08 Conversion

campbellflage · Jan 17, 2013

Figured I would start a thread to cover this even thought its been done before. I am still in the process of acquiring parts and its not gonna all happen at once, but over time. I am on a small budget here, still in college, and only working PRN at the hospital. I had a thread about keeping or trading the 7.3 for a 6.4, and while there was alot of push for the 6.4, I decided to keep the 7.3. So here goes.

Found these headlights locally, guy had them sitting in his backyard for quite a while, the lens is not the best but.. the price was right.

Started to bake em and take them apart. (hilarious trying to explain why I was baking headlights to the fiance)

Finished product, 4 coats of gloss black on the chrome bezel, 2 coats of night shades on the reflectors, and 4 coats of clear on both.

And picked up this grille a little ways south of me, has one barely noticible surface scratch on the emblem, but good enough for me.

Waiting to hear back on price to ship a ram air hood, and found fenders on partstrain for 170 shipped (non capa though, not sure on the quality there), and a bumper is proving hard to find in the non chrome option. Once I get more parts together I will update the progress.

campbellflage · Jul 18, 2013

got some of the process started today, with the help from an org member. More to come.

6.0Dually · Jul 18, 2013

How long did it take you to get this far?

campbellflage · Jul 18, 2013

6.0Dually said:
How long did it take you to get this far?

started at 630 and had to wrap it up around 2 due to rain approaching. I was not alone though, and he had done it before.

florida 6.0 · Jul 18, 2013

The more I see this done the more i want to do it to mine .

campbellflage · Jul 18, 2013

florida 6.0 said:
The more I see this done the more i want to do it to mine .

do it~! Took me forever.. and I was gonna sell it, but got talked outta selling everything and got it semi-done.

6.0Dually · Jul 19, 2013

Got any pictures of the process? Ive been wanting to do this for a while. Could the average person do this?

B-FEAGLEY7.3 · Jul 19, 2013

How much would you say it cost you to do this

bigred13 · Jul 19, 2013

X2 on the process pictures/instructions. Do you have a full list of the parts required?

sent while hardly working

campbellflage · Jul 19, 2013

6.0Dually said:
Got any pictures of the process? Ive been wanting to do this for a while. Could the average person do this?

don't have any pictures of the process, and I am definitely the average person, this was just a driveway swap.

campbellflage · Jul 19, 2013

B-FEAGLEY7.3 said:
How much would you say it cost you to do this

A lot. For some reason parts are hard to come by where I live.

campbellflage · Jul 19, 2013

bigred13 said:
X2 on the process pictures/instructions. Do you have a full list of the parts required?

sent while hardly working

I didn't get any pictures of the tear down, was working with an org member and racing the afternoon approaching rain. I will get a full parts list when I get it all buttoned up.

campbellflage · Jul 21, 2013

Just got an email update about my street scene wiper cowl, should be here tomorrow. I also went with the 08 hood hinges so I wouldn't have to cut the cowl. One thing I found out that I either missed or wasn't covered in other people's process of doing this is that you can reuse the stock fender mounting locations. Bring one of the fender bolts to lowes or whatever and match the threads and get longer bolts. Mine were m6. This way your not drilling out slots for bolts to hold the fender in place. I am gonna fab up some better headlight mounts tomorrow and also get some bolts to mount the tow hooks. Where it sits now they hit the bumper so mounting them inside the frame will not work without notching the bumper bracket, I am gonna try to mount them on the bottom of the frame with different bolts and hopefully this should bring the tow hooks to the center of the bumper opening. Another thing I am gonna have to figure out is how to mount the hood shocks, as I have yet to see this covered.

campbellflage · Jul 22, 2013

bigred13 said:
X2 on the process pictures/instructions. Do you have a full list of the parts required?

sent while hardly working

08 Head lights
08 grille
08 hood (with striker)
08 bumper
08 hinges or reuse your own but will require cutting the cowl
08 wiper cowl
08 fenders
08 wiper linkage
08 grille lift supports (crossmember mounting brackets)
pvc or whatever your using to space the fenders
misc M6 bolts (they match the thread used to hold the stock fenders, so you can use the same mounting locations for the new fenders)
misc washers, nuts to space out things
I used self taping screws
fender badges
08 wheel well plastics, or cut rework your own
headlight conversion harness
some metal strap to fab up headlight mounts

Tools:
1- cutting tool to cut front frame and grill support..
2- some basic hand tools, sockets..
3- drill, bits.. new mounting points if needed, and the new mounting hole for the bumper.

that's pretty much it.. If I remember anything else I will edit.

campbellflage · Jul 29, 2013

Got these wired in today. Came with the bumper, with ballasts and everything. I didn't have fog lights from the factory, and don't have the wire harness, so I went with the relay setup tapping into the parking light. It came out great. I just have to try and figure out the color temp or whatever you call that so I can match with the headlights when I order a kit for them.