Got a truck for my 16 yo son

[War Machine]

Just make sure you thoroughly rinse it off with copious amounts of water. It works because it is literally melting that top layer off.

Good advice !!!

[lincolnboy]

just buy new lenses, polishing or spraying shit on them is never going to look right, and none of those solutions last. Besides, they're cheap.

Best dam advise

[Chili]

These should now be your son's (or your) favorite 2 websites:

http://broncograveyard.com/

http://www.lmctruck.com/ford/

[bobs94formula]

Dam, we got another influenza on the way

Not a chance, if he thought about being anything like that spoiled asshole I would kick his ass and I wouldn't have bought a thing. Besides there is a difference between buying a $2k truck and the cars most other kids get these days. Although if he wants to keep it after high school he has to buy it from me, it's mine until then.

These should now be your son's (or your) favorite 2 websites:

http://broncograveyard.com/

http://www.lmctruck.com/ford/

We already have the LMC catalog LOL

[War Machine]

Best dam advise

if you're rich!!!!

[JC316]

That's no joke... My first vehicle was a reg cab, swb, 4.9 F150. It got like 12-13mpg no matter what.

I've got a truck magazine from 1986, claims the 4.9L got 30MPG. Mine never did better than 17. All of the V8's I had were lucky to get out of single digits. Ford made the better truck, but chevy had them beat for economy in the 90's.

[Nash B.]

It's no '87 Silverado, but not bad.

[slow99]

just buy new lenses, polishing or spraying shit on them is never going to look right, and none of those solutions last. Besides, they're cheap.

Word.

[Gasser64]

These should now be your son's (or your) favorite 2 websites:

http://broncograveyard.com/

http://www.lmctruck.com/ford/

An alternate opinion: LMC blows, for the most part. They like to sell medium or low quality parts at high quality parts prices. Then when you have a problem, they have a tendency to display very poor customer service. There are plenty of alternatives out there to LMC that offer much higher quality parts for the same price or less.

[Chili]

An alternate opinion: LMC blows, for the most part. They like to sell medium or low quality parts at high quality parts prices. Then when you have a problem, they have a tendency to display very poor customer service. There are plenty of alternatives out there to LMC that offer much higher quality parts for the same price or less.

So who is better?

I bought a good amount of stuff from both them and Bronco Graveyard for my old Bronco, over several years, and never had an issue. That said, I never had an issue that required dealing with their customer service, so I definitely cannot speak to that.

Unfortunately there are times when they are the only ones with certain parts readily available, so the quality is what you get.

[Gasser64]

I agree they're the only ones sometimes, but after dealing with them on several occasions, I'll just wait. Until those times when the parts do become available. OEM stuff on ebay is a good idea. Junkyards, swap meets, stuff like that. I don't have experience with the bronco site.

But there are places like NPD that I'd trust way more than LMC on any day. You said "the quality is what you get" so that tells me you agree somewhat about the poor quality of LMC. Imho, its just not worth it. Better just to keep waiting until you find that good quality part, instead of being ass raped on price and having them hand you something that looks like a 5 year old chinese kid made.

https://www.npdlink.com/store/

I can't remember if its NPD... but one of them lets you select what quality of part you want. Usually there is 3 choices, something like budget, medium, and what they call OEM quality. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I haven't ordered from them so I couldn't tell ya. But I know they do it as per that TV show "My Classic Car". IIRC its NPD.

[Chili]

I agree they're the only ones sometimes, but after dealing with them on several occasions, I'll just wait. Until those times when the parts do become available. OEM stuff on ebay is a good idea. Junkyards, swap meets, stuff like that. I don't have experience with the bronco site.

But there are places like NPD that I'd trust way more than LMC on any day. You said "the quality is what you get" so that tells me you agree somewhat about the poor quality of LMC. Imho, its just not worth it. Better just to keep waiting until you find that good quality part, instead of being ass raped on price and having them hand you something that looks like a 5 year old chinese kid made.

https://www.npdlink.com/store/

I can't remember if its NPD... but one of them lets you select what quality of part you want. Usually there is 3 choices, something like budget, medium, and what they call OEM quality. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I haven't ordered from them so I couldn't tell ya. But I know they do it as per that TV show "My Classic Car". IIRC its NPD.

Well sure.. But most aftermarket oem replacement parts are not as good factory, at least for older vehicles, and the factory doesn't make the stuff anymore. That is not limited to LMC or any other single seller. I'm talking about stuff like window sweepers not fitting perfectly, Armrests not a perfect color match, stuff like that.

I wasn't looking to 'restore' that Bronco, just keep it as a functional daily driver, so as long as the part served it's purpose and was replacing a broken part, I was tolerant of it. Like I said, many times I was just happy I was able to find the part without scavenging at junkyards for a year. That's not to say I didn't pick up some stuff from junkyards, but that only works with stuff that isn't easily broken / destroyed. For example, I had to replace a seat bracket and ended up finding a bracket and two front seats that were in better shape than mine at a pick and pull for like $40.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Well sure.. But most aftermarket oem replacement parts are not as good factory, at least for older vehicles, and the factory doesn't make the stuff anymore. That is not limited to LMC or any other single seller. I'm talking about stuff like window sweepers not fitting perfectly, Armrests not a perfect color match, stuff like that.

I wasn't looking to 'restore' that Bronco, just keep it as a functional daily driver, so as long as the part served it's purpose and was replacing a broken part, I was tolerant of it. Like I said, many times I was just happy I was able to find the part without scavenging at junkyards for a year. That's not to say I didn't pick up some stuff from junkyards, but that only works with stuff that isn't easily broken / destroyed. For example, I had to replace a seat bracket and ended up finding a bracket and two front seats that were in better shape than mine at a pick and pull for like $40.

I get to tell people on a daily basis: if it's 15-20 years old, and it's broken on yours, there's a high likelihood it's broken on one in the yards.

[crapstang]

Best dam advise

Nah, this one is better:

[Scott Mc]

I get to tell people on a daily basis: if it's 15-20 years old, and it's broken on yours, there's a high likelihood it's broken on one in the yards.

What do you mean LKQ doesn't have any good ashtray doors for a Foxbody!