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Hey guys, Ive been looking at these forums for years but never made an account and never documented my truck build so I figured now that work is slow ill give it a shot!

When I bought the truck 3 years ago, *the tool box and vent visors were installed by me, but this is the oldest picture I have of the truck it was 100% BONE STOCK



My truck as of 7/24/14

2002 F150 XLT 4X4, scab,
33" Kenda Lever MTs on 16" Black painted ford ranger rims
Rough Country 3" lift
Stampede Ruff Rider fender flares ( Same as bushwhackers without having to remove sheet metal from fenders)
Iconic Black Bull bar
Black grille
Black Badges
Superduty 4x4 stickers
Black bumber
AVS Vent visors on all windows and low profile bug shield on hood
2 Hella Black Magic KC Lights on bull bar
Black headlights / corners **Not in picture below**
Custom Huskey tool box
Hornblasters custom train horn setup
Superchip Cortex programmer
K&N Full Air Intake system
Flowmaster 10 series 3" single exit exhaust system
LED conversion on inside, all bulbs Blue LEDs
Custom blue under glow under seats
200 Watt PA system
Cobra CB
Bedliner
Undercoated
Air Zenith air pressure gauge for onboard Air compressor
Pillar gauge
Complete HID lights, High/Low, Fog Lights
4 Kicker door speakers
Tailgate assist




I will post pictures below of before and after upgrades, My hope is to answer any questions anyone might have, over the years I have gotten many questions answered through this forum so now its time for me to give back, please feel free to ask anything!

Badges

I removed them from the truck using fishing line, I believe it was 30lb test. Anything over 20lb should work, I cleaned them with a degreaser, DO NOT use denatured alcohol on these, the plastic is soft and will be eaten by the alcohol, I prepped them with an adhesion promoter, sprayed 2 coats of primer, then 4 coats of black gloss dupicolor for plastics, then sprayed with AT LEAST 5 coats of gloss/UV protection.





Flares

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I painted my grille using



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Tires side by side:



These are my wheels I will do a separate thread if you wish to see how I did them

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I used plasti-dip to get a feel for what it would like black, so far it is holding well but I do intend to do a more lasting coating in the future but for now this is what it looks like.

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I installed HIDs in the heads and fogs

The heads are 9007 Bi-Xenon High/lows **6000k**
The fogs are H10 Xenon **6000k**




Hard to tell but very bright. I ordered the kits from DDM Tuning.

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I wanted black headlights, after searching for awhile I decided to go with ebay headlights, I wasn't expecting much quality, but I was actually surprised when they came in, very heavy duty plastic, seems just as sturdy as stock I guess time will tell how they hold up!

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I ordered the kit from Hornblasters. It has a 2 gallon tank rated at 150psi, It has a compressor unit mounted on it also here are some pictures

caderoderick13

ive never been a fan of longbeds, but other than that youve got a nice truck. how hard was it to set up your horns? ive always wanted air horns on my trucks.

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thanks! And it wasn't hard at all once i figured out how i wanted to mount them.