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    New guy in NJ

    Welcome from the Jersey Shore!
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    New Guy from Jersey

    Welcome from the Jersey Shore! Where are you from in Jersey?
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    Custom 99 Expedition Build

    Billets are too much work, plus I'm going for the painted look on this truck.
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    Custom 99 Expedition Build

    I'm hoping to run these....probably with some minor paint tweaking so they coordinate with the truck
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    Custom 99 Expedition Build

    It bolts up but obviously you have to modify the rear of the fenders to match the bodywork on the 99 doors. As far as my son's truck......he only started working on it again recently. Before the winter we had to pull the heads and replace a head gasket casue we were leaking slightly into the...
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    Custom 99 Expedition Build

    this is a build thread for my 99 Expedition EB that I have owned since new. I've updated this truck with 06 sheet metal, and a custom one off hood, bumper and custom headlamps. The interior of the truck has been completely redone in 2010 Ford Casmere and the seats have been changed to 06...
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    Hello from Jersey

    If your referring to the belt moldings.....they have a small clip on the end otherwise they push on. I painted mine black after properly prepping them for paint. Here is a photo I took, you can see how glossy the moldings are.
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    Hello from Jersey

    Thanks I appreciate it. No one should be jealous though. I build cool cars and trucks as my living. I will start a thread on this truck in the appropriate section if the mods don't mind, but for now here is a link to F150Online where I have a build thread...
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    Hello from Jersey

    Just found out about this new forum, and thought I would check it out.
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    My 99 Expo EB Rebuild

    I'll have to check it out, thanks. Mine will be removable also. Even though my truck will rarely if ever be left unattended, an I-Pad is certainly an inviting thing for someone to steal.
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    My 99 Expo EB Rebuild

    I would love to answer your questions, but this would be our first install using the I-Pad. Actually we'll be installing one in my son's F150 also but either will be our first IPad install so although we have an idea of what we need, we haven't actually gotten there yet. We do have a list of...
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    My 99 Expo EB Rebuild

    No real updates to speak of. We've been hit with some good snow fall lately so we're pretty busy with collision work. My stuff comes last. What I'm working on now, when I have a chance is my audio system. I'm kind of going all out with the truck. I'm going to integrate an I-Pad into the dash to...
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    Show me your HOODS

    We developed a snake skin style design and then used a plotter to create in in a vinyl mask. That was the easiest way to accomplish what we needed to do. As far as fiberglass parts are concerned, it depends on the quality of the part. If we're working on a decent part we'll sand the gelcoat and...
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    Show me your HOODS

    On a vehicle that size we start at 10K. Thats price is for a basecoat/clearcoat (not Candy) color change which includes jams and underhood. Basically if were doing a color change the truck would be taken apart and repainted to the extent mine truck was. We only repaint one way here, we don't cut...
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    Show me your HOODS

    Well if you can find someone in Va to do it for that amount you'll be doing extremely well.
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    Show me your HOODS

    Todays paints are mostly Hi Solids so you don't need alot of coats of clear to give it that look. On show cars I generally only use 3 coats of clear. I of course wet sand then polish the paint so its flat. Be prepared to spend some serious coin even with just doing a basecoat / clearcoat...
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    Show me your HOODS

    If your really into green, consider using a 2 stage formula. Here is a Chrysler 300 we did in Dodge Viper Snakeskin & Black. The colors were separated with a silver that we did a snakeskin pattern in. The color is striking when you see it but is much easier to repair then a 3 stage Candy color...
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    Show me your HOODS

    There is no rule for what color to use as a stripe, its really up to you. I know your leaning to a Candy paint job but honestly I would stay away from it if I were you. Besides being crazy expensive to do properly, its not at all meant for a street driven in the sun all the time vehicle. I did a...
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    Show me your HOODS

    That hood is not going to work since the grille is part of the front edge of that hood. If you look at the Cervini hood you will see that they made theirs without the integrated grille. That is the only style that will work on the 03-06 Expos.
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    Show me your HOODS

    If your looking for paint ideas, here is what I did to my truck. The truck has been repainted with a Lexus pearl white and the tu-tone is done in a Lexus grey pearl. The two colors are separated with a burgundy stripe. Hard to see in this photo though. I'm still in the build process on the...
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    Show me your HOODS

    There aren't many hoods for the 03-06 models, and the Expedition hoods do not interchange with the F150's. Cervinis has a nice design that they made for their F150 but its looks to me that it will work on an Expedition I would have bought that one but I wanted a hood that nobody...
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    My 99 Expo EB Rebuild

    Just the parts that are painted Burgundy or the entire interior?
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    My 99 Expo EB Rebuild

    Yes the burgundy parts in the photo were all sanded smooth, primed a few times, sanded again then painted and cleared. The rest of the dash panel was carefully prepped and lightly primed so not to smooth it out to much. I didn't want the look of a fully smoothed and painted dash.
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    My 99 Expo EB Rebuild

    Ok so I've been busy trying to get the rears to work in the truck. Basically what I did was fabricate my own mount platform to which I will bolt the seats to. Since I'm eliminating the 3rd row seating in order to build a custom sub enclosure, I no longer need the seats to fold. So basically...
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    Custom 03-06 Headlamp LED Halos!

    Yeah they're site is screwed up, but they don't sell to the public direct anyways. You have to go through a dealer.

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