Daily Driver / Tow Pig Build....

mjonesjr · Feb 7, 2012

SouthFlstrokin' said:
Were those shipped to you? Or is that just a suprise from someone lol

No, I bought them from a guy. I got a really good deal on them that I couldn't pass up.

96stacked&smoken · Feb 7, 2012

that reminds me i need to clean out the pounds of crap in my toolbox prob make it faster.lol let me know the next time you get bored i got plenty you can do to mine.

mjonesjr · Feb 24, 2012

I got some "O-CRAP" handles installed. This is probably the dumbest thing Ford did by not putting these in to begin with. Thankfully, they did leave enough room between the inner metal and the outer shell to use expansion nuts. These handles are out of an Explorer.

I also got some new body parts in. I got a new grill, headlight bezels, and a tailgate. The headlight bezels and grill is OEM parts. The tailgate is Keystone Premium (no picture, not getting it back out of the box to take one). It is a heavy piece and comes with an excellent warranty. These will not be going on until later next month when the truck comes out of the body shop. She is getting a total makeover.

Here is the reasons why she is getting a make over:

Rust starting to bubble on the passenger side rear wheel well. Shop is going to cut both sides out and put in new panels.

Dents in the bed side.

Rotted out tailgate.

Dent in the driver side cab corner. There is no rot anywhere on the cab, just this dent.

Ford's best clear coat they could use. Funny enough, the top looks like new.

DieselFreak92 · Feb 24, 2012

I love how practical all of your mods are. Oh and real nice D60 Swap write up, I will be using that when I do mine.

96stacked&smoken · Feb 24, 2012

i still got dibs on the old grill right? guess you found a better deal on one. gota love my southern truck but i do got the dents.lol should be the cleanest obs around & look great when done man

mjonesjr · Feb 24, 2012

DieselFreak92 said:
I love how practical all of your mods are. Oh and real nice D60 Swap write up, I will be using that when I do mine.

I believe every modification to a vehicle should be for function over fashion.

96stacked&smoken said:
i still got dibs on the old grill right? guess you found a better deal on one. gota love my southern truck but i do got the dents.lol should be the cleanest obs around & look great when done man

I found a new in the box grill that someone bought and never used.

Yea you still get the old one!

96stacked&smoken · Feb 24, 2012

i wish i could find these deals.lol sweet itl give me a reason to check it out after paint.lol love a fresh painjob totally changes the look of a truck

mjonesjr · Feb 24, 2012

All I can find is lame deals like this. My dad seems to find killer deals that anyone would kill for.

96stacked&smoken · Feb 24, 2012

some people just get all the luck when it comes to that.lol

mjonesjr · Feb 24, 2012

Aint that the truth.

mjonesjr · Feb 28, 2012

I finally found good pieces of door trim to match the silver dash trim. I have searched for about 6 months in different junk yards. I had a passenger door trim, but didn't want to put the passenger door trim on until I could find a good driver door trim as well.

To swap the black trim for the silver trim, you just have to drill out the black plastic rivits on the back side of the black trim. The slots for the silver trim is already in the door panels.

Before:

After:

mjonesjr · Feb 28, 2012

I got one part of my intercooler setup installed today. The Super Duty 7.3 oil fill tube will allow me easier access to my oil fill cap once the intercooler tubes are installed.

The part number for the tube is 4C4Z-6783-AA.

96stacked&smoken · Feb 28, 2012

Looks good

96stacked&smoken · Feb 28, 2012

Is that a hole in your speaker cover or the lighting of the pic?

mjonesjr · Feb 28, 2012

There is a small hole there. I haven't been able to find a good gray cover to replace it with.

96stacked&smoken · Feb 28, 2012

Ah yeah there hard to track down and they crack easy when you remove them.Ask me how i know.lol I have interior paint thats the ford paint color so if ya find some just a dif color then you can use it. Thats what im doin.

mjonesjr · Feb 28, 2012

I may have to do that. I will keep looking for a while before I do that.

96stacked&smoken · Feb 28, 2012

Alrighty. I painted my pod and a couple other things with it and its an exact match and doesnt fade or peel.

BigJDW · Feb 29, 2012

Got to love junk yards I been looking for the dash trim like yours but ended up finding an Eddie Bauer f150 with the seats and console in really nice condition but when i came back the next day they were gone. :fustrate: But your trucks lookin good. :thumbsup:

mjonesjr · Feb 29, 2012

The yards around here are starting to crush the OBS Ford's, so a lot of parts are going away. Luckily there is still one yard about 5 miles from my house that doesn't crush anything unless it is 100 years old it seems like. They are also the only yard around here that will let you free walk.