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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 12:11 AM
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I've never seen the voice recorder before.


Is that the Nixon Edition Limited Explorer?
Hahahaha, it could be. You can hit the record button on the left once and it records everything being said in the car for about 5 minutes IIRC or until you push it again. I guess it was intended to leave a note to yourself, when you didn't have a pen or were driving and couldn't write something down.

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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 03:46 PM
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Quick update pic showing today's work...




And the chrome is slowly disappearing.
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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Looking good!
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 03:56 PM
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Good

blacked out chrome rules
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Beautiful.
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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Got the battery and stuff put back in the Bronco and pulled it out and took some pics with the new headlights. Now I just need a front bumper.



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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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Thats awesome Gary
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 07:11 AM
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Looking good
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 08:28 AM
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Looks great Gary
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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I'll echo everyone else.. Looks great Gary!
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 12:01 AM
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Well after about half a can of PB Blaster I got the rear bumper and hitch off the Bronco. Plus I had to redo the paint job on the windshield trims. For some reason teh paint just bubbled. So I sanded them down to bare metal and then primed and repainted them.

I also ordered the new front and back bumpers. I went with an absolutely plain stock front bumper. No plastic on it at all and no front openings. Plus despite all of your objections I got a light bar for the front bumper. I like it and its my truck. I ordered (2) Hella driving lights to go on it. Back bumper is plain too. Black like the front. Both bumpers and the light bar will be sprayed with the line-x bed liner stuff before install. I will have them do inside and out so that hopefully they will last longer. I'm also gonna leave the hitch off. I'll never tow anything in it, that's what the Raptor is for, and it decreases rear clearance on rocks and hills and stuff. I'm also thinking of just having the entire exterior of the tailgate sprayed in line-x like the top will be. It will mess up my lines a little, but I think it might work. I'm not sure yet.

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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Pics of the bumpers? Sounds like it's coming along.
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue Notch
Pics of the bumpers? Sounds like it's coming along.

This one will be all black otherwise.
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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Those should look good!
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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What light bar did you go with Gary?
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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It mounts on top of the stock bumper

http://www.offroadwarehouse.com/prod...productID/3758

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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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Nice, I am a fan of hte baja style bars
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Scothew
Nice, I am a fan of hte baja style bars

You and me and no one else here.


It's a sight better than the gynormous grille guards and bumper replacements every half ton truck around here runs around with.
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
OK so it was time to knock out some rust the other day.

This is a pic of one of the problem areas I was having. Both sides were like this. Drip guards for teh doors were rusting at each end.
You've got more rust on those things that I do
Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
Got the battery and stuff put back in the Bronco and pulled it out and took some pics with the new headlights. Now I just need a front bumper.


You outta just get a bumper that's like 2 round steel poles, rhino lined black. With a pushbar style thing in the middle, I'll edit this with a picture


Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
You and me and no one else here.


It's a sight better than the gynormous grille guards and bumper replacements every half ton truck around here runs around with.
I was always just a fan of the good ole fashioned push bar with 2 lights in it. Nice and simple. No headlight protection, just the thing in front of the grille. Like this:



Not the best view, but you see my point here. There's not many of our year trucks with that type bar on the net

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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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I thought those were cow catchers/deer slayers
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