Thank you!! Those Clazzios are appropriately named. I wasted time and money on different brands, should have gone this route years ago.

Thanks Rob! Ya, the tips have held up very well. Of course it helps that the 150 is rarely driven in salt/sand conditions, unless the Ranger can't hack it. Then I wash both topside and under ASAP.

I think I'm going to leave things as they are for now, I don't want to overdo it. It took me a long time to decide on the wheels. Then thought, those Raptors would maybe work, plus, being OEM, I felt they'd be a good year round wheel, and hold up to my winters if/when I needed to get out with the 150 in that crap.

I had thought about trying some of that Rustoleum Peel Coat in Anthracite on the chrome boards. It's a darker grey, with a little metallic in it, very close match to the Raptor wheels. Then I stumbled on these boards. I knew from previous experience on my SuperDudes, and how similar they are, they'd do what I wanted, get rid of some more chrome, and protect the sides a bit better.

Here's a couple photos of what I started with soon after buying it about 4 years ago.What those photos don't show, is the Gawdawful graphic that was on the front wheelwell, across the doors, to the back of the cab. A pretty tacky looking ghost flame thing. It was on thereonly a couple days, and then GONE!!LOL

 

I really like the look of that Billet piece in the bumper. Where did you find that at

Unk Bob

 

I got that from Boost Bars awhile back. They've got a few different styles. Not expensive at all, and took maybe 5 minutes to install. Here's their website, and it looks like Amazon is selling them now as well.


Boost-Bars ? Custom Truck Grilles & Accessories

That's the link for what I have now, the 2 bar one. The one in the photo of when I bought the truck, I can't remember, maybe a google for lower bumper grille would show something. It looks like this could be it.
T-REX Billet Series F-150 Lower Bumper Grille - Polished 25569 (09-14 FX2, FX4, King Ranch, Lariat, STX, XL, XLT; 13-14 Limited) - Free Shipping


I guess I posted the same old photos twice, sorry guys.

 

Cool, thanks, I'll check that out

Unk Bob

 

Keep in mind those are Canadian prices they're quoting. I think at checkout it will be converted to USD. I don't have the exchange rate for today, but last I looked, IIRC, it was around 25-30%. Crazy.