Lrgoose

Hey guys, I am a new member here and we found a great deal on a 2012 f150 Screw fx4 with the luxury package with 17k miles on it. I am 16 so funds come in slow. I have been debating on getting a leveling kit and 33in tires or a 4in lift and 35in tires. I will be driving mostly on the road, but offroading on some weekends.
List of mods I plan on installing:

4in lift or level
offroad tires 33, or 35
rims something black and red
HID retrofit
2013 fx4 appearance package hockey stripe and red emblems
exhaust
extend-a-flare
CAI
tune
smitty-built gill
red smoked LED tails and 3rd brake light
tailgate brake light

Any tips you guys have on 4in lift vs level? is has 3.73 gears and I will be be pulling a wakeboards boat about once a month if that helps. I will be pulling a boat a few times in the summer but that is the extent of my heavy pulling. do you think a Kyle patton grill overlay would make it look too raptor-ish?
Thanks for looking and Merry Christmas!

jedeckert1984

Nice Truck Man. Get a 4in with the 35s. The amount of money I've spent on the Leveling Kit, 33s and 17s. I could of got a 6 in lift and just waited to install it once I got the tires and rims.

Lrgoose

Thanks, I have not decided on getting a rough country,or waiting until march when rancho has their $400 rebate and getting the 9000xl adjustable shocks. And then since the truck will honestly spend most of the time on the road with some weekend romping I am torn between terra and trail grapplers. My dads old f250 with trail grapplers seemed to "drift" when driving and I do not want that. I plan on painting my f150 side and tail get emblems tomorrow and will be getting moody blue overlays for the ford emblems and steering wheel.

jedeckert1984

I have Pro Comp Xtreme ATs on my truck now and love em. I haven't had the chance to take em off road and test em yet. I want to see how they perform in the snow and possibly in mud. I've heard good reviews about them so I'm hopeful. I thought about going with Trail Grapplers but I like the fact that Pro Comps come with a 50,000 mile warranty. With the 2.5 Leveling Kit I have on my truck now, I want to put either a 4 or 6 Lift on my truck with some 18s or 20s. with 35s. It's going to take alot of money for the stuff I want to do.

Lrgoose

First off merry Christmas! Second, it seems almost everybody with a level is unsatisfied after a while. From what I have heard rancho is by far the better kit over rough county; especially if you get the 9000xl adjustable shocks on all 4 corners.

Lrgoose

I will take a look at the Pro Comp Xtreme ATs. 50,000 is impressive, same here on the take a lot of money to do what we want to do!

jedeckert1984

I've had experience with Rough Country. They blow massively. Bought a lift for my CJ7 and they have horrible customer service. I have the 2.5 Leveling Kit and want to either get the 4in or 6in. I have to get new shocks here soon. Right now I'm saving up for an exhaust kit for my truck. Eventually I'll get the wheels and tires but mainly saving up for the exhaust and lift. Merry Christmas Man!

Lrgoose

Turns out as a Christmas gift I am getting an exhaust for my truck!!! I don't know which one to get just yet; any suggestions? Nothing obnoxious Just something with a nice throaty sound.

jedeckert1984

Sorry for the late response bro. Depends on the budget, I would go with the Solo Performance m400 cat back. It's on Stage 3 Motorsports website. You can go to their youtube channel and listen to it in action. I really want to save up and pick on up. Money is tight right now, I'm trying to sell some stuff. My local 4 wheel parts has a kit they can do for me with magnaflow muffler and custom piping for around 485 or so installed. I will probably go with that as it's most ecnomocal for me. Plus the fact that they use a Magnaflow Muffle is really good.

Lrgoose

Let me know how that exhaust turns out. I plastic dipped my F150 emblems and mirror reflectors last night. Will upload a pic today when I am home from school. Planning on starting actual modifications toward the end of the month and finish by the middle of March. Exhaust comes first then lighting and accessories. After that I will get a rancho 4in lift the 1st of March when they start the $400 rebate, rims and tires. Getting a level is still in the back of my mind but I will be pulling a mid sized trailer often.