exterior work

[david85]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I have to ask; what is that rear bumper made of? Is it painted or raw metal (aluminum or SS??)?

 

[redneckaggie]

It is a stainless or chrome plated bumper from some aftermarket company. was on there when we bought the truck, I will try to see If I can find a sticker to tell me who its from

 

[oldblue05]

where did you find white faced gauges?

 

[redneckaggie]

I actually havent ordered them yet but you can find them on ebay, as far as i know nobody makes actual face replacements but there are some selling stick on faces for your gauges, check out dyoungs videos on youtube i think he has some and 7.3 idi guy had some.

I actually need to order some of those along with the clear led cab lenses and a few other things, im still far from done with it.

 

[david85]

It is a stainless or chrome plated bumper from some aftermarket company. was on there when we bought the truck, I will try to see If I can find a sticker to tell me who its from

Looking at the color of the metal, I'm tempted to say its actually stainless steel but its hard to tell from a photo. Chrome usually has a brighter shade to it than stainless. Looks like a really nice job, who ever did it. I need to do something like that with mine.

A magnet might tell you if its stainless since most stainless alloys have weaker magnetic properties than carbon steel.

 

[redneckaggie]

its just plated there is one lone spot where the plating is peeling back and its rusting underneath so not stainless underneath, I cant seem to find a sticker on it but I want to say it had a hercules sticker on it at one time

 

[oldblue05]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I have to ask; what is that rear bumper made of? Is it painted or raw metal (aluminum or SS??)?

I have one that's gray and slightly bent I'll sell you for next to nothing...shipping might jump up and bite you in the butt tho... just shoot me a pm

I actually havent ordered them yet but you can find them on ebay, as far as i know nobody makes actual face replacements but there are some selling stick on faces for your gauges, check out dyoungs videos on youtube i think he has some and 7.3 idi guy had some.

I actually need to order some of those along with the clear led cab lenses and a few other things, im still far from done with it.

I found 7.3 idi guy's videos and they were either of dirtbikes or his exterior lights at night, I searched dyoung on youtube and got nothing but rap... go figure. I'm interested in changing the appearance of my gauges, could you help point me in the right direction?

 

[93f250idi]

IIRC dyoungs YouTube account is fordguy429 or something like that. I can find out for sure

EDIT: it's Fordman420ci

 

[Diesel_brad]

truck looks good aggie

 

[david85]

I was just cuious if it was stainless steel since it seemed that way in the photo. My bumper looks bad but its still solid so I'll keep it until I can make one from scratch (out of either aluminum or SS).

 

[snicklas]

David,

On a bit of a side note, I saw a really nice bumper on an newer truck, (A Dodge), that appeared to be Stainless Steel, or Chrome, as it was not "diamond plate" it was smooth. I noticed a DMI sticker on the bumper. The only bad thing about it, it is an ag bumper with the spring loaded hitch intergrated into it.

It looks alot like this one.....

 

[david85]

There sure is some nice suff out there but I couldn't bring myself to buy something like that when I can make it. Dad is nearly finished mounting the plasma cutter on the CNC router table....

Sure would be fun to make something out of stainless steel though. I never get to work with that stuff as often as I like.

 

[redneckaggie]

white face gauge overlays on ebay

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R...w=87-91+ford+gauges&_sacat=See-All-Categories

 

[redneckaggie]

truck looks good aggie

thanks man

david,

I think an aluminum bumper would look good but I would be concerned about how soft aluminum is

 

[oldblue05]

white face gauge overlays on ebay

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R...w=87-91+ford+gauges&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Thanks, I like how they don't have a red mark at 55 mph. Thats one thing that has always bothered me.