got a Grizzly draw for this spring, so went to work trying to figure out some "accommodations". I picked up the Adarac last year for my canoe, as it was over $500, I'm cheating a bit by including it in this $50 mod thread, but for those of you interested, here's the plan...
With that as the base, today I started started my Make-Shift Canopy project. It'll basically be a few 2x's, a good quality tarp, bug screening (hopefully) and some mechanisms to tie it all down, and stretch out the tarp smoothly.
Today was step one, size the 2x's to join the 1.25" steel racks and have overhang, varnished, and added eyebolts to secure boards down. To allow rain to run off, the middle board is 2x4, sides are 2x3. The holes at each end are for doweling for tie down and side to side support. $15 today.
Wrapped them in electrical tape to "smoke" them like tuxedoblack11 did, then sealed them with 2" heat-shrink tubing ($10) and used epoxy to seal the ends:
Waterproofing
I tried to install the first one doing the wiring through the puddle lamp blank hole in my mirrors. I got the plug off for the rear LEDs, but wasn't able to get it back on through the hole, so I ended up popping the mirror off anyway. I just stuck the wires in the back of the plug and taped them up, no splicing required
Here's the results: (Excuse the dirty truck, it's pollen season here)
I ran a 12v from the battery (fused) to the relay. I then tapped the horn's 12'v input (Yellow wire in harness to horn) to the relay trigger.
This way the factory horn circuit retains 99% of the original power (I'm taking an un-educated guess that the relay will steal 1% to activate). The Hella's get their own power through the relay directly from the battery/power circuit.
Now my horn doesn't sound like it belongs on a Prius
Thanks Carbinereloaded,
Yeah, safe assumption that the relay would use, well, some power anyway. (Haha, Prius's beware! We don't want your sound round here no more!)
Last edited by FX4_2014F150; 03-30-2015 at 08:49 PM.
So I had this emblem made for my truck. It's my wife's name who recently passed away this November at a terribly terribly young age of 28. I cheated a little bit with this mod as it came from the Toyota company and a promotion they are doing where you upload a picture of you and your Toyota and name your car for FREE. I had my in-laws send me a picture of them with their Camry. The website to go to is www.masqueunauto.com/English/
Last edited by shortyscwater17; 04-01-2015 at 09:28 PM.
I was looking at all these threads about center console organizers, and I figured I'd look around the house to see if I can use anything I already have instead of going out and buying some of the suggested items. Turns out I just transferred all of my fishing gear from a hard tackle box to one of those soft tackle boxes with the plastic boxes with separators inside.
I had an extra one laying around, so I grabbed it and took it out to the truck! Perfect fit! I have a winter hat on one end and a roll of toilet paper and glasses and stuff on the other end of it, so it doesn't move around a single bit in the console. I'm not sure how much it would move around if there wasn't other stuff on each end, but I'll always have that other stuff so it works for me. Doesn't make any noise or anything when driving.
I leave it unlatched (first picture) - I figure it won't spill the contents as long as I don't flip the truck onto its roof No clearance issues when the cover is flipped up (second picture) to get at the stuff in it. The great thing about it is that you can choose the size of each spot with the little plastic separator pieces. I tried to balance it weight wise (not that it matters, I just tend to over-do things) and put the coins on each side... I mainly did that because I didn't know what else I could put in there that would fit.
03-29-2015, 03:35 PM
so I decide to do some truck Mods that I had been putting off ..... First off I needed to touch up my grill again with (bed liner Black) and add some new style Raptor lights and while I was at it ... I also decide on Camo for the front Ford badge .... The lights I used in the grill are the same ones used in the new F150 lifts Raptor grill light kit other than I bought the Amber lens instead of Clear ..... I really like the f150 lifts kit but coming in at 85.00 ... they are not in my budget ..... 
Not sure if I will do the tailgate badge or not .... ran out of Mossy Oak vinyl so its going to be a while if I decide to tackle that one .... 
ANZO Mirror turn signals $34
