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Originally posted by Viss1:
Sorry if this is common knowledge, but how do you get the headlight cover off? It's not common knowledge. Only a few people know of the process. It takes about 3-4 hours with Dremel (each headlight) to very slowly go around the seal twice. Then, you have to very carefully and slowly use two slot screwdrivers to ever so gently pry the lens from the base. As I stated before, if you go too fast, or don't watch what you are doing, you can end up with a heap of hacked up plastic.
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Mine took me about 6 hours...
Looks waaay better than this though...
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EGR block, fog light
fix, custom shift boot, monsterflow intake, Ecotek valve
Quasi dual cardoctor exhaust.
Hacksaw short shift, Momo race "s" carbon knob, ghetto rear strut bar, 16 inch cougar wheels with 225/50/16 kumho 712s
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Originally posted by mangler:
Mine took me about 6 hours...
Looks waaay better than this though... What do you mean? Did you do the same thing I did? Any pictures of this?
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Ain't ragging on your work Chris  I'm talking about the Ford performance grill. Seems posting was prolific, my answer ended up 5 posts too low!!!!
Marco Tatta
98.5 SE MTX, Duratec
EGR block, fog light
fix, custom shift boot, monsterflow intake, Ecotek valve
Quasi dual cardoctor exhaust.
Hacksaw short shift, Momo race "s" carbon knob, ghetto rear strut bar, 16 inch cougar wheels with 225/50/16 kumho 712s
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Hey Chris,
Is the paint you used on the headlights an exact color coded match to the factory T-Red paint? It looks a little darker (could just be the lighting). Thanks.
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DupliColor "GM 380 M GARNET RED" is what it says on the can. Make sure you use primer over anything you are painting with it.
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the color is a little darker, if you want the color to match, got to a custom shop and have it mixed, could be expensive.
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I had a can of Toreador red paint made up at my local paint supplier. They duplicated the color, mixed it, and installed it into a compressed spray can in 10 minutes and for only $12 a can. They used PPG paint and the can was loaded (far more quality paint than there is in a $5 can of walmart red). The can was even a top quality can with a great nozzle.
Ryan
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"Performance in the hands of few"
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I was toying around with how this might look on a Silver Frost... I know this page is already pretty heavy-laden with images, but I just had to share, since... well, this is what *I* would like... no reflectors and clear-or-blue turn signal bulbs. Anyway... here's the result...  .RMk..
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Open K&N w/ heat shield.
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I know this is for you 98+ guys, but can anything cool like this be done for th pre-98s? Mine are pretty boring... 
STD's are like Pokemon...
Gotta catch em' all!
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