I am guessing you must have a bigger garage somewhere??

Sweet!!

Color me jealous!

I hope that my F150 eats its vegetables and someday grows up to be a F350...

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
I am guessing you must have a bigger garage somewhere??

3 stall, one side has single 10 x 12 door and is 56 feet deep. I'm spoiled.

2010 F250 6.4 here, my second Ford diesel. Yours is a beaut.

Definitely have a professional shop delete and tune it. You will thank yourself in 150k miles when you don't need to completely overhaul your motor.

I'd recommend an aftermarket intercooler pipe (think that's what its called) coming off the turbo unit.

Mine blew out yesterday ('12 F250). I was able to limp it into the shop at about 10MPH, but it was a real PITA driving when you can't get it over about 1000RPM.

The folks in the shop told me that mine was the third one they've had to replace in as many weeks. Apparently its a fairly common defect in the 6.7s.

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I'm still poking around in my '01 F250. It ain't quiet, nor does it smell good. ;-) I keep it clean and maintained; no plans to retire it.

I've got the same year truck. Bought it new in late 2000 and it only has about 90,000 miles on it. Love the 7.3 motor.


Great looking truck and your pup looks like a quality beast! I hope he enjoys riding "shotgun" on bird hunting trips in his fancy new ride!

I sure like the color

spray in bed coating.
my neighbor drives his pick up every 4-6 days ,
he got these and loves them
http://www.weathertech.com/techshade/

Nice truck.

I just picked up a new 350 super duty last night after regretting selling mine back in February.

Window tint, Weather Tech mats, spray bed-liner and mud flaps and window tint are about all I would do cosmetically.
Other more knowledgeable members have submitted their thoughts on ride improvement related items.

Best of luck.

Looks like we have the same color! I didn't get a choice when I bought mine, but the red has grown on me.

I have a '16 F250 platinum (diesel, 4x4, crew cab, long bed).

I've installed these:

Husky Liners (molded to fit)
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/pr...ilpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I love them. A lot.

RollBak retractable hard cover

I'm just coming up on 1 year since installation, and it's not going well. The latches broke right away. It doesn't like snow and ice. Basically....it's a large waste of money. I couldn't get the diamondHD cover guys to ship me one of their products, so I ended up with the RollBak (it still cost nearly $2K to purchase & ship). No warranty support.

Other than those things...it's just been tire purchases and a lightbar. The Randy Ellis Design lightbar mount is junk, rusted within 2 months of install. The Rigid Industries E2 LED Light Bar is awesome.

I've purchased and need to install these still:

Husky Liners Front Mud Guards
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/pr...ilpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The platinum step is getting trashed from being covered in dirt/grime/road gunk all the time. I've noticed that the chrome is corroding pretty quickly also. I should have yanked the step the day I got it home....I'm not a fan of this step. It's the one that looks like this:



I've also downloaded the software and bought an interface plug to "adjust" settings on the truck...but I haven't spent any time figuring it out yet. I really want to change the seatbelt chimes, other chimes, and change the setting that keeps my foglights on with the bright lights.

Congratulations on the new truck. I've got about 21K miles on mine now, and just passed 2 years since the purchase. I'm very, very happy.

Tires.... I've got 3 sets now. The stock ones, a winter studded, and a summer mud terrain.

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Definitely have a professional shop delete and tune it. You will thank yourself in 150k miles when you don't need to completely overhaul your motor.

This is getting closer and closer on my list of things to spend money on soon.

The hardest part I've found is finding a professional shop with a solid reputation. Every place willing to do it that I can find are staffed by unqualified/uncertified "mechanics" working in "performance" chop shops. They open and close around here every 6-18 months. Same guys working in them.

Been busy, but found time to put on the front set of mud flaps. Sorry the pics just didn't come out that well.





Supposed to get a Bedrug for it tomorrow. That'll e fun to install. Rear mud-flaps next time I get to drive by the parts store. I appreciate all the ideas and comments folks..Thanks!!

Anyone seen one of these installed, or better yet installed one? I'm really contemplating one, after a few paychecks, but not sure of the quaility and such

Looks good! So that's how I can keep my nerf bars from getting caked with slush!

