jcavers

I'll have to get pics, managed to rip off my front brake line and break my shock in half last night haha

jthorngate3

Big fan of that truck Sdoliver.
Northfx4, what do you have into that truck now, and what more do you have planned. It looks pretty sharp as it sits.
Bummer about all the breaking jcavers. Guess that's part of all the fun though.

Sdoliver

as she sits now i got a pro comp 6" with 35 nitto mud grapplers and 20 inch rockstars i painted the stars red and blacked out the tail lights 3rd brake light and fog lights i got a roush cai and a edge cs programer.....i got a new black wire mesh grill an add front stealth bumper and 40 in spot/flood combo led light bar on the way and im gonna be painting the emblems and taking the headlights apart in the next couple weeks ima be posting pics soon as i get everything on the truck

NorthFx4

At present I have a 6" Rough Country Lift. 18x9 (+12 Offset) Ion Alloy 180 Matte Black's with 35x12.50r18 Toyo M/T's. Also using a Superchips Flashpaq 1865 tuner. Tinted driver/passenger windows to match the rear, and a simple Extang Trifecta tonneau cover.

Sadly, I didn't do any research when I made the rim/tire purchase through a local vendor. And they really didn't care once I was paid, but the offset leaves me with 5.5" backspace, so I used to get a fair amount of wheel rub at lockout. This coupled with poor tire maintenance on my part led to what I feel was premature wear-out with my Toyo's. I have about 4mm of tread depth left on my front right (yikes!) so I got roughly 52,000 KM's of tire life out of them. All-in-all those tires really took quite a lot of sh*t kicking and poor treatment by me, so I'm amazed they even got that.

All of that said, I'm hunting for new tire/wheel combo. I always regretted the 18's, as I felt the stance of 37's/35's on 20" wheels look right with the 09+ F150's. I'm in the process of talking with West Coast Wheel Factory right now to have some 20x12 -44 Offset Fuel Dune deep lips, and 35x13.5r20 Fuel Grippers (Toyo M/T's re-branded). I'd love to have 37's, but I fear I'll have rubbing issues. And, well waiting on West Coast Wheel Factory to get back to me, hah, I'm sure they've been enjoying their holidays but I need those tires/rims soonest. Not to mention shipping to Canada is a pain.

So that is the immediate change coming. After that and probably very shortly I will be removing the stock nerf bars (they're chrome, and I'm going chrome free). I was looking at some Iron Cross HD Steps, but after spending some time on the forum I'm beginning to lean towards the AMP research running boards. To go chrome free I'll also need to replace the OE headlight/taillight assemblies, and at this point after checking out some of the builds here I'm in the market for some retrofits. And the chrome badging will have to go, so either I'll be repainting the existing, or buying the red/black badging that came out with the 12's.

That's the cosmetic alterations I'm looking at. But in some ways, atleast to me, I have some tough and more important decisions to make regarding the RCX lift, and various suspension components. After nearly 2 years of the RCX lift I've had to replace my UCA's once already and my right front tie-rod. I haven't really talked with anyone to know, but I've heard rumors that the RCX lift is not as good as many other options out there insofar as angles are concerned. And of course, I understand completely that the oversized tires/wheels take their toll on those suspension components as well. All of this means that I must consider if I should move to something along the lines of camburg UCA's in a combo with Bilstein's. Or perhaps invest in some new coilovers alltogether. And at some point, 1-up'ing parts becomes inefficient and I might as well just consider replacing the whole suspension lift with something more comprehensive.

BUCKSHOT

Unfortunately, that seems to be the way a lot of places operate nowadays if they aren't truely into aftermarket offroad products. Basically not knowing what the hell they are trying to sell, type deal.

Brad Ohler

ill play this was after playin in some mud with a buddy as you can tell i couldnt see out of my mirrors lol

ahollow

What's that on your mirror, a frog?

jthorngate3

Nice, an F150 extended cab with an 8' bed. Don't see many of those around. Looks like you guys had some good fun. It does kind of look like a frog's leg on the mirror, lