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I bought an amp that connects to an LCD rear view mirror. I know, not exactly period correct for an f100, but neither are coilovers and 19" wheels. lol. The mirror was more of a way to play music from my phone and also has google maps for a gps screen (in the mirror). My phone connects to the mirror via bluetooth and the mirror connect to the amp via hidden hardwire in the new headliner. I wanted a physical volume button instead of fiddling with my phone while driving. So i his the volume **** in the ashtray.....
You can see some insulation in the previous pictures. I fully insulated the cab. Floor, firewall, rear cab wall, inside the doors. everywhere I could 'hide' the insulation.....
Then covered it in the new carpet (that also had sound insulation built it)......
I even ordered some rolls of carpet from the floor carpet vendor so I could insulate and carpet the rear cab wall behind the seat. You can't see it, but i wanted it more for sound deadening. And the carpet hides the insulation and looks nice when the seat is folded forward......
I don't have a good pic, but i also installed a new firewall insulation mat (black rubber looking thing under the dash). Plus I did some footwell lights for when the door opens (besides the factory dome light).....
The rear 'smart' rear view mirror also has a backup camera. I installed it here (all wires hidden above the new headliner).....
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Back to the interior. Installed a dash pad cover. You glue it and weigh is down for the glue to dry.....
Installed new door gaskets. I bought some cheap Chinese gaskets. they were terrible. Got some Dennis Carpenter and they were much better. Don't waste your money on the cheap gaskets.
Then about 1.5 hours more and the whole seat was done.....
New red seat belts (shoulder belts). The factory belts were only lap belts, but the cab had the threaded holes in the B-pillar for the shoulder belts. Bolted right in. No modification required......
The first few miles were so loud. Exhaust, tailgate, bed-to-frame. I spent the next few weeks fixing those squeaks.
First was the tailgate. I bought some plastic hinges compared to the metal on metal (loud) hinges......
We even used it as a "truck" on a run to Home Depot for some pegboard.....
I fixed the exhaust by removing the stainless X-pipe (since the muffler was 2-in and 2-out and acted like an X-pipe and directed the exhaust out the passenger side in front of the rear tire. The difference was HUGE. The sound inside the cab went down drastically.
Well, that's about it. I have a couple thousand miles on it. It drives great. Next summer I'm going to do a Vintage Air setup for it.
More importantly- my wife LOVES it. She asked to take "ranger" (her name for the truck) anytime we need to run an errand.
We are having a blast with it.
Hello, thank you for your report. I am very impressed by your good work. I am in the process of laying carpet in my truck and then reupholstering the seat. I hope it will be as easy as it was for you.
Regards, Bernd 61 HD
I didn't want to weld an exhaust system, so i bought a universal kit on Amazon. I went with stainless. I then bought a bunch of straight and step clamps to hold it all together. I can say after a couple thousand miles.... best decision ever. The whole system looks and works great.
Started by welding on an adapter onto the factory pipe I had cut just behind the O2 sensor (this was just a tack for mock-up. It's fully welded now).....
Started running pipes. The universal kit had all kinds of bends and straight pieces.....
Making my way rearward.....
Would you be able to build a dual exhaust set up from the OEM manifolds using that kit you bought from Amazon?
Well, that's about it. I have a couple thousand miles on it. It drives great. Next summer I'm going to do a Vintage Air setup for it.
More importantly- my wife LOVES it. She asked to take "ranger" (her name for the truck) anytime we need to run an errand.
We are having a blast with it.
Nice looking truck. What size tires do you have on the rear? And did you have to do any modifications for clearance.
