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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:02 AM
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"The Donk" build thread

gonna post previous and ongoing work of my '93 f150 Xl 4x4.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:05 AM
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:22 AM
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after i got the truck i had to do some tranny work


turns out my slave went bad
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:25 AM
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did some cleaning and painting to the suspension, axles, and drive shafts











just trying to prevent any rust in future
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:30 AM
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the guy i bought the truck from did a seat swap. these are some 2003 f150 cloths seats.

if you look at the shifter i wrapped it with paracord by doing a bout a thousand halfhitches on it lol...



i also used some paracord and made a snake braid handle to help short ppl get in.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:32 AM
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a couple of offroading pictures, she does really good offroad
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:36 AM
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so you may notice that i am having a little bit of a camber issue lol i was told it was because i have bad balljoints and tierods. anyone who as ever done this i would appreciate a discription (with picture would be great) or overview because i am pretty sure i know what to do, but i have never done this being that i am only sixteen.



 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:37 AM
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also right before the transmission work i had bought all new head lights and taillights. really made a difference!!
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:44 AM
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after i got a job at a sign place, i soon realized that when yu take apart old signs or signs that were messed up that you can get your hands on a LOT of two diode LED's that are strung together almost like christmas lights. i have probably about 200+ from 2 different jobs lol.











so with a little bit of double sided tape, wire (my dad is an electrician so of coarse we had some laying around), some wire nuts, and redneck engineering i got these. but a week ago i actually found out that i ran the wire right behind the hood spring (pivit point or whatever it is called) and after closing it a couple of times i fried one of the wires lol but i will fix it soon whenever i get the time.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:48 AM
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then my buddy had a light bar that he didnt wire up right and he said he didnt want it anymore so yeah now i have alight bar. might not be the best but... it was free and works very good.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 10:52 AM
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here's a little bit of freedom for y'all! ill be posting more when i start doing some work/ painting and stuff.. enjoy






me and my buddy's obs'























 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 03:09 PM
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I really like that truck man. Keep the pics coming
 
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I like the LED's behind the grille. Did you wire those up to a toggle switch?
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 08:40 PM
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thanks fastback460 and 88xltlariat yes i did, i also replaced the cab and bed light with the cool white LED's too i will take pictures of them and put them on soon
 
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 09:03 PM
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nice truck man
 
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