 
Very nice. I've always preferred a SRW in a 1 ton, unless you have a specific towing need, like a 5th wheel trailer.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
When not loaded, run 70 psi of air in the back tires instead of the 80 called for on the door sticker. Doing this smooths out the ride. I actually run 65, but sometimes it sets off the low pressure warning on the TPMS.

Don't know about Fords, but my 2010 Tacoma has a hidden button (under the steering wheel column) that makes the TPMS system "relearn" a new pressure setting.
 

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Originally posted by Sigmanic:

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I'm still poking around in my '01 F250. It ain't quiet, nor does it smell good. ;-) I keep it clean and maintained; no plans to retire it.

I've got the same year truck. Bought it new in late 2000 and it only has about 90,000 miles on it. Love the 7.3 motor.


Great looking truck and your pup looks like a quality beast! I hope he enjoys riding "shotgun" on bird hunting trips in his fancy new ride!

I have an ‘01 F250 Lariat CCSWB 4x4 SRW with 7.3 and only 64K miles. Bought it from original owner 5yrs ago and then it only had 34K miles. Love the truck, but I’m a Jeep guy and might sell it for the right Jeep.

Nice looking new truck you have there. The 6.7 is the modern day version of the 7.3. The 6.0 and 6.4 were big fails but they did prove to Ford what not to do in the 6.7. Enjoy that one and drive it. They best thing you can do is add filters to the oil system, transmission, coolant and fuel. Filteration is a diesels friend and the answer to longevity. Do an external bypass oil filter, external transmission filter, external coolant system filter and an external fuel filter/water separator system. Leave it as stock as possible drivetrain wise. Don’t add tuners or power adders. All they do is shorten the life of the power train and cause more maintenance. Filters Filters Filters.

Quality fluids also, synthetic if it’s in the budget.

Window tint to save interior. Looks like you have the mats, steps and mud flaps going.

Enjoy it and plan on it being around for at least a solid 10 years or more.

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Originally posted by Sigmanic:

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I'm still poking around in my '01 F250. It ain't quiet, nor does it smell good. ;-) I keep it clean and maintained; no plans to retire it.

I've got the same year truck. Bought it new in late 2000 and it only has about 90,000 miles on it. Love the 7.3 motor.


Great looking truck and your pup looks like a quality beast! I hope he enjoys riding "shotgun" on bird hunting trips in his fancy new ride!

I have an ‘01 F250 Lariat CCSWB 4x4 SRW with 7.3 and only 64K miles. Bought it from original owner 5yrs ago and then it only had 34K miles. Love the truck, but I’m a Jeep guy and might sell it for the right Jeep.

Nice looking new truck you have there. The 6.7 is the modern day version of the 7.3. The 6.0 and 6.4 were big fails but they did prove to Ford what not to do in the 6.7. Enjoy that one and drive it. They best thing you can do is add filters to the oil system, transmission, coolant and fuel. Filteration is a diesels friend and the answer to longevity. Do an external bypass oil filter, external transmission filter, external coolant system filter and an external fuel filter/water separator system. Leave it as stock as possible drivetrain wise. Don’t add tuners or power adders. All they do is shorten the life of the power train and cause more maintenance. Filters Filters Filters.

Quality fluids also, synthetic if it’s in the budget.

Window tint to save interior. Looks like you have the mats, steps and mud flaps going.

Enjoy it and plan on it being around for at least a solid 10 years or more.

Good advice. Thanks. I’ll check into the filters you mentioned.

Finished the install of the BedRug today. I baby my trucks.

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Bump looking for more ideas and input.

Hard to tell from the pics, but what sort of wheel well protection does it come with.

My F150 is now 10 years old, and the only rust on it is around the wheel wells. Wish I would've put some sort of fender flares or wheel well mud guards on there years ago

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Bump looking for more ideas and input.

I will humbly submit a recommendation for a Peragon tonneau cover. I just put one on my Titan and really like it.

Truck looks great!
I'm jealous that beast fits in your garage!
That looks like a pretty nice garage.
Congrats on both counts.