As most of you know, I got in an accident on the last weekend in Feb this year in San Francisco, and I'm just now getting around to fixing it up. So far, all the mounty parts are on, but a rollpan is on the way, as well as the airdam being fiberglassed into the bumper perm. New black paintjob expected next summer following the garaging of the truck.
This post is cross-referenced from another forum I post on.
Okay, so the other thread was nothing but talk about how it took almost a month to get parts... fun, not
Anyways, today was my day off and spent the entire day working on it and taking it slow (doing it right the first time). I started at 7AM dropping by Galpin Ford for my Mounty grille and signal flasher relay. Later, I realized I needed headlight clips to hold them in, so I had someone run out and get me some.
First off, I'm never buying a grille off eBay again, not only because 2/3 come cracked, but the quality is CRAP compared to the one I got at Ford. Anyone wanting to do this... BUY YOUR GRILLE AT FORD AND THANK ME LATER! 99SportX... the bars don't even match, I can break the bars on the eBay grilles with my pinky... thank God the company refunded me the $$$ and let me keep these pieces of garbage.
Ok, so this morning:
.. And then my cam died. I had driven the truck down the street to meet the gf for lunch with absolutely no front end, was funny looking. I had the header panel, all lights, bumper, everything off, so illegal, haha. But ya.
And the trash, I took my anger out on that header panel and litteraly ripped it out of the car cause I couldn't get a bolt undone, was unreachable
I've yet to finish, but here's it all with all the new parts on
I'm going go rest for a bit, but that's it for now. This next week I should get started on fixing the airdam and glassing it to the bumper permanantly. Rollpan is being made as we speak. :]
Note: No, I haven't aimed the headlights yet, I'm waiting on 1 more clip and new bulbs tomorrow, so yes, I know.
Also, I never took pics of the prior damage cause I never wanted to have to see it, but I did take a video (weird?), here's the link to it, please save as to your comp if you wish to view it:
http://www.expandingknowledge.net/marc/mounty/damage1.AVI
http://www.expandingknowledge.net/marc/mounty/damage2.AVI
Thanks guys =]
This post is cross-referenced from another forum I post on.
Okay, so the other thread was nothing but talk about how it took almost a month to get parts... fun, not
Anyways, today was my day off and spent the entire day working on it and taking it slow (doing it right the first time). I started at 7AM dropping by Galpin Ford for my Mounty grille and signal flasher relay. Later, I realized I needed headlight clips to hold them in, so I had someone run out and get me some. First off, I'm never buying a grille off eBay again, not only because 2/3 come cracked, but the quality is CRAP compared to the one I got at Ford. Anyone wanting to do this... BUY YOUR GRILLE AT FORD AND THANK ME LATER! 99SportX... the bars don't even match, I can break the bars on the eBay grilles with my pinky... thank God the company refunded me the $$$ and let me keep these pieces of garbage.
Ok, so this morning:
.. And then my cam died. I had driven the truck down the street to meet the gf for lunch with absolutely no front end, was funny looking. I had the header panel, all lights, bumper, everything off, so illegal, haha. But ya.
And the trash, I took my anger out on that header panel and litteraly ripped it out of the car cause I couldn't get a bolt undone, was unreachable
I've yet to finish, but here's it all with all the new parts on
I'm going go rest for a bit, but that's it for now. This next week I should get started on fixing the airdam and glassing it to the bumper permanantly. Rollpan is being made as we speak. :]
Note: No, I haven't aimed the headlights yet, I'm waiting on 1 more clip and new bulbs tomorrow, so yes, I know.
Also, I never took pics of the prior damage cause I never wanted to have to see it, but I did take a video (weird?), here's the link to it, please save as to your comp if you wish to view it:
http://www.expandingknowledge.net/marc/mounty/damage1.AVI
http://www.expandingknowledge.net/marc/mounty/damage2.AVI
Thanks guys =]
