Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum banner

Before and after: Stripped down, nosejob, and Facelift.

12K views 15 replies 10 participants last post by  S2O  
#1 ·
Stripped down = no more limited trim. Nosejob= 05 conversion. Facelift= debadged, fresh paint, and 05 mirrors.

Some of you may have caught that I redid the ex. Well here are the before and after pics.


Before:
Image

Image

Image

Image

This one is the only picture I have that shows that the bumper was effed up and twisted.
Image



And now for the after pics. She was still wet from cleaning her up a bit.
Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image


Overall, she looks ok. I wanted to put a cowl hood on her while I was at it, but the budget wouldn't allow it. I still have enough paint supplies left to paint it when I get it, so it's not a big deal.
 
#4 ·
Worked every time I loaded the page. :dunno:

I like it.
Thanks. My bro says it's too white. LOL Tried talking me into painting the old molding black and throwing it back on. Told him he was :crazy: :nod: I wanted to get rid of that molding the first time I saw someone else do it to theirs.

I may find someone with some good striping/airbrush skills and throw up some barbed wire for pin striping. Not that BS stuff you can buy at the zone.
 
#7 ·
Image

Image

Image


I went to photobucket, and somehow I deleted those with the rest of teh stuff when I cleaned it up a bit. Sorry about that. Must have been cashed in my browser history. Above are some other pics of it I had on there.

Came out very nice
Thanks bud.
 
#8 ·
Looks much better.. I like it!!
 
#11 ·
I just painted them black. Used a special cleaner, and an adhesive promoter, and several coats of paint and clear. Did the initial 2+2, didn't like the finish. I Used some ultra fine pads to rough it up, and threw another set of 2+2 on it. Hopefully they stand up, but I doubt it. I'll probably end up buying a set of black ones to throw on it.

I actually got rid of the bug deflector a while ago. The before are actually old pics. I never liked those rain guards, I wanted the in channel ones. I will buy a set of the in channel ones eventually.
 
#12 ·
Nice work, but I'm not sure which way I like better. The limited have it some character, but it is much cleaner now. Good job regardless
 
#13 ·
I was just tired of every white excursion looking like mine. Granted I changed lights and stuff, but that only goes so far. I prefer the clean look anyways. She turned out looking just the way I wanted it to.
 
#14 ·
That's exactly how I felt today. I saw 3 identical ex's to mine except not all have lift or diesel. Still sux having the same ride as all the others, but your does look nice
 
#15 ·
Looks great, now you need to get you a set of 18" or 20" black wheels and some nice fat tires to complete the look and set it off a bit! I would love to have an Ex, but my Crew Cab is good enough for now. Maybe when I have a family someday.

-French