Top 5 Truck MODS Under $200

hey guys welcome back to banging gears the youtube channel about everything automotive from car shows and events to some do-it-yourself tutorials which either have to do with usually my cobra replica or my ford f-150 behind me but today we're going to do something different we'll talk about the top five mods you can make to a pickup truck i'm your host frank thanks for tuning in stick around it's going to be a great episode hey guys so welcome back i'm your host frank and on this top five list we'll talk about the top five mods you can make your pickup truck that are i feel are going to enhance your driving experience make it easier for you and make things a little more enjoyable for when you drive so we'll start off with the least expensive work our way up to the most expensive and it it and if at any point in the video excuse me there uh you are interested in any of these products i already went out did the leg work and found the links for everything and they'll be in the description below so let's get started with the first mod number one [Music] [Applause] all right so product number one is going to be the seven sparta backseat latch you see this little latch pull right here you pull it you'll hear it snap and then the seat folds down and you have the latch itself now this gray piece is what comes standard on the back of the the seat and it locks into place with this piece right here in the back of the pickup truck so what you're going to get from seven sparta is this black piece with this red little clip that mounts on that when you pull it it releases the spring it attaches with just these two star screws it costs 20 bucks and it gives you access to all this space in the back of your pickup truck that you didn't readily have access to before you put anything you want back here and keep it safe and nobody will see it whether it's cleaning supplies rags jumper cables shotgun whatever you need to store in your pickup truck now you have access to nice and easy like i said it's about 20 bucks the link for it is in the description let's move on to item number two [Music] [Applause] mod number two that you can make to a pickup truck makes your life super easy it is absolutely without a doubt my favorite mod i've made to the pickup truck so far and i have shown it to everybody since i've bought the truck it's called the tailgate assist and we'll give you a little show if anybody has a pickup truck you know when you open the tailgate it just basically slams down if you're not prepared to catch it or to lower it easily you can do some damage to the hinges if you have anything on your bumpers you'll dent your tailgate itself if you have your trailer hitch in and your ball is raised that sounds dirty when you say it like that but truck guys know what i'm talking about if you have a raised hitch and your ball is on and you let the tailgate go you will put a dent the size of my fist in the back of your tailgate with the tailgate assist you don't have to worry about any of that or the weight of the tailgate itself it just falls in a nice slow and steady pace let's show you that again because i just like doing it over and over and all it is is a damper that mounts right here to the side it's on a little ball joint right here with this bracket and the other half of the bracket mounts to the tailgate here like i said it's just a damper or a piston that you would see on a hatchback and it just it doesn't give you any restraint going back up but it lets the tailgate fall super slow it's a great product and it's only 40 bucks so again the link for that item is in the description if you're interested but it has saved my life a few times already so on to product number three [Music] [Applause] so mod number three is something you may or may not think about if you own a pickup truck and that's gas mileage usually these vehicles they're for work construction hauling towing your miles per gallon is probably the absolute least number on your mind when you're thinking about driving so but there's a simple mod you can make for around 50 bucks that can increase your gas mileage by either one or two miles per gallon now that number doesn't seem like it's a huge number but when you have a 30 gallon tank two miles per gallon is an extra 60 miles for me that's a trip to and from work it's an extra day i don't have to stop off at the gas station so it's a simple mod you can make let's open up the hood i'm sure most of you know exactly what i'm talking about and it's an air filter the k n air filter is a free flow air filter that allows you to add more oxygen to your fuel mix just by swapping out the air filter the original air filter is usually a cotton or excuse me usually a paper air filter which restricts flow and the k n is a cotton air filter that allows more free flowing air to go into your engine creating a little more horsepower which is why most people buy the k n filter but it also gives you a little bit of more gas mileage so when you have a vehicle that gets what between 17 and 19 20 miles to the gallon every mile per gallon you can add is a little extra money in your pocket a little time behind the wheel so it's around 50 bucks i'll put the link in the description below it'll be for my truck my ford f-150 but from that jumping point you just put in any year making model that you own and it's a simple drop in replace your current air filter and you're on your way to saving some money so let me shut the hood and we'll get to mod number four [Music] [Applause] okay so mod number four is going to be from a company we all know a lot of us love them it's going to be the weathertech window deflectors it's a great product especially if you're a smoker now i'm not a smoker but i do occasionally you've seen in some of my videos dabble in the cigar genre and me not smoking in my new truck lasted maybe a month so it helps a lot it allows you to crack the window open a little bit the size of the deflector and then you can get some free-flowing air if you're smoking the smoke can go out if you're driving in the rain it prevents the rain from coming in because the rain would literally have to go up and over to get inside the car they make them in