What fun little mods would you start off with as a noob?

[NewbieVet]

Was just over on the tech page reading some of the walk-throughs, and it got me thinking...what fun little mods could I do as a noob to pop my cherry on DIY while not putting myself in a position to do too much damage to my expy? I'd like to learn my way around the truck, but not at the expense of doing harm to her! Thoughts / comments welcomed!

 

[tallsville]

gotts mod, led interior lights, hids, are all fairly straight forward mods that you can do.

 

[NewbieVet]

ideas ideas ideas I have a free weekend coming up and want to play!!!!

 

[panda24619]

do the gotts mod! probably the best one can do.

 

[NewbieVet]

do the gotts mod! probably the best one can do.

Got a K&N CAI coming so no need to do the Gotts mod. Maybe I should try and install that myself??

 

[VooDooRacing750]

Exhaust, interior lights, seeing how your truck is black you could tint the tail lights.

 

[Soldier777]

Lights are usually pretty easy. Prerunner bar or brush guard

 

[Soldier777]

night shade is super easy to use

 

[NewbieVet]

night shade is super easy to use

read a lot of crappy things about night shade over on the F150 forums...

 

[01 Expo]

Functional scoop on the hood---> Ram air into that CAI ...lol always wanted to do this as a boredom project but probably not the easiest job.

 

[ELVATO]

read a lot of crappy things about night shade over on the F150 forums...

Yea, if you don't clear, wetsand and buff them. Just follow one of the write ups, and it should turn out fine. Have you ever painted with spray paint before? Wetsanded?

Or, I suppose you could just take it to a body shop and have them spray with with clear. If they had a couple drops of black in there, you won't even have to Night Shade them.

 

[VooDooRacing750]

either that or I have used RC-Car window tint made for the lexan bodies. You can pick it up at any local hobby shop for about $3.50 a can. And yea, wet sand after a few hours and spray some clear over it and your done. Total cost is about $25 bucks, or you could do like ^-------- post and take it to a body shop, they might charge you like $50-100 but it might turn out better and will add a nice NOTICEABLE touch to your expy. JMO

 

[panda24619]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSKA0ElKg1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8-hZP6-ZY8


follow this. watch it a few times. hes done this a few times on dodges. but its the same concept for any tail lights.

 

[Soldier777]

you just need patience that is the key

 

[panda24619]

and thats why everything i paint turns out like shit! haha what you have to do is have 2 projects going on. so while your waiting for the paint to dry you can do something else.

 

[designit]

You know... I'd be interested in doing some lighting mods... My only problem is that I can't figure out where the power strip is to plug them in...

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haha, seriously though, what are some of the best sites for all kinds of mod stuff (1st gen) you all like to troll around in...

 

[tallsville]

Black expy k&n is easy to install. you should have no problems doing it yourself.

 

[panda24619]

do the k&n while you paint the lights. thats your 2 projects.

 

[NewbieVet]

Alright I'll do the K&N then. Is there a walk-through posted somewhere on here and will one of you pros give me you cell phone so i can trouble shoot along the way (I just KNOW i'll run into problems). As for the lights I was actually thinking of sending my tail lights off to this guy link (his site is down right now).

 

[panda24619]

theres step by step in the box when you get it.