KillinTime

Man that thing is gleaming. Very nice work on the paint.

Summers22

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Beautiful work! I love how the different shades come alive depending on the sun angle. There is no better color when its all shined up in my opinion!

Davecn5

I just recently switched over to the Chemical Guys line as well and am really impressed. Your truck came out awesome!

OCMike

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Looks fantastic!

Mike

Kenmore x 4

The Special Edition headlights and wheel combination look great together. Well done!

That's a beautiful truck with tasteful changes and modifications. You've done an excellent job sharing a detailed write up with great photos, too.

I'd like to change the chrome LED headlights on my 2018 Lariat Sport to the SE units too. They look right at home on the Sport trim.

Can you share your source for the SE headlights? Were you able to get a decent price on them? Any tips, other than time and patience, on the installation process? Sounds like it was somewhat involved.

Lastly, any updates in the blue window sill trim and B pillar install?

johnday in BFE

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Ya, how about that beltmoulding and "B" pillars?

EWC88

gingrbredman

Thanks guys, always appreciate kind comments on the truck! As we all know, its a lot of work to put into our mods and are pretty happy when it shows!

For my SE lights, I took the "easy way" out so I can not be as helpful with recommendations on sourcing for a good price, or even the installation unfortunately.

My truck came with the chrome LED lights. I picked up the smoked SE version from my local dealer, and actually had him swap the lights for me. A good friend of mine is the Service Director at my local Ford dealer. He was able to get the lights for me at his cost, which in the end, isn't all that great of a price considering. You can pick these up from online Ford Dealers at close to cost, and sometimes not pay the tax, but usually have to pay for shipping. Depending on where you are, that can add up because the boxes are rather large. I didn't have to pay shipping, but did have to pay the tax. I'll round up and say it cost about $2k for the headlights, brand new OEM, right from Ford. When the lights came in, my buddy took the truck to the dealer for me, and had his techs swap out the lights and didn't charge me anything, so it was probably the easiest mod I did!

I have seen a lot of resources around here on how to get the lights swapped. I'm convinced I could have done it, especially with all the pictures and videos on this forum alone. But in the end, I would have been crazy to try it myself with a certified Ford tech at my disposal to do the work.

In the end, I am so happy with the way these look, way better than the factory look. I was able to sell my set of chrome ones on the forum for about over $1k, so in the end, the mod did cost me less than $1k out of pocket, but probably the best mod I have done, in my opinion.

gingrbredman

So, this is the time of year for me where my sanity gets really tested. September / October is the busiest time for traveling for me at work, and this year has been no different. At least once a week on the road starts to take a toll on my sanity, family time, and of course my modding compulsion. I have barely visited the forum, let alone have driven the truck in the last month! Add to that, Fridays and Saturdays when I'm home, I'm usually at a marching band competition. My 16 yr. old daughter stays as busy as I do this time of year, and she absolutely loves it. Local and regional competitions keep us on the road, after I get back from work travels lol! Then Sundays are football days with my 11 yr old son. Good news/bad news is his team is undefeated this year, that's good, the bad is playoffs will now come, so who knows how long that will go into. Honestly though, I wouldn't have it any other way, maybe not the work part so much, but something has to pay for the mods. But my kids are only kids for so long, so I have to enjoy it while I can!

But, back to the questions at hand. The pillars and window trim. MBullock knocked the painting out of the park! Probably not a surprise to anyone who knows his work, but dam! I have actually had the parts for some time now, a week alone they sat at work before I got back to the office to pick them up. I'll show you what they look like, but probably won't have them all on until November, when I get to breath again!

Window trim just sitting there. Have to do put on the pillars before I can get these on, but know a lot wondered what these would look like.


I thought the first versions I had looked OK, despite the garbage under the clear coat. But this color really is vibrant. MBullock uses the real deal paint, and his work just shines. Really a nice match with the color and the metallic shines through!


Just the parts sitting as I find the time to breath lol! May even reach out to my buddy and see if his techs at the Ford dealer could take the old pillars off and put these on for me.

Kenmore x 4

Thank you for the thorough reply on the headlights and trim.

I saw you had sold your chrome LED headlights- it's actually what led me to read your build thread because I wanted to see what you replaced them with.

I'm thinking I may pull the trigger to get the SE headlights knowing there is demand for the LED chrome housings to help offset the $2k up front cost of SEs.