2014 FX4 - Red Coyote Edition
 

Welp, been lurking on these forums for long enough. Thought it was time to post up my truck now that I finally got off my @$$ and gave her a proper bath and got some decent pics. Not a huge "build", as it's pretty much cosmetic only changes, but I've made it my own and the goal was to make it look as though it could have been custom ordered from the factory this way. Most, if not all, changes I tried to use OEM parts from different years. My inspiration mostly came from the newer (gasp) Silverado Redline edition trucks. I love the red tow hooks and other little red touches on those trucks, but I also really like the chrome accents. I'm not a fan of the full chrome "package", but little accents are classy to me. Plus I wanted to have something different and didn't want it to be like all the other black on black on black on black trucks that are a dime a dozen on the road today.

Hope ya'll like it. Lemme know if you have any comments or questions. Otherwise, thanks for checking her out and I'll see you on the forums!

Skip all the crap below if you just want to see a few pics, otherwise here's what I've done;

Mods/Upgrades

Engine Bay

• 5.0 engine cover kit w/ coil covers (painted PQ race red)
• AIRAID intake tube w/ red Ford oval decal

Exterior

• Freebies
  • Reverse level (removed rear suspension blocks)
  • Removed front air dam
  • Removed FX4 decals
• Falken Wildpeak AT3W 275/60/20
• 2015+ Sport 6 spoke satin black wheels
• Center cap overlays (Satin black w/red Ford logo)
• Ziebart Undercoat
• Black zinc plated slotted rotors w/ Akebono pads
• Painted calipers (G2 black w/ red F150 and FX decals front and rear respectively)
• Powder coat tow hooks red
• Red "Coyote" growler decals
• Ford ovals black w/ chrome letters (Plastidipped)
• Chrome 6 bar grille (wrapped in 3M gloss black metallic)
• Raptor style grille LEDs
• Replace red badges with chrome (red badges were badly faded)
• Morimoto LED fog lights
• Recon LED smoked mirror blinkers
• Recon LED smoked 3rd brake light
• Recon LED license plate lights
• DriveBright LED mirror puddle lights
• LED projector reverse bulbs
• LineX bed liner
• DeeZee rubber bed mat
• DeeZee Tailgate damper
• Truxedo LoPro tonneau cover
• Husky wheel well liners
• OEM style ABS step bars (OEM steps were damaged by previous owner)
• Antenna Source - Shorty Antenna
• Magnaflow 12249 muffler
• WeatherTech mud flaps

Interior

• Handkraftd steeering wheel (Raptor style w/ red stitching and stripe)
• ProClip angled mount w/ Scosche MagicMount
• Sync 3 upgrade
• Kicker VSS SubStage and KS68 door speakers
• DriveBright LED map/dome lights
• Matte black/red steering wheel emblem overlay
• Window tint 30% front/rear

Misc.

• Slip joint fixed/lubed (no more bump!)
• Fuse 27 relocated

Future upgrades

• Bilstein 5100s

Pics

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The day I bought her. Flew to Texas and drove back. This was the first time I saw her in person.


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How she currently sits after all my anal retentive modifications.


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Sunset made for some really nice pictures.


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I'm undecided on the grille. It doesn't look bad, but I'm not 100% in love with it. Might just end up wrapping the two inner bars as well. EDIT: Decided to black out the remaining bars. Updated pics at end of thread.


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LOVE the way this turned out. Special thanks to KoolPonyCar and his 29 page thread on here for how to do this mod properly.


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The center caps and calipers turned out really nice. It's the little things that make a difference.


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The Dura Dressing tire coating I used really pops in this pic. Should last several months and well worth the effort.


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Steering wheel overlay was a nice touch to bring all the red/black together. And although you can't tell in this pic, SYNC3 is a game changer!

Minnesota!!
Got the same plates, nice ride

Thanks! Looks like you're in Lakeville, bout 20 minutes from me.

Nicely done, really like the engine bay. Count me a no vote on the chrome grill, go all black. Great build!

Thanks! I think I agree on the grille. Won't be hard to wrap them up... which is part of the reason I wrapped it in the first place. It allows me to experiment a bit. Funny thing is, now that I did it that way, I'm noticing that the new Ford Ranger Lariat has a similar style with the two inner bars being chrome.

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You wrapped that grill your self?

Looks factory

That engine looks CLEAN, I’ll have to find that thread on the covers. My coil covers are on their way but I’ve pretty much given up on the 5.0 engine cover.

Nice truck!

Yes sir, I did! First time wrapping anything as well. I saw on another thread here where someone wrapped their tailgate applique with the 3M gloss black metallic and it was a super close match to tuxedo black. I wanted to give it a try and experiment a bit with the chrome bars, so that's what I ended up with. I just watched a handful of "CKWraps" YouTube videos and then went to town. If you get up really close, you'll definitely notice imperfections but it passes the 5ft test and came out pretty good.

Thanks for the kind words! Here, I'll save you the trouble. The engine cover thread is below. It's a long read but lots of good information on how to get it done the right way.

https://www.f150forum.com/f38/engine-cover-114237/

Photoshop to the rescue. Need opinions... CHROME vs RED vs BLACK ???



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