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Hi, just stumbed across this site while searching for an air dam for my truck. It's an '03 F250 Super Cab, Short Bed, Oxford White with tan interior, 4X4 with 6.0 Turbo-Diesel. Mods so far are: Banks Big Hoss Bundle to kick stock HP from 325 to 481 and Torque from 470 to 840 Lbs; cowl induction hood (steel); custom fender flares; triple chromed steel wire mesh grille; projector headlights; Halo fog lights; 2nd gen clear taillights; dual 170 amp alternators; PowerStop drilled/slotted rotors & pads; 20" Panther Juice 8 rims; Toyo Open Country A/T 305/55/20 tires; chrome billet accessories; Kenwood Excelon KVT-915DVD w/monitor; 5 Butler TBD-2150 amplifiers; 5 VMPS 626R ribbon speakers; JL Audio 1000X2 sub amp; JL Audio 13.5" W7 subwoofer; Kenwood Excelon CD chgr; Sony DVD chgr; Stinger capacitor & 2 Stinger 1700 amp batteries; Sirius sat radio; XM sat radio; Sony 12" LCD; Voyager color backup cameras & audio; Grizzly roll & light bars; Varad purple LED lighting under and interior; Autometer C2 Boost, Fuel Pressure, Differential temps, Trans temp, Water temp, Voltmeter, Pyrometer, Oil Temp and Oil Pressure gauges; B&M Racing oil cooler & trans cooler w/12v fans; Perma Cool 2950CFM 12v auxilliary fan; Bypass oil filter; Aeroquip hoses & fittings; etc.

After all that I can't type one word about the mods to my 2003 '007 T-Bird now. Another day.....

Go here, www.thedieselstop.com because we know gasoline powered american V8's. Sorry I coulden't help but I don't know anything about the diesel aftermarket.

Well hi their waterskiers2 welcome to CHR were pert near nabors I live in mohave valley across the river from needles sounds like ya have nice truck there have any pic of that bad toy the t brid to again welcome to the fourm

Originally posted by Matt167
Go here, www.thedieselstop.com because we know gasoline powered american V8's. Sorry I coulden't help but I don't know anything about the diesel aftermarket.

Been there & still go there (among other diesel sites). Wanted to find a site that's not only diesel plus I'm just starting the mods on my T-Bird (gasoline). Didn't want to type any more descriptions today (gets very tiring). There's more I've done to the truck & quite a bit to the T-Bird. Another day.... another post!

Thanks for the welcome! Now back to searching for that air dam....

If anyone has a suggestion for an air dam for an 03 F-250 Super Duty 4X4, let me know please. Don't want the same old 'Xenon' or 'Street Scene' air dam. Want something more unique.

Later-

So are you in AZ or CA? I know some people up there on the AZ side (Ft Mohave), just curious.

I guess you can tell by my signature - I'm also into boating.

Bought a new Nordic 'Heat' 28' powerboat here last summer & spend a lot of time out on the lake. I drive my boat up in your area quite often. It's a beautiful ride through Topock Gorge! One of the nicest spots on the lower Colorado river.

Anyway, nice hearing there's someone in the 'hood'.

Originally posted by waterskiers2
Been there & still go there (among other diesel sites). Wanted to find a site that's not only diesel plus I'm just starting the mods on my T-Bird (gasoline). Didn't want to type any more descriptions today (gets very tiring). There's more I've done to the truck & quite a bit to the T-Bird. Another day.... another post!

Thanks for the welcome! Now back to searching for that air dam....

If anyone has a suggestion for an air dam for an 03 F-250 Super Duty 4X4, let me know please. Don't want the same old 'Xenon' or 'Street Scene' air dam. Want something more unique.

Later-

All I could find was this site for the '03 model year all others I looked at stopped at '01. http://www.truckaddons.com/Catalog/s...ne_airdams.htm

I didn't know at first what an air dam was, I thought it was some kind of ram air induction ( that's why I suggested dieselstop, thought it was a motor upgrade ) but I googled it and found that site. As you can probably tell, I'm more of an old car/ truck person.

Originally posted by waterskiers2
So are you in AZ or CA? I know some people up there on the AZ side (Ft Mohave), just curious.

I guess you can tell by my signature - I'm also into boating.

Bought a new Nordic 'Heat' 28' powerboat here last summer & spend a lot of time out on the lake. I drive my boat up in your area quite often. It's a beautiful ride through Topock Gorge! One of the nicest spots on the lower Colorado river.

