- Joined
- May 15, 2020
- Messages
- 3,959
- Age
- 70
- City
- Atlanta
- State - Country
- GA - USA
- Other
- Manufacturers factory tour, maybe big dealership tour
- Vehicle Year
- 1997 1987
- Engine
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- Total Lift
- 97 stock, 3” on 87
- Total Drop
- N/A
- Tire Size
- 235/75-15
- My credo
- Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
They're all stamped China and Ford, they look the same but the painting and coating process was different... They do look decent, he threw in the center caps so it should look pretty clean once I get them on...
The picture doesn't show all the spots I gave up on but they look way better than when I got them. Don't know if the TPMS sensors I pulled off of them are useful to anyone but let me know and pay shipping and they're yours...
My local buddies and I figured out over the years that when you are doing something, you see all those little defects. You know where they are, so you may even see them again later. But the reality is that nobody else is ever going to look at it that close again. They look at the whole truck and have an impression. Things that look the way they’re supposed to look, never stick out. If you don’t point it out, nobody would ever see it.
I also learned that in commercial real estate. When I walk up to a property, I don’t try to do an evaluation of everything that’s wrong with the property. I swing my head around and I find the three or four worst things. Then I get the owners to fix those things. The next time I come up, I do the same thing, what are the next three or four things. Usually after three trips, absolutely nothing is jumping out. That is far from saying the property is in perfect condition, it’s just that there’s no glaring thing that makes you say “oh my gosh!”
The last thought, get a buddy who will be honest with you to give you an honest opinion like my real estate example. We all need to do this every now and then because we can have something stuck on our nose, and we’re so used to it we don’t see it anymore.
I think they look great the way they are in the picture!
Hope it helps!