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Funny you ask, I have wondered the same thing. I was going to sell my factory radio to a member of BITOG whos aftermarket radio was stolen and was looking for a factory one to replace it. His 150 was an early model and he said it wouldnt fit, something about his truck having the old school (96?) dash.
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Originally Posted by ECHAGAR
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The only difference I know of is the head light panel, they have a more built in light with bolts where as the later ones have the same light panel as all other '98-'03 F150's and the slide clips, this only was the case for the first few months though, up until about 6 or 7/96 build date.
Plus all the recalls they had before 1/97 were of course fixed on the later builds.
Plus all the recalls they had before 1/97 were of course fixed on the later builds.
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Originally Posted by galaxie641
The only difference I know of is the head light panel, they have a more built in light with bolts where as the later ones have the same light panel as all other '98-'03 F150's and the slide clips, this only was the case for the first few months though, up until about 6 or 7/96 build date.
Plus all the recalls they had before 1/97 were of course fixed on the later builds.
Plus all the recalls they had before 1/97 were of course fixed on the later builds.
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The difference w/ the header panel is the pre 7/96 has a 'basket' the headlights and corner lights mount in. The basket mounts to the header panel w/ retainers very similar to the headlight retainers on the post 7/96 panel. The post 7/96 panel has the corner lights mounting directly to the panel and the retainers holding the headlights in. The only dif w/ the headlights is the post 7/96 have longer studs.
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Originally Posted by Smaug
The Lightning headlights will NOT fit in the pre 7/96 header panel. The bulb is in a slightly dif location and it hits the panel. You can get a aftermarket header panel off Ebay CHEAP.
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