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June 2005 TOTM: 1998 Ford F150 XL Bandit Edition

The Truck of the Month for June 2005 belongs to Mitch Jones from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He bought the truck used in August 2002. He is known as f150bandit in the forums.

FordF150.net Truck of the Month - June 2005 - Mitch Jones (a.k.a. f150bandit) - 1998 Ford F-150 Pickup Truck

To view all the photos of Mitch's truck, check out his photo gallery.

From Mitch:

Current Mods:

  • Antenna Shaved
  • Fender Emblems Shaved
  • Painted Front Bumper
  • APC Clear Corners
  • Cool Blue Headlights
  • 18" American Racing Nooz Wheels
  • 285/55R18 Yokohama AVS S/T Tires
  • Lund Roll Pan
  • Low Rider Fiberglass Tonneau with Custom Locks and acrylic mirror on the underside
  • M3 Signal Mirrors
  • Painted Rear Window Surround
  • Painted door Handles
  • Smoothed and Painted Cowl
  • Door Crack Repair Kit
  • Custom Painted Interior
  • Kenwood CD/MP3 Player
  • 98 XLT Gauges with Tach
  • Shaved Tailgate
  • Billet Grill
  • Billet Bumper Grill
  • Belltech 3/4 Lowering Kit
  • K&N Filter
  • Painted Lund Wiper Cowl
  • Custom Tinted Tails
  • Ball Milled Billet Rear View Mirror
  • Billet AC Knobs
  • Ball Milled Billet AC Panel
  • Go Industries Front Valence with shaved fog lights
  • Custom Cut Billet Grill for Valence
  • Painted Grill Surround
  • Redrums Customs Lambo Doors
  • Interior Carpet
  • Leather F250 Lariat Power Seats (converted back to manual)
  • Custom 2 Tone Seat Covers
  • Bedrug with aluminum slats to emulate the old style wood beds
  • Electric Solenoids to Open Tailgate
  • Chrome bed tiedowns
  • Suede Headliner
  • Polished billet sun visors

Future Mods:

  • Custom paint is right near the top of the to do list
  • Ground effects, Maybe street tubes
  • Some underhood dressup
  • Performance mods
  • Spec 3 clutch
  • 4.10 or 4.30 ls rear end

What other Fords do you own or have owned?

I have had a few mustangs in the past….a 5.0, and a 2.3…nothing but good memories from both of them.

FordF150.net Truck of the Month - June 2005 - Mitch Jones (a.k.a. f150bandit) - 1998 Ford F-150 XL Bandit Edition

FordF150.net Truck of the Month - June 2005 - Mitch Jones (a.k.a. f150bandit) - 1998 Ford F-150 XL Bandit Edition

FordF150.net Truck of the Month - June 2005 - Mitch Jones (a.k.a. f150bandit) - 1998 Ford F-150 XL Bandit Edition

FordF150.net Truck of the Month - June 2005 - Mitch Jones (a.k.a. f150bandit) - 1998 Ford F-150 XL Bandit Edition