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Might as well start one myself. Bought it bone stock this past May. I'll probably won't do any performance mods on it aside from the AEM dryflow filter, and catch can. I'm basically doing appearance mods only. Enjoy!
Here is the the truck being blah.
Gonna paint the grill a satin black, thinking about removing the marker lights permenantly cause people are complaining they burn out in a short time. Maybe I'll replace them with better quality leds. Don't know yet.
I'll update when I get these goodies put on.
GATOR Tri Fold Pro on. Took about 20 minutes, and fit perfect.
Painted Raptor Grill. Didn't like the gun metal color it came with. Preped it and hit with some Spray Max 1K AP, and then a can of Spray Max 2K satin black. Need to go back and wet sand some of the spittle drops out (yeah, the spray nozzle performance wasn't the greatest)of the finish and get a second can to finish it up.
Installed the Ford tail gate assist. Pretty simple job, did need to use my impact driver to crack loose the 2 torx screws holding the hinge bracket. Alot easier than the Deeze assist cause you don't have to worry about trying to get that funky nut in place. Removing the tailgate was pretty easy once you get under the bed to disco the camera and power lock cable. The tailgate itself is pretty light for what it is. Then removing the tail light housing(pretty neat how the strut is hidden)which wasn't though at all. Took about 45 minutes total, probably quicker if I had everything with me.
I'm getting ready to start modding the 15 i picked up.... where did you get the plate mod? beautiful truck btw! I opted for the sport package on mine.
Thanks, The plate mod was my own idea, but here is the hardware I bought to do it.
Went to my local HD and picked up 2 #10-32 x 5/8 expansion/well nuts, 2 10-32 x 3/4" SS socket cap screws (The expansion/ well nuts and screws came from the specialty fastener drawer) and a bag of SS #10 washers. For Installation a drill, 3/8 drill bit and a 1/8" allen wrench.
Just make sure you have no sensors behind the bumper insert. I used a torpedo level to make sure the plate and holes lined up square. Just drill the holes and insert the well nuts, but don't use any silicone in the holes or the well nuts will keep spinning when you try to tighten them and they won't expand. Once I had the plate on I bent it a little to follow the contour of the bumper and then wrapped the plate with a silicone license plate frame from Auto Zone to give it a cleaner look. The plate is on there pretty good. I check it on occasion to see if it's come lose, but it's still nice and snug.
Nice truck. I got the deezee tailgate assist. I think when I'm finished my mods, I'm going to change it out to the OEM version like you have.
Thanks, i was contemplating the DEEZE as well but then I read reviews where the funky nut was an issue to get in the tailgate so I decided just to spend the extra 30 bucks to get the OEM version which seems heavy dutier and won't be in the way of anything. I think it was worth it.
08-31-2018, 01:22 PM
Boostr's 15 2.7 EB XLT Build
