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haha thanks ill keep that near while i am doing them
 
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Did the ball joint on my 93 a year or so ago. Pretty simple of you take you time. If you have a shop press that will save you alot of time. If not a ball joint press works good (obviously). Just take your time, you'll be good. BTW the old ball joints can be taken out with a BFF also

BTW how did you mount the grab handles in the cab? My wife is knee high to a grasshopper and has a horrible time getting into my truck
 
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thanks every one and the headlights are oem "eagle eye" brand that i got (sadly) from ebay. there we like $79 at most.. the only problem was that the turn signal lens sticks out a tad farther than stock, same with taillight
Thank you. I liked yours so much I went and bought some, from LORDCO (for those who are living in BC,) for my truck. Once the headlights were aligned, wow what a difference!
 
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Did the ball joint on my 93 a year or so ago. Pretty simple of you take you time. If you have a shop press that will save you alot of time. If not a ball joint press works good (obviously). Just take your time, you'll be good. BTW the old ball joints can be taken out with a BFF also

BTW how did you mount the grab handles in the cab? My wife is knee high to a grasshopper and has a horrible time getting into my truck
BFF? lol. and i drilled 2 pairs of holes ( just eyeball the distance between the two pairs) for each pair try and keep the two close enough together so you can feed the paracord to the other one (the hardest part). there are number of knots you could use but after i 1 piece of paracord through each individual lpair i tied a lanyard knot for the two so that i had something to tie a snake braid to. getting it all to connect isnt too hard it takes a little bit of thinking tho.
 
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Thank you. I liked yours so much I went and bought some, from LORDCO (for those who are living in BC,) for my truck. Once the headlights were aligned, wow what a difference!
thanks. and yeah they really do make a difference!!!!
 
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what black paint did you use on the front and rear housings and leaf springs...looks thick
 
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i primed it with some rustoleum white primer and then for the black i just used the $1 walmart cans lol. i just made sure to put it on nice and thick. doubt it will last as long as rustoleum premium roll on but for now, if i just wash it real fast you almost cant tell a difference
 
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Don't mean to hijack a thread but, xrsfsho check this thread, worked great on my truck.How to: Grab Handles for the OBS - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum
 
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Can you tell if those seats were a bolt in, or did someone have to fabricate brackets?
 
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Can you tell if those seats were a bolt in, or did someone have to fabricate brackets?

from what i can tell... they do bold in exactly, but, he did mount some 2 in. square tube to raise them up a little. then just drill holes in top and bottom of square tube and bolt the seats to the sop and floor to the bottom
 
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i primed it with some rustoleum white primer and then for the black i just used the $1 walmart cans lol. i just made sure to put it on nice and thick. doubt it will last as long as rustoleum premium roll on but for now, if i just wash it real fast you almost cant tell a difference
thanks it looks good!
 
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so here are the exterior LED's that i was talking about earlier in a thread


 
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first pic kinda sucks... sorry :/
 
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a lil' photo shooting in some guys yard lol





so my buddy got a brand new '16 mustang with the 4 cyl. twin turbo ecoboost. so there was another photo shoot








then this happened lol me and my truck

 
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Originally Posted by Thedonk
BFF? lol. and i drilled 2 pairs of holes ( just eyeball the distance between the two pairs) for each pair try and keep the two close enough together so you can feed the paracord to the other one (the hardest part). there are number of knots you could use but after i 1 piece of paracord through each individual lpair i tied a lanyard knot for the two so that i had something to tie a snake braid to. getting it all to connect isnt too hard it takes a little bit of thinking tho.
I ment bfh. Big F*****g hammer
 


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