the front and in the rear like i said it's a great product they come in a smoke so adds a little bit of tint for that high noon sun if you're sitting in the car i'm not sure why these don't come standard on a vehicle i'm not sure why manufacturers don't make their own and just make it part of the truck it's a great product also it's a weathertech made in america can't go wrong and so they're around 120 bucks the link is in the description if you're interested let's move on product number i think we're at five we're five [Music] [Applause] so project number five is a lifesaver for me a lot of people think if you have a pickup truck you have this big bed in the back got tons of space tons of storage but that's not necessarily the case and if as a truck owner you probably already know that okay we have lots of tools usually we get a giant tool box that goes across the back of the the truck taking up space in the bed you ever want to put a motorcycle in the bed at that point you got to pull the tool case out so one of the solutions i found that again i learned from my friend russell whose truck i used to borrow before i had my own and here we are at the back again i just love doing this i just love it oh there it is i love that i love that is the undercover swing case now the undercover swing case it's a plastic case that mounts let me see if i can open so you can see a little bit so you can see that one there and mounts in the back of the truck between the tailgate and the wheel well so it doesn't take up a ton of space you have all this still still put a motorcycle and if i roll up the ten new cover with one more shot still put a motorcycle in the back or any kind of furniture that my wife likes to buy on facebook marketplace there's plenty of space for all that sort of stuff so like i said it mounts mounts on a hinge it's got that the holes up top the four come for the cleats that come from ford it's got the locking mechanism it doesn't interfere with your light with your other cleat that comes from the factory back there it's a great little tool and it has tons of storage this shelf comes out it's super heavy because i have all my ratchet tie downs in there but i have all my cleaning supplies my trailer hitch all that sort of stuff and this is a great tool tucks away locks in i did a whole video on the installation of these i'll put that link above somewhere they're about 199 bucks a piece and made in america too i'm going to pump that every chance i get made in america like i said it's about 200 bucks a piece 400 bucks for the set the link is in the description below that's mod 5 that's going to be your most expensive mod on this list i'm going to give you two bonuses you'll notice right off the bat two things i didn't talk about these are not your bonuses but we're not talking about spraying bed liner and a tannu cover it's tenu cover it's about you and whatever your needs are 10 new covers are expensive it's about a thousand bucks a piece ballpark depending on what you get what material it's made out of it may fit your needs for your truck it may not so that's why we're not going to talk about it um and spraying bedliner well i'm sorry as a truck guy it should be the first thing you do to a brand new truck is spray the bed liner i don't care if it's spraying the plastic ones that just kind of lock into place don't care but you need some sort of bed protection if you're going to put anything back here my bed doesn't see anything besides maybe a couple bags of mulch in the springtime uh i've probably stood back here more than anything we've had in the back of the truck so far and just from walking around the rocks in your shoes and stuff like that scratches the out of the paint spray bed liner it's optional it should be mandatory again it should come from the factory but it's not anything we're going to talk about in this video so your first [Music] [Applause] bonus [Music] so your first bonus is going to be mud flaps mud flaps are a controversial mod you may or may not like mud flaps people who hate them are very opinionated people who love them are very opinionated about them they serve a purpose and that purpose may not be a necessary purpose for the vehicle you own for me they are between rain the truck is black between rain mud tire sling that slaps down the side of the car these help keep my truck nice and clean and protected the weathertech made in america they're around 45 for a set either the front or the rear or around 90 bucks for the complete set for the entire truck all four i put the link in the description below like i said it's a great product i did a whole video on the installation of these and i'll put that somewhere above you can go check that out after this video if you're interested and it's a good mod and your second bonus mod is gonna be one i put on all my vehicles as soon as i get them truck car it doesn't matter and it's gonna be window tint window tint to me is a necessity mod you can see the backs are darker those are the factory tent so the only thing you have to do in a pickup truck are the front driver and passenger side my local windowed tint business was 120 bucks for both total out the door he did it in like 30 minutes keeps the interior cooler keeps the interior from fading because of uv so the uv protected keeps you from getting warm it's just a great mod i even put on my wife's car as a christmas gift she loved it i want to give a shout out to my local business if you're local to me in virginia l.a tint in manassas phenomenal job i love those guys uh i'll put the link for their website in the description below if you're local to me and that's going to be it those are your top five plus two mo bonus mods you can make to a pickup truck that i think will enhance your driving experience so if you like this sort of content don't forget to hit the like button and subscribe to the channel i got another video next week from another cars in cigars event we'll pump out and that's pretty much it so stay tuned drive safe wash your hands and we'll catch you next time on banging gear

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Length: 15min 52sec (952 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 06 2020