Well I decided to do a build thread since I get alot of questions about how im running 37s on a 2wd and realizing how much my truck changed over the past years and give you guys a little more info. So I got my 2004 F150 XL 4.6L from my dad when I was in the 11th grade. My dad moved his business to NY where he now lives and needed a F350 so I was very lucky and am still very grateful. I drove it for about half a year to school and work and didnt really know much about cars/trucks but I slowly learned. I wanted to put an exhaust on first and thats what i did. Custom Flowmaster SIDO. Not much for HP but I love the sound. A couple months later I removed all 4 cats and ran it that way for a while. It was extremely loud and I got pulled over a couple times as well as dealing with catalytic converter and lean codes. So I put 2 Magnaflow cats in and its still loud just not as loud but I have no codes. Next was my K@N 77 Series Intake. More of an HP gain and a deep throatier sound to add to the exhaust. Next I had to save up for the bigger things. Picked up a 2 inch leveling kit for $100 and after a long summer of work I bought my Moto Metal 951s and my first Nitto Terra Grapplers 265 65 R18. Kinda small but they stuck out alot lol. I also got into a fender bender and upgraded to the bumper made for fog lights. I did some minor offroading with it of course, but it was a little challenging with an open rear end. After a while I wanted more of course. I got myself a Superchips Flashpaq but it wasnt until I graduated high school until I got the lift. After another long summer I bought the Pro Comp Stage 1 Lift. I found some used Mickey Thompson Atz 35 13.50 R18 to fill up the wheel wells too. And as an added bonus I got a Go Rhino light bar. Then I did some exterior upgrades such as smoked tail lights and black housing head lights. More importantly it was time to get rid of my open diff, so i swapped an Auburn Pro Series Limited Slip and put in 4.56 gears to get my truck moving. Then there was a freak accident where my stupid friends drove a camaro into my truck and then my house. The car was a POS and my friend was an idiot so the car took out my exhaust and then put a hole in the house. House and truck were both fixed and I got new tips (4inch) at no cost to me. I did some smaller mods as well such as 1. Center console swap from an XLT 2. Lariet air vents 3. Tow hooks thanks to Boilerup15 4. 4 new speakers and Pioneer head unit 5. Throttle body spacer lol So of course I was happy with the 6 inch lift at first but wanted a little more over time. I didnt wanna do a body lift so I took a chance and tried a unique idea. I bought some 4wd struts which are 2 inches bigger then my 2wd ones. I put those on in the front and an AAL in the rear on top of the 3 inch block that pro comp gave me and this was the outcome. But the angles on my upper control arms were so bad that I couldnt get it aligned and the ride was very rough. So something had to be done so I bought some Camburg Upper Control arms and installed them. The angle was alot better and the ride was alot smoother. I put some 37 Mud Grapplers on the back and some Interco M16s on the front. I bought them both at different times and the Mud Grapps were on backorder when I went for the other 2 so I got the M16s. Both great tires so far. I already have 10K on the Mud Grapplers and the wear is not as bad as I thought. They are a great mud tire in my opinion. The M16s are 2K old and since im 2wd I havent been able to really use them but when i rotate them to the rear ill find out how they are. Just last month after some mudding I broke the pinion shaft in my Auburn Diff and bought an Eaton True Trac. I installed it myself but I was lacking air tools and the bolts that hold the diff in came loose and chewed my ring and pinion gears up. I had it professionally done the 2nd time and learned how to do it the right way for next time:thumbup:. I got my truck back finally. This is a youtube vid I made a couple months back. YouTube - The F150 (2 years later) SickF1fifty There is always more I wanna do which would include 1. Power windows and locks 2. Sliding rear window 3. 5 inch block or new leaf pack to fix the sag in the rear 4. Efans and Underdrive Pullies 5. and im sure ill find more I love my truck
Deffinately one of my favorites on this site, i'm thinkin TOTM. sick truck i'm likin' those camburg UCA's
Looking sic as always. You ever think of xlt mirrors or tow mirrors? Those shrek ears have never looked good to me...
Ak im looking to get a set of tow mirrors like yours. I think they would look awesome cus I hate these lol. I just havent found a good deal on a set yet. By the way I bought an SCT Livewire off of Supercrew02 and just had some custom tunes made. Man it really woke my truck up. I love it. Thanks for the kind words guys
