Show'em Off!!! Post up 97-03 trucks!
01-20-2011, 10:56 PM
#4011
Northwoods4x4
01-20-2011, 11:18 PM
#4014
Senior Member
I'm new on here, so I thought I'd start off by posting pics of my truck. Looking at her you wouldn't believe she's got 243k miles on her and the original engine's still running like a champ 
She's a 2001 5.4L XLT Scab, former Ford dealership fleet truck. Bought her in summer '09 with 225k miles for $3900, just to get me through college. Graduating in May, so we'll see what happens to her after. Hopefully she's got lots of miles left.
Attachment 30178
Pretty much stock right now, money's been tied up in new tires and some repairs (alternator, cruise, ball joints). When I bought it it had even wimpier passenger tires on and the sidewall on the passenger front had been almost worn though, so I bumped back up to stock size A/Ts. I guess whoever drove it before wasn't very good at parallel parking
And you can't really tell in the pic, but the OEM headlamps are pretty fogged and you really can't see much at night, so I've been eying a set on ebay, like what Ice-Cable has here: https://www.f150forum.com/f6/update-...y-screw-51290/ Then I think I might change out the bumper pad to black and see about painting the grille black, too, and go from there.
Attachment 30179
Attachment 30181
Attachment 30182
Attachment 30183
Attachment 30184
And that's me.
She's a 2001 5.4L XLT Scab, former Ford dealership fleet truck. Bought her in summer '09 with 225k miles for $3900, just to get me through college. Graduating in May, so we'll see what happens to her after. Hopefully she's got lots of miles left.
Attachment 30178
Pretty much stock right now, money's been tied up in new tires and some repairs (alternator, cruise, ball joints). When I bought it it had even wimpier passenger tires on and the sidewall on the passenger front had been almost worn though, so I bumped back up to stock size A/Ts. I guess whoever drove it before wasn't very good at parallel parking
And you can't really tell in the pic, but the OEM headlamps are pretty fogged and you really can't see much at night, so I've been eying a set on ebay, like what Ice-Cable has here: https://www.f150forum.com/f6/update-...y-screw-51290/ Then I think I might change out the bumper pad to black and see about painting the grille black, too, and go from there.
Attachment 30179
Attachment 30181
Attachment 30182
Attachment 30183
Attachment 30184
And that's me.
Nice to see some females in here enjoying the hobby. Welcome!
01-20-2011, 11:23 PM
#4015
Ford tough since '88
Means a lot.. lol when the snow stops ill try and wash and wax it so it really looks good... question for you guys though, should I keep the skid plate silver cause i plan on linexing the black part
01-20-2011, 11:51 PM
#4018
Ford tough since '88
01-21-2011, 12:11 AM
#4019
Resident Metalhead
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 402
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
01-21-2011, 12:15 AM
#4020
Resident Metalhead
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 402
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well, some people just tape off around the emblems and them put a large area of newspaper around to avoid overspray, then just put a few coats of your choice of spray paint then clear coat it.
Another way is to remove the emblem completely and then do the steps above, and then glue/epoxy the emblem back onto the truck. I think there's a how to somewhere around here, or it could be on another site.
Basically, do what you did to your fender flares to the emblems.
