Wiz's Build

I'm liking the vinyl on the hood and the front fenders.

JRaptor11 said:

I'm liking the vinyl on the hood and the front fenders.

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The hood is actually painted. The Ford is the factory paint on the hood..
I had Designs & Signs do a stencil for this for me way back before they were even in business.
This was the first Raptor Josh ever worked on and he did it in his garage.

The black strips on the fenders and the BOSS are vinyl.

I will find more pictures in a while my relater just walked in.. " I'm buying a new shop" O and there is a house for the wife also..he he he

so the hood is painted, i want to hear your experience with that, price vs vinyl mostly.

i plasti dipped my hood and grill last summer to get an idea of the look, and loved it. have been debating wether to go vinyl or paint ever since. my grille is cracked in many places thanks to a duck, so if you convince me to go paint, ill get a factory black grille and paint the hood to match.

6.2 said:

so the hood is painted, i want to hear your experience with that, price vs vinyl mostly.

i plasti dipped my hood and grill last summer to get an idea of the look, and loved it. have been debating wether to go vinyl or paint ever since. my grille is cracked in many places thanks to a duck, so if you convince me to go paint, ill get a factory black grille and paint the hood to match.

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I'm at work now on my phone so again I apologize for no pictures. To be honest I have no regrets on paining the hood. I have been able to work around it for changes ive made. But at the end of the day if was going to do it again I would wrap the hood and still paint the grill and flares. The grill looks great because I left the FORD letters gray so there is a slight contrast. I then actually painted the letters gloss black again for contrast.
Wrap the hood paint the grill.

Alright cool thanks!

I just found these..
A few shots of all the LED work I did...Every bulb in the truck has been done even the back doors..

The reason the head unit wasn't done at this point is I new it was coming out..

The stencil D&S made for me way back in the day...he he


The hood has gone threw many looks...

This was the final rendition..

Then In honor of our great vendor and race truck sponsor.
I had D&S do a sticker right over the top of the FORD paint work..

Wiz,

Couple more.
How far down do the mudflaps hang from the fender / body?
I like what you did with the aftermarket radio and com radio. I have thought about doing the same thing on this and other trucks. Were there anything you had to give up (Sync, Sirius, ect)?

LEDs looks awesome. I might try that some day, but I don't think I have the patience or the control over my hands to pull it off.

Any other skid / body protection added besides the SDHQ skid plate?

MTUH3 said:

Wiz,

Couple more.
How far down do the mudflaps hang from the fender / body?
I like what you did with the aftermarket radio and com radio. I have thought about doing the same thing on this and other trucks. Were there anything you had to give up (Sync, Sirius, ect)?

LEDs looks awesome. I might try that some day, but I don't think I have the patience or the control over my hands to pull it off.

Any other skid / body protection added besides the SDHQ skid plate?

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The flaps hang down about 7".
I did give up My phone interface and factory steering wheel controls for the radio but this is only because of the age of my head unit.
DEH-P940MP - | Pioneer Electronics USA
This unit has been with me for many years and is still sought after by some because of it's high end sound capability.
My Super Tuner ant going away..lol.
The LED thing was not my first rodeo..
A laid my C-5 out back a few years ago.




This car was bone stock when I bought it..All work was done in house by me


The problem with the vet was I had to solder in a resistor along with every LED that went in,


It is not a job for someone with out patents..

I have the mid skid from SDHQ and a fuel tank skid coming from the outlaw boy's that was on the race truck...We are changing up the fuel system on it so the plate was donated to me..Thanks Grant. (kx250)

Speaking of hoods...
I have also increased the flow capacity of the heat extractors on the hood.
This is what Ford gives you...


This is what WIZ gives you..

I didn't want to remove to much material and compromise the integrity of the mounts..


This is how much more air flow potential you have as you can see the hood mat has not been cut yet..

Does it work???
Yes.. You can see heat radiating from the hood vents in heavy traffic and now when at free way speeds the windshield washer squirters are very disrupted because of the disrupted airflow over the hood.. I suspect this is why the holes were of a smaller size from the factory..