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Super duty upgrades

hickslawns

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Our 2006 F350 was in need of some loving. Bought some used fenders, a hood, grill, and upgraded headlights. One fender was rusted. Hood and other fender had clear coat peeling and paint as well. Cheaper to find a couple used pieces than to have ours painted.

I post mainly because of the grill/headlight upgrade. If you have an older Superduty this is an easy facelift. Ours will really spring forward because we had the older style sealed beam lights. It looked like a 99-04 XL model even though it is an 06.

New or used parts work. New aren't terrible in the aftermarket. We simply found them used. Under $40 in adapters on top of $400 in used parts and we are rust free, painted, and have a fresh grill and lights. Much cheaper than a new truck or paying the paint shop to do it. Granted I'll have some payroll in it too, still cheaper than a body shop.
 

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hickslawns

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Still need to peel the red vinyl stripe off the used fenders. Heat gun and fingernail wasn't working. I need to go grab some plastic scrapers designed for removing vinyl.

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hickslawns

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Lipstick on a pig it is still damn Ford!!! 😂😂😂

I'm an equal opportunity truck basher. 2 Dodges. 2 Toyotas. 2 Jeeps. 4 Fords. 2 Chevy. One Honda. We even have an Isuzu. I'll bash them all right along with you. Ford makes a darn fine work truck. Right up there with our Dodge trucks. I quit buying Chevy trucks after owning a 2003 and a pair of 2005 models. Only reason I have 2 Chevy now is: One is a $1500 car for my kid we will toss when it is worn out. The other was built in 1962. . . When Chevy was Chevy.
 
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