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Sweet! Just in time for winter to roll around. :D

I didn't forget Pat, I was just thinking that thread was all about modifying the existing housings to accept LEDs. I didnt really feel like modding them, I'd rather just R&R the whole thing, but maybe I mismembered what that thread was all about. I'll give it a check. Uhmm, where is it...

Got the last light off tonight, got the edges of all the holes sanded and primed where needed, and put a couple light layers of primer across the red stripe. Not sure if it was needed or not but I was a bit concerned about it causing some shading when I shot the Raptor over it. The grey...

What bolt pattern is your rear axle, 8x170? I'm not sure when the changes are, but being a 2000 model year I'm guessing it's not 8x6.5. Sticking with duals limits you a bit on tire sizes. They tend to get wider as they go taller, and fitting wider on dually rims means spacers between, and...

Buy the bits Chris uses, and plenty of cutting fluid. Drilling those holes is the single biggest beyoch of the whole job. What size tires?

Ok, you guys win... [/URL][/IMG] The good news is...none of that hole stripping issue that was mentioned. Everything came right out golden. The bad news is...not a one of those lights had a plug on it. Every one was attached via screw terminal that had 24 yrs worth of various levels of...

Ok, some of you guys aren't exactly motivating me to pull them!

Tapped. Doubt I'll pull the lights. They're already taped off, and there's 15 of the buggers.

I figured they'd end up like the tail lights. They come off easy enough but the plugs are captive in the mounts, so it's either let them dangle or cut off all the plugs and have to splice them back in. I wasn't really keen on the splicing or the dangling so opted for the taping. Yep the...

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Actually. Y roof is fine, if a bit on the dirty side. I'll address that after the paint, which should be happening aaaaany moment now. Seriously, getting close. I have the bulk of the taping done, and the vast majority of the sanding. Might have to do some touch up sanding in the pinch seam...

When you replaced those side marker lights, what function are they wired into? Mine have never functioned because the bulbs were pulled when I bought it and I never put any in, so I have no idea how they work. In any case.... When I pulled them in prep for paint the passenger side light is a...

Slow as cold hog snot progress on the sanding/taping. I'd say the sanding is about 90% with some detailing to do. I ended up doing the roof of the cab by mistake. I was doing the portion of the box above the cab, was on a roll, and took the D/A to the roof. There was this immediate and...

Not sure if you have Home Depots up your way, but the ones around here rent just about everything. If you don't have those just about every town of any size will have tool rental places. A half day rent for a blaster and portable compressor will get that whole trailer done top to bottom, if...

I just had mine done and should know this but long term memory is on the fritz. I do know this, the A/C shop had a book that told them how much juice a standard E-series took, and how much to add on top of that for the various configurations. As I recall it wasn't near as much as I figured it...

So what's it like down there from say the end of August to the end of May? The wife is dead set on Florida. I figure I can leverage that into my preference of a more rural location so I can build me some stupid garage space. Summer's I'm figuring we'll hit the road in the camper and...

I'm trying to recall seeing anyone doing any extensive rescue work in 3+ feet of water with a vehicle. I'm of the opinion that things with wheels have their place, and things that float have theirs.

The 7.3 is great and all, but be careful on the price. Fan boys of the 7.3 are dang near as bad as the ones for the "Cummings" and will place a premium on them that is down right ridiculous. To the point you could buy a low mileage any engine vehicle,yank all that crap out, and buy and...

Still sanding and taping. There's a cubic azz-load of real estate on an Ambo to sand and/or tape.

My wife is STILL bugging me to move to the Tampa area, and your posts definitely aren't giving me the warm fuzzies about that prospect.