A College Student's Financially Irresponsible Build

That’s nuts, Baylor has some awesome heritage and alumni

Thank you! It’s always been my dream school

 

I want to go to UT, but like you, I'm not a fan of the 25k yearly tuition. We'll see where I go when I graduate HS in 2020.

 

I got into UT but chose to go to Baylor instead, I wish you luck! Choosing schools is a stressful process as well as the waiting for an answer

 

You have a nice truck there! Good job!

 

Good for you man!!

And the truck looks great!!!

 

That's great bud. I might go to UTRGV, a University that is 30 mins away from my house, cheap and affordable, and is part of the UT system. I plan on a bachelor's degree in Political Science, then off to the Navy, Border Patrol, or Texas Highway Patrol.

 

Truck looks amazing man. Makes me wish I would of gone with a super white lol

 

I have yet to hear anything bad about any of the smaller UT schools, best of luck to you sounds like a great career path

 

I love the white but I want to repaint it MGM

 

It's a decent school, my brother is currently in the nursing program, and is ready to graduate this summer! Once he starts working, my truck will start getting a nice flow of mods.

 

If you want a full paint job for $1000 minimum, bring it to Mexico! Bring any part with OEM mgm paint, and they'll scan it and give you the supplies so you can take it to a paint shop.

 

I have a family friend who can paint it for me, i plan on replacing all the body panels (tailgate, fenders, bedsides) due to the hail damage and I’ll have him just paint the new panels and whatever is left on the truck. He is gonna hook me up with the dent repair and full paint for around $2500

 

Btw, Plasti-dip seems like a great mod, but it SUCKS to take it off 2 years later. Got tired of the fading and it was super dirty. Kinda like the chrome now but eventually I’ll get a color matched grill.

 

Is that chrome peeling?

 

Nope thats the plasti dip that didnt want to come off, had to use goo gone to get the stupid stuff off

 

If you ever remove the entire grill, HMU. I hope to eventually acquire a 2011 honeycomb grille.

 

I plan on it. I want a new honeycomb in super white. It already has the raptor lights in it that I’d throw in

 

Nice! I don't mind the chrome surround, but my 2008 grille has black plastic that is fading, and is a PITA to clean.

 

Installed my Caliraised LED ditch lights and brackets. First impressions are that they are pretty bright in the day light, but I’m excited to see how the perform at night. Install was beyond easy. Here’s some pics, ill update at night when i can get some better output shots. The mounts are very sturdy, but the OEM style switch is pretty cheap. More than likely going to ditch it and go for another rocker switch like the blue one I currently have for my raptor lights. For now, it does the job.

 

One issue I’ve found is that the brackets messed up my hood alignment. The hood sits higher now, I’m going to see if I can mount the brackets to the bottom of the hinge instead of sandwiching it between the hood and hinge like Caliraised said.


Edit: Im a dumbass I had them the wrong way.