LONO100
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- 03 sport trac XLT
since i have to get up really damn early for a memorial weekend hike (upcoming snowstorm in tahoe nixed our original plans), i decided to stay in house this friday night and take it easy, so naturally im on the forum just trolling around until the alcohol kicks in and i doze off. thanks to the forum, ive gotten some great info and im getting my ST just the way i want it. im still waiting around for my shocks to be available, and then get my rear lockers, and after that shes pretty much a done deal. here's chronicle of my ST from when i first got her to today;
this is the day after i brought it home. it was an XLT, only 68k miles, camper shell, tow hitch and brake controller all on it. the ford dealership was asking 13 and change, but after 2 hours of beating them down, i got it for 11500. there were only 2 ST's within 100 miles of me, this one that was clean and a 4WD xls that was pretty damn beat up and looked iffy. so i went with this one.
here's my power plant with the KN MAF intake
this is when put in fresh instrument lights
painted my trim white
before i painted the cladding from that drab gray
after i painted it
when i threw on my deal of the century black wheels on pro comp MT's (got the whole set for 200!)
this is how we are looking now
this is my local mountain biking spot. just over the hills are some greeat single track trails.
just thought id show my build since i know everyone likes pics. nothing too crazy, just basic stuff, i also have a maganflow exhaust, i just got my stubby antenna that looks great and the last two things i need are my shocks and my rear locker, (i decided to go with aussie lockers), and im still refinishing a set of centercaps that im going to put on the wheels to protect the hubs. after that im done! thanks to everyone who answered all my stupid questions and helped my get my ride just the way i wanted it. more pics to come, and ill document the aussie locker install when i finally do it. if anyone has ideas or suggestions for my ride im all ears, this forum is dope!
cheers!
this is the day after i brought it home. it was an XLT, only 68k miles, camper shell, tow hitch and brake controller all on it. the ford dealership was asking 13 and change, but after 2 hours of beating them down, i got it for 11500. there were only 2 ST's within 100 miles of me, this one that was clean and a 4WD xls that was pretty damn beat up and looked iffy. so i went with this one.
here's my power plant with the KN MAF intake
this is when put in fresh instrument lights
painted my trim white
before i painted the cladding from that drab gray
after i painted it
when i threw on my deal of the century black wheels on pro comp MT's (got the whole set for 200!)
this is how we are looking now
this is my local mountain biking spot. just over the hills are some greeat single track trails.
just thought id show my build since i know everyone likes pics. nothing too crazy, just basic stuff, i also have a maganflow exhaust, i just got my stubby antenna that looks great and the last two things i need are my shocks and my rear locker, (i decided to go with aussie lockers), and im still refinishing a set of centercaps that im going to put on the wheels to protect the hubs. after that im done! thanks to everyone who answered all my stupid questions and helped my get my ride just the way i wanted it. more pics to come, and ill document the aussie locker install when i finally do it. if anyone has ideas or suggestions for my ride im all ears, this forum is dope!
cheers!