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- Ever since the dawn of civilization,
men and women have been customizing their dear possessions.
I mean clothes, shoes, jewelry, furniture, houses,
dude, I mean, Fred Flintstone,
that dude had a like a leopard suit
with a crazy canopy over his ride
with huge wheels,
and that was back in the Stone Age days.
That was pretty crazy,
that man set the precedence moving forward
in the truck industry.
(bird blowing)
- Yabadabadoo!
- One of the largest markets for customization is vehicles,
which, I mean, that is kind of what we do.
We sell wheels, tires,
suspension, performance, accessories,
and you can find all that at customoffsets.com.
With that being said,
today we are gonna be talking about customization,
specifically some of the easiest truck transformations
that are going to instantly make your guys's truck
look insanely better.
How do I know?
I mean, have you seen my truck
and what it looked like when I got it
compared to now, it's crazy.
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Obviously, I'm not telling everyone
to go out and do
every single one of these mods on the list.
It's all dependent on the route you want to go
with your truck build
and the color schemes
and making sure that everything flows.
This is just a simple list
that may get you guys thinking
about some things that you guys could do
to your build.
I'm Lawson, you can find me @lawsonn.co on Instagram,
sit back, relax, and let's hop into it.
All right, so jumping right into it,
first up on our list today
is gonna be powder coating/painting.
This is probably going to be the most intense
and expensive truck transformation that you can do,
but wow, does it make a huge difference
and wake up the appearance of your truck.
From suspension to wheels
to tow hooks to hitches to axles,
you can literally powder coat
a ton of components under your truck,
which sets you apart from the rest.
I mean, come on, look at the K350,
CO2, Banker's truck, my truck,
Rainey's truck, Junior's Bronco,
it looks so beautiful and will turn heads non-stop.
Now it may not be a process
as easy as installing a new truck part
such as a grill or headlights or taillights,
but seeing your truck with a fresh powder or paint
makes all the planning well worth it,
especially lit up at night
with some good ole rock lights,
which you guys can also get at customoffsets.com
Next up on the list is chrome deleting.
Now obviously this is all dependent
on the route you are going with your build
and your color schemes.
For example, if you guys have a white truck
and plan to rock some polished forged Johnnys,
then I probably would not be quick to replace
all the chrome on your truck,
or the chrome bumper, or the chrome door handles,
or literally anything on there
if you're running those forged Johnnys
and it really flows.
And you guys already know dang well
if it's a Platy,
you guys aren't gonna taking off that tailgate.
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It all comes down to the taste for your build
and making sure that everything flows together.
If you look at CO2
and the chrome accents and trim,
looks so damn good
because of those huge 26x14 chrome Arkon Lincolns,
and it all ties together.
Something that times right in with chrome deleting
is paint to match parts.
Now some things like chrome trim
can easily be removed,
but you can't really remove
the chrome in your bumper.
This leaves the perfect opportunities
to hydro dip, wrap, paint, or even plasti dip.
Yes, I said plasti dip.
Your bumpers, badges, trim,
and anything else that may help keep
the color and theme of your build more cohesive
and flowing together.
Now another way to clean up your guys's truck
would be to debadge and clean up all the extra stuff
that comes on the truck from the factory.
Now I know when we got a hold of my truck from Copart
and got it back to the shop,
started rebuilding it,
we took fishing line to the badges,
we ripped off some of the 4x4 on the bedsides of the truck
with the old 3M strip off wheel.
So anything like that,
you can remove the door molding on the side,
we did that as well,
so just really cleaning up the outside of your truck.
Now obviously we did all this
before we wrapped my truck,
because, well, I'm not gonna wrap over molding
and stuff like that,
but this is even options that you guys can do,
even if you don't plan to wrap your truck.
We're currently in the process
of doing Anthem's Power Wagon build,
and we just did the same thing to theirs.
They planned on wrapping their truck,
so we got out our fish wire
and slowly started to break down the adhesive,
and then hit it with that same 3M strip off wheel,
and boom, much cleaner look.
Next on the list of steps,
and what did I mean by steps, for instance,
is I ripped off my crusty, destroyed,
factory tube steps off my truck
to clean up the overall look of my truck,
because, well, they were rusting out,
they had holes in 'em,
and were extremely sketchy to even step on
because they were so crusty and so bad.
