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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Summers22
Lift your truck beyond loading stuff in the bed easily
Chrome wheels
Ebay ricer headlights and taillights
Add any sort of decal to the windows
Pinstripes
Straight pipe exhaust
Fake hood vents
Cobra or SVT emblems if not a SVT
I could go on forever.....
Rats. I have one sticker on the back lower right corner of my truck:
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 06:01 AM
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Love it !
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by acdii
Funny you are the first one who said something negative. I have gotten a LOT of compliments on my headlights, many from other F150 owners. I can tell you the light output between those big ugly chrome reflectors and these is remarkable. They light up the road very nicely without glaring oncoming traffic, so much so I rarely ever need to use the high beams. The LED's alone can light up the road, the side markers light up both sides of the road too. I did them more for their performance than looks after hitting a deer and busting out the OEM lights.
Just bc someone doesn't like a mod, doesn't mean it's negative. It's just an opinion. You don't have to keep justifying your lights. Yours look better than most, but as a whole, I don't like them either. MOST of them look cheap. I've got fender flares on a truck that's lifted to high to use the bed, with big mud tires that almost never sees dirt. Think I care what anybody else thinks? Nope. Last time I checked the credit union sent me a bill for it every month, and nobody in here bothers to send me a donation, so they have no say in what I do. 👍🏽
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 07:57 AM
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^Amen to that
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Summers22
Lift your truck beyond loading stuff in the bed easily
Chrome wheels
Ebay ricer headlights and taillights
Add any sort of decal to the windows
Pinstripes
Straight pipe exhaust
Fake hood vents
Cobra or SVT emblems if not a SVT
I could go on forever.....
Disagree. I have this on my truck.
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 08:30 AM
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Mod your truck to look like a Titan!


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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 09:08 AM
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They just could not move the fuel door forward a couple inches so, they did not have to cut into the fender flare ??
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 09:10 AM
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My biggest pet peeve is the SQWAT LIFE YO! 3" level on a 4x4 is almost as irritating to me because it makes the front higher than the rear.


2wd = 3"
4wd = 2.5"
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Lenn
My biggest pet peeve is the SQWAT LIFE YO! 3" level on a 4x4 is almost as irritating to me because it makes the front higher than the rear.


2wd = 3"
4wd = 2.5"
It's not a pet peeve of mine re: the 3" front level/lift ... I just don't understand it, as it drastically affects your down-travel, and puts a ridiculous amount of stress on ball joints and connections at the front end. I know some of this can be alleviated via new UCA's with uniball joints, but still ... if you're gonna go 3", just go with a 4" lift and have it right in all respects.

And for the record, all of the above is why I did the 1.5" AS level up front. Actually it came out to be about 1.75" of level/lift. Even with that, I can tell that my down-travel is affected when I really flex things out, and it's also enough at 1.5" to make the little "bumps" on the LCA and knuckle miss each other on full lock - which lets the wheels turn further than they are supposed to go, and puts undue stress on the steering system.
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 09:28 AM
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You guys must be getting old...can't believe you hate this look!!


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