Anyway, nice hearing there's someone in the 'hood'.

arizona all the way their no way I would even think of living in ca I like my classic to much

Yeah, but then you'd get to have those beautiful 'black' faded looking license plates.

Do you have an AZ classic plate? I like those plates. I have a custom plate '007-TBRD' on my 03 T-Bird 007. Haven't ordered one for my truck yet. I've thought of just the name of my boat or similar.

Later-

I was just wondering do you ever take that BIG truck to any shows I know one of you havasu guy were at the avi show he had One bad and I mean bad 57 chevy 4 by 4

Originally posted by waterskiers2
Yeah, but then you'd get to have those beautiful 'black' faded looking license plates.

Do you have an AZ classic plate? I like those plates. I have a custom plate '007-TBRD' on my 03 T-Bird 007. Haven't ordered one for my truck yet. I've thought of just the name of my boat or similar.

Later-

yep mines powerslave

here s a better look at it

No, not yet. I'm not even done with the A/V sound system. After we (a friend helped) installed four layers of Cascade sound deadening vinyl, it was about all I could do just to put the door panels & seats back in!!

We started the sound deadening project in June when its' still 110 at 3AM and 120 at noon!! I'm not kidding you when I tell you there were several times I thought of calling the Ford dealer & just buying another new truck & starting over!

But that part is done now & the sound system is fantastic. I did all the work except for creating five 'cabinets' to mount the woofers inside the doors and one under the dash (center channel). I paid a guy at one of the auto sound places in town to create those. He said it was the best sounding speakers he'd ever heard (home or car).

I used VMPS Home Theater speakers (626R) for the main speakers. I spoke with the owner of VMPS and I upgraded to the carbon fiber woofers and ribbon mid-range (8ohm components). I then added Raven 1 ribbon tweeters and Dynaudio 4-way cross-overs.

I figure I've got probably two more weeks of work to complete the sound system & get all the cables routed properly, then that's done.

Have lots of other work to complete & have to get the new cowl induction hood & fender flares painted to match the truck. I'm selling all the stock parts from the truck on E-Bay right now. I've sold the grille, headlights, taillights, etc. Still selling wheels, hood, etc.

One day! I also have an '04 Lance truck camper with slide out to mount in the bed and then I'm taking a vacation for a while. Pulling the boat to FL for the winter this year. Leaving soon & will finish the work there.

Originally posted by waterskiers2
No, not yet. I'm not even done with the A/V sound system. After we (a friend helped) installed four layers of Cascade sound deadening vinyl, it was about all I could do just to put the door panels & seats back in!!

We started the sound deadening project in June when its' still 110 at 3AM and 120 at noon!! I'm not kidding you when I tell you there were several times I thought of calling the Ford dealer & just buying another new truck & starting over!

But that part is done now & the sound system is fantastic. I did all the work except for creating five 'cabinets' to mount the woofers inside the doors and one under the dash (center channel). I paid a guy at one of the auto sound places in town to create those. He said it was the best sounding speakers he'd ever heard (home or car).

I used VMPS Home Theater speakers (626R) for the main speakers. I spoke with the owner of VMPS and I upgraded to the carbon fiber woofers and ribbon mid-range (8ohm components). I then added Raven 1 ribbon tweeters and Dynaudio 4-way cross-overs.

I figure I've got probably two more weeks of work to complete the sound system & get all the cables routed properly, then that's done.

Have lots of other work to complete & have to get the new cowl induction hood & fender flares painted to match the truck. I'm selling all the stock parts from the truck on E-Bay right now. I've sold the grille, headlights, taillights, etc. Still selling wheels, hood, etc.

One day! I also have an '04 Lance truck camper with slide out to mount in the bed and then I'm taking a vacation for a while. Pulling the boat to FL for the winter this year. Leaving soon & will finish the work there.

sound good that one thing I,ve got to do is put some kinda sound system in my truck Im getting tired of singing to my self at least the motor sound good

Okay I,ve got a confession to make Im not a total chevy guy Ive got two fords ones a 74 F350 w/429 scj the other is a 69 F 250 Im getting reddy to do a body switch It hac a 351 cleveland witch I pulling out to make room for a 460 I like them big block Im thinking of getting rid of that 351 if ya know any one

Don't know of anyone. I uploaded some pics of my truck & a picture of what my new hood will look like after it's painted and a picture of the new grille. The grille was installed last night but it's too dark now to take pictures.

Going out to work on the truck now.

Keep in touch & we'll have to get together one day when I come up there in the boat. Later-