Now there are some solid options for factory steps
and some trim models even come with factory power steps,
which obviously fold up
underneath the truck, away nicely,
so that way your truck doesn't look any different
while also having some sort of function to it
for you guys to hop into your big old trucks,
well, at least the wife's, at least.
Now there's some special cases
where some of even the non-power step options
from the factory,
if not crusty and distracting,
can also tie into your build very nicely.
Take Junior's new Bronco, for example.
The factory chrome steps
tie into his build so nicely,
just based on his chrome wheels
and all of his chrome accents and the white,
just everything really pops.
But unfortunately, I think he wants to take them off,
because, well, stance, bro.
- Bro!
- [Man] Bro!
- He can't turn his big 14-wides,
so he wants to get rid of 'em.
Just Ford Bronco things.
Next up, we have some lighting options for you guys,
specifically headlights and taillights.
Ever since I could drive,
I remember taking two-take look-backs
at vehicles that have aftermarket headlights and taillights
because it just cleans everything up so nicely.
- [Both] Damn!
- Not only does it clean things up,
but it also brightens things up as well,
and offers a cleaner housing and brighter bulbs,
but you can also customize and make it your own.
I mean, do you guys remember 2005?
Headlights were crazy with all the crazy lights,
halos, everything else, it was insane.
Now for us, we offer Recon headlights and taillights
on our website,
and I continue to see them being modded
and customized as well
with paint to match housings
and other additional lighting or cutouts.
Speaking of taillights,
why have I not replaced
my ugly factory taillights with some Recons?
I'm gonna go order some, hold on, be right back.
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All right, now that I got my taillights ordered,
in addition to headlights and taillights,
rock lights and wheel lights
also continue to gain popularity.
Let me tell you from experience:
Cruising at night is probably my favorite time
to cruise around town.
Pulling up somewhere or cruising downtown at night
with all my rock lights turns heads.
I mean, pulling into Kwik Trip,
or Wawa if you guys are down south,
everyone stares at your truck,
and that's what it's all about.
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Now although wiring can be tricky,
it makes it all worth it in the end,
seeing your nice wheel and tire package
as well as your suspension lit up,
especially if you guys take our first tip,
and that's powder coating or paint.
I mean, that pops with that rock lights and wheel lights.
Ask me how I know (clicks teeth).
- Damn, that good.
- Have you ever looked through a fish bowl,
where you awkwardly stare at the fish
as they awkwardly stare back?
Yeah, that's the same as not having tint on your truck,
end up in awkward stare-downs with Karens at stoplights.
Get your trucks tinted.
Not only does it enhance the look of your truck,
but it also helps with UV ray rejection
as well as heat rejection,
which comes in handy,
especially in the summertime,
especially if you guys are going
to a lot of these truck shows,
which are down south, and they are freakin' hot.
Now obviously you guys don't wanna go
with a cheap, off-Amazon, slap-it-on-yourself,
cheap quality tint.
You guys wanna make sure that you guys
are getting high-end tint.
When I got my windows, my windshield done,
I hit up our tint guy here,
and they ended up slapping on 3M's crystalline ceramic tint,
which has multiple layers of ceramic compressed down
to provide that 99% UV ray rejection
as well as the heat rejection.
Boom, take that, Karen.
(woman screams)
- All right boys, last on the list, exhaust.
As you guys may or may not know,
we just added a whole performance section to our website,
including exhaust, and boys, let me tell you,
it'll change your life.
Now you could be like Banker
and go and chop off your muffler,
or you could get a nicely designed exhaust system
with some nice tips
to really increase the look and sound of your truck.
Or you could just be like Biggs
and add a huge axle dump to your EcoBoost F-150
and make it sound like total poop.
I mean, really, it's up to you.
♪ Hello darkness my old friend ♪
At the end of the day,
the exhaust options are pretty endless
to get the sound you want.
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All right, boys, that's what we got for you guys
on today's "Easy Truck Transformations."
If you guys have one that we missed,
definitely let us know down in the Comments section below,
and if you guys need wheels, tires,
suspension, performance, accessories,
literally anything, you guys can just come out
to customoffsets.com, check it out.
Or just come hang out on the website,
skim through our gallery, something.
Peace.
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