Build Thread: That guy with the Orange Truck
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08-01-2014, 12:29 AM
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And thanks guys!
Its been a long 5 months but I think I can officially say its nearly done. It will always be a work in progress.
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08-02-2014, 08:33 PM
Looks great Nick really nice, that truck "fits" that hood now too!!
What are you doing for bumpers?
(wish to heck I'd bought a 87-91 tail gate now) I do like the look of nothing on one the "clean" look no lettering nothing like have on my 95 XLT. But now seeing yours i'm thinking that style would have been the better fit for my 97 XL. I do like the stamped in lettering over the painted on look regardless.
Was going to do the That little dude pissing on that C emblem in vinyl in the center of my 95's gate, nice clean slate that it is to work with, couldn't settle on a color vinyl I like to go with it but that wouldn't clash with anything else doing so.
What are you doing for bumpers?
(wish to heck I'd bought a 87-91 tail gate now) I do like the look of nothing on one the "clean" look no lettering nothing like have on my 95 XLT. But now seeing yours i'm thinking that style would have been the better fit for my 97 XL. I do like the stamped in lettering over the painted on look regardless.
Was going to do the That little dude pissing on that C emblem in vinyl in the center of my 95's gate, nice clean slate that it is to work with, couldn't settle on a color vinyl I like to go with it but that wouldn't clash with anything else doing so.
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Looks great Nick really nice, that truck "fits" that hood now too!!
What are you doing for bumpers?
(wish to heck I'd bought a 87-91 tail gate now) I do like the look of nothing on one the "clean" look no lettering nothing like have on my 95 XLT. But now seeing yours i'm thinking that style would have been the better fit for my 97 XL. I do like the stamped in lettering over the painted on look regardless.
Was going to do the That little dude pissing on that C emblem in vinyl in the center of my 95's gate, nice clean slate that it is to work with, couldn't settle on a color vinyl I like to go with it but that wouldn't clash with anything else doing so.
What are you doing for bumpers?
(wish to heck I'd bought a 87-91 tail gate now) I do like the look of nothing on one the "clean" look no lettering nothing like have on my 95 XLT. But now seeing yours i'm thinking that style would have been the better fit for my 97 XL. I do like the stamped in lettering over the painted on look regardless.
Was going to do the That little dude pissing on that C emblem in vinyl in the center of my 95's gate, nice clean slate that it is to work with, couldn't settle on a color vinyl I like to go with it but that wouldn't clash with anything else doing so.
Yeah I searched high and low for a gate that says FORD. The stock cleanflat ones look nice too; I've never been a fan of the ones with the 6 holes for the silver panel.
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08-02-2014, 09:50 PM
Im waiting until I find the "perfect" ones but Im coming up short. I want some nice painted ones that look aggressive but not like Road Armor aggressive. Yeah Im picky lol.
Yeah I searched high and low for a gate that says FORD. The stock cleanflat ones look nice too; I've never been a fan of the ones with the 6 holes for the silver panel.
Yeah I searched high and low for a gate that says FORD. The stock cleanflat ones look nice too; I've never been a fan of the ones with the 6 holes for the silver panel.
Trucks are trucks its bumper shouldn't be a continuation of the fender like on a car, a brick with round corners is still a brick. Bumpers on trucks are utilitarian in nature shouldn't have deviated from that, body is the body bumper is the bumper.
Newer models are even worse, that whole front end thing, I gotta laugh every time I drive by the dealer down the road, a sold "wall" of em lining the sidewalk. Then the chrome on em, they ever hear "to much of a good thing"? its waaaaaaaay over done to point looks silly.
That silver panel never did care for that thing, its needing the gate replaced at the time or not that panel had to go regardless. I made double sure ordering the new one that it would not have those holes in it, I was not putting the panel back on.
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08-05-2014, 08:40 PM
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Thanks bud!
Yea Im actually throwing the idea around of just buying a stock bumper and painting it orange. Im trying to steer away from chrome everything looks too ricey. You said you drive by the dealer and you see the trucks chromed out? I think the automakers are trying to steer away fromit aswell. The new fx4 fords have not a single piece of chrome on them.
Yea I've always felt making the front bumper part of the body, an extension to the fenders on a truck a bad idea, somewhat limits what can be done and makes making it look good doing so very hard to do especially for the average joe with limited tooling to work with.
Trucks are trucks its bumper shouldn't be a continuation of the fender like on a car, a brick with round corners is still a brick. Bumpers on trucks are utilitarian in nature shouldn't have deviated from that, body is the body bumper is the bumper.
Newer models are even worse, that whole front end thing, I gotta laugh every time I drive by the dealer down the road, a sold "wall" of em lining the sidewalk. Then the chrome on em, they ever hear "to much of a good thing"? its waaaaaaaay over done to point looks silly.
That silver panel never did care for that thing, its needing the gate replaced at the time or not that panel had to go regardless. I made double sure ordering the new one that it would not have those holes in it, I was not putting the panel back on.
Trucks are trucks its bumper shouldn't be a continuation of the fender like on a car, a brick with round corners is still a brick. Bumpers on trucks are utilitarian in nature shouldn't have deviated from that, body is the body bumper is the bumper.
Newer models are even worse, that whole front end thing, I gotta laugh every time I drive by the dealer down the road, a sold "wall" of em lining the sidewalk. Then the chrome on em, they ever hear "to much of a good thing"? its waaaaaaaay over done to point looks silly.
That silver panel never did care for that thing, its needing the gate replaced at the time or not that panel had to go regardless. I made double sure ordering the new one that it would not have those holes in it, I was not putting the panel back on.
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08-06-2014, 08:22 PM
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I'm a huge fan of the 87-91 tailgates with the big F O R D dimples. On my 91 XLT that has the aluminum tailgate piece I will pull that off and have the body shop weld up the mounting holes an smooth it all back out so it looks like an XL tailgate. After looking at yours I may not letter the F O R D. I like the way that looks after seeing yours.
In 92 and above there were no more big F O R D dimples, whether you had an XLT trim piece or not. The 87-91 8th gen "brick nose" were the ones with those cool 'gates.
Truck is seriously bad ***, thanks for sharing all the love you poured into her. We very much appreciate the thread bro!
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