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THE BEGINNING
I bought this truck new in March of 1997 with the help of RON!! (dad) I immediately started modding it with basic things like headlight covers, chrome exhaust tip, hard bed lid, foglights, bug shield, and a yellow MOTORSPORT sticker.


As time went on I added a bed wing which was pretty uncommon at the time. I got the idea from my buddy DREW who had one on his stepside S-10. Soon everyone starting getting them, go figure. I also got the truck lowered 3-4 and added a front 4x4 valance with foglights.
Since then I have added many more mods to the truck. For example: Billet grille, clear corner lenses, Altezza taillights, air bag suspension in front, 16x7 Eagle Alloy rims with 225/50/16 tires, numerous interior mods and stereo work. I have also done a few things to the intake and exhaust parts of the motor for a little more power. There are probably things I have forgot to mention as well.


I have many things that I would like to do to the truck in the future. Here are some I can remember off of the top of my head. First off on the inside I would like to Explorify it. This is swapping in Ford Explorer Leather seats, full center console, and overhead console. These are all parts I can swing at a junkyard for a reasonable price. There are a few more pieced inside I would like to continue with the gloss black and flame design. Then there are some pieces I want to do tweed on.
I will need to mold a custom gauge panel for my air gauges as well. Stereo wise I would like to upgrade to seperates in the front. I would also like to do a blow through for the subs so I can have more room in the cab. Then I want to go through the interior and sound deaden some spots so I have a quieter ride with less rattles and road noise. Then there is the window tint. I want my 10" windshield strip back that a Charleston cop made me remove last year. For the side I wanna go with a light overall tint with some darker flames overlaid on the light for a ghost flame look. The back will remain 5%.
Exterior wise I want to shave the front fender emblems. The nose will basically remain the same except for the addition of some billet bars in the bumper opening. A cowl hood is being considered as well. I may go to a junkyard and try to find a front spoiler that is in better condition than mine. Mine currently has holes in it from my first set of foglights.
Suspension. Well the front is bagged, so that is no longer a future mod. I still need to do the back. I plan on a 4 link setup to get rid of the stiff riding rear leaves. Will run the same valves in the rear that I run on the front. Would like to upgrade compressors to a 100% duty Viair and a bigger tank. The 3 gallons and 315 doesn't allow much clowning time. Once the back is done my switch setup will change. Will still have one switch per bag for individual control but I wanna add 3 more switches. 1 for front, 1 for back, and 1 for pancake. So a new switch panel will be required for that, time to recruit MJ again!
I also plan to carpet the bed. I already have the carpet foam down, just need the carpet. There are others still but I can't go into that much detail here. Email me if you wanna know more or have questions.

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