There was a craigslist ad I happened across a couple of weeks ago, the guy had listed he owned three old Ford pickups and said he had a bunch of parts. I need a 16 X 8 wheel for my spare tire (315/75R-16) and gave him a call. He told me he wasn't sure but he had about a dozen old Fords and if I wanted to look around, we could see what he had.
I got directions to his place and showed up a couple of hours later. We poked around his mini-wrecking yard (he had about 12 old Fords and eight old Suburbans), but couldn't find any 16" wheels wider than 7". Oh, well. I was just about ready to leave when he said, "I've got one more truck I just picked up a couple of days ago." It was over in a different area, so we walked over there. No dice on the wheel, but there was a brushguard installed on this F350 that caught my eye. I asked how much he wanted for it and he said $100. I looked at it for a minute and offered him $75.
"Nope, $100." I was about to pass but he said, "It's a real nice brushguard and it'd look good on your truck." Usually, that type of talk doesn't persuade me if I think someone is asking too much for something I want, but this time it did. So about an hour later (I got to remove it myself) I left with this:
That's a picture of it I just took about 30 minutes ago. It's mounted to my truck, but as you can see it's sitting a little low. I installed a 2" body lift on my truck last fall and the front bumper is maxed out on its brackets. That and the bottom of the bumper is butting up against the bottom of the frame horn. Seeing as how it would look a whole lot better sitting at the height it is intended to (about 1 1/2" higher), this weekend will be set aside to do some fabrication work and get it moved up. I'll be cutting the bumper brackets apart and re-welding them and notching out the bottom of the bumper to clear the frame horns. Stay tuned and next week I'll update this thread with some pics.
I got directions to his place and showed up a couple of hours later. We poked around his mini-wrecking yard (he had about 12 old Fords and eight old Suburbans), but couldn't find any 16" wheels wider than 7". Oh, well. I was just about ready to leave when he said, "I've got one more truck I just picked up a couple of days ago." It was over in a different area, so we walked over there. No dice on the wheel, but there was a brushguard installed on this F350 that caught my eye. I asked how much he wanted for it and he said $100. I looked at it for a minute and offered him $75.
"Nope, $100." I was about to pass but he said, "It's a real nice brushguard and it'd look good on your truck." Usually, that type of talk doesn't persuade me if I think someone is asking too much for something I want, but this time it did. So about an hour later (I got to remove it myself) I left with this:
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That's a picture of it I just took about 30 minutes ago. It's mounted to my truck, but as you can see it's sitting a little low. I installed a 2" body lift on my truck last fall and the front bumper is maxed out on its brackets. That and the bottom of the bumper is butting up against the bottom of the frame horn. Seeing as how it would look a whole lot better sitting at the height it is intended to (about 1 1/2" higher), this weekend will be set aside to do some fabrication work and get it moved up. I'll be cutting the bumper brackets apart and re-welding them and notching out the bottom of the bumper to clear the frame horns. Stay tuned and next week I'll update this thread with some pics.
