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Old 12-18-2017, 12:08 AM
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Challenge accepted .. blending 2018 front end with 15

Love the 18 headlights but not a fan of the 18 bumper . Breaking out the air saw and doing a little something something.... bought 2 grills, the black one is temporary while other grill is being made to resemble my old grill.

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Old 12-18-2017, 06:08 AM
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Looking forward to the finished product.
Is it my eyes or are the 18 head lights sticking out past the fender @ the top ?
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Old 12-18-2017, 06:27 AM
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Looking forward to the finished product.
Is it my eyes or are the 18 head lights sticking out past the fender @ the top ?
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Thank you. They fit just like the 15s. My wheel lip mixed with missing fascia was making it look like that lol. Here's a better view


 
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Dude that looks sick!
 
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Old 12-18-2017, 08:58 AM
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Indianapolis Huh? I like the original grill better. Nice hood!
 
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Old 12-18-2017, 11:57 AM
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To each his own, but I too liked the old grill better. It flowed better with the body color. Your truck is one to be jealous of either way!
 
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Will you leave the grill black? Looks good with the black roof. FWIW, I like the 2018 front bumper. It fits better than the '15-'17 which always looks like it's slightly misaligned, no matter what you do to it.
 
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Indianapolis Huh? I like the original grill better. Nice hood!
You guessed it ! I was there for the PRI show ....

I agree on the grill and bought 2 grills from Athens Ford (195 shipped �� ) I'm running this black grill temporary while the other grill is getting fabricated to resemble my last grill except I'm shaving the ford emblem. Cant believe the size of them, almost NFL football regulation size lol.

There's massive changes getting done to grill, bumper, bed, dash, engine bay, and motor. Those pics were basically for test fitting and rewiring headlight loom. Even the hood will be changed up ") Truck going to be a slightly different color aswell....

Using 4 bumpers to make 1, fabricated grill, shaved fenders / tailgate, Raptor bedsides, 22x12 Forged Finspeed wheels powder coated black, fabricated tailgate, fabricated dash... aluminium dash tray, aluminium dash bezel with flush mounted gauge pod and cubby door, aluminium console top cover, reconfigured dash, all trim painted gloss black, including door handles ...

Next hood will be grafted from a 08 CTSV... Truck getting painted satin silver pearl




















 
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Will you leave the grill black? Looks good with the black roof. FWIW, I like the 2018 front bumper. It fits better than the '15-'17 which always looks like it's slightly misaligned, no matter what you do to it.
Thank you ! I'm using gen 2 Raptor center, the gen 2 base of bumper end, my 15 bumper ends grafted to gen 2 raptor bumper end, then gen 1 Raptor bumper ends from fog light to bottom edge. Using a Mustang grill grafted into center section... orange lines on pics shows how it will flow with grill, etc








 
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So hood and fenders are the same. New grille and bumper and headlight surround?

Can't wait to see it!
 
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Looking good, love seeing one off projects.
 
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How do the new style headlights and grill mount? Do they use all of the older mounting tabs? Or did you have to fab them up? I am seriously tempted on doing this mod.
 
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Anything new on this? Interested to see the progress.
 
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Just saw this, cool project!!!
 
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Originally Posted by Go-on3
Love the 18 headlights but not a fan of the 18 bumper . Breaking out the air saw and doing a little something something.... bought 2 grills, the black one is temporary while other grill is being made to resemble my old grill.

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Go-on3, I have to hand it to you. I really like the finished product of your mods.

Also, you`ve got more guts than me to try something like this because I know i`d screw something up.

Looking forward to the finished product but then again, i`m sure you`re thinking about the next change that you might do.

Have a great day.
 
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