I'm actually gonna build some up pretty soon myself. Look like the nfab ones, but different.

 

DONE! Pete. THANKS nate!

 

Sweet, thanks for this Nate. No beans from me either.

 

Ha ha! Same here. But I have the added bonus of 'needing' to reach over and shift every now and then!

 

Wow Nate that does look factory! Good job. I tried to rep also. I bet there arent alot of red inteiors out there that i could get handles from, il have to check that out. We usely call the O CHIT handles. Haha

 

Grab the clothes hanger from your donor vehicle. There is a slot over the rear doors just for this:



Then you can hang your dry cleaning against either side window instead of blocking your view out the rear.

 

I have just been hanging them on the grab handle. Seems to work even better than that puny little hook anyway as long as they're on hangers.

 

Great minds think alike huh Nate. I was just thinking about doing this in my truck. My wife has learned to drive Ol' Red now and I've been sitting shotgun. It's a real "B" getting up in the passengers seat... who knew? Thanks for doing the hard part! Reps sent.

 

Yeah I guess it would be though climbing in without anything to grab onto. I always have the steering wheel, so I don't think about it much.

 

Nate,
Thanks for the "Grab Handle" info, it is a project I plan to do very soon on my 96 F-250.

The well nuts you used is the last bit of info I needed. It is was so obvious when you mentioned them. I think I even have a few laying around.

"Kudos" for finding the answer.
Thanks again, Mike

 

your setup looks GREAT!!!! Kudos!


There is also an article over on the .org or maybe its here where a guy used ford explorer handles and well nuts to mount handles in his OBS...found link

http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/94-...ndles-obs.html

 

Kinda curious cuz ive seen those A-pillar handle mounts too... Just didnt think there was much 'meat' there for them to grab anything.

Great job tho Nate! (I tend to read threads once or twice and keep up with them, but never actually post them until some RANDOM thought jumps in my head... then i forget to actually comment on the OP topic. lol SORRY)

 

A little update to this old thread. I did another set of these in my new truck and used 1/4 x 20 clip nuts instead of rubber well nuts. Not only are the clip nuts cheaper to buy but they seem to be a lot more sturdy and reliable IMO. I had to drill 2 holes per attachment point, and one of them had to be pretty (around 7/8") to allow the clip nut to slip through it, but I think this is the better way to accomplish this installation. The well nuts are a real pain to get seated correctly and if you ever have to remove the handles for any reason, then you run the risk of losing the well nut down inside the cavity in the pillar. The clip nuts just hang on there like they should.



Another word of caution is to look under the plastic trim before you start drilling your holes. The cabs are not all built the same and you may have to fudge the holes one way or another to make the holes fall where there is a good place to drill. The other thing I started doing that really speeds the installation was to mark out the locations for the holes on the plastic trim with a pencil, then pull the screws out of it and look to be sure that it was a good location in the steel for the holes (there are a lot of things up in that part of the pillar that you need to work around to make it fit) then if everything looked good, I put the plastic trim back on, put the screws in and then drilled through the plastic and the metal both with a small pilot bit. That ensures that the holes will line up like they should when you're all done. That eliminates a lot of measuring and room for error.

This really is, IMO one of the better interior mods for these trucks especially if it is a lifted truck or F350 and you have kids or a relatively short wife (of which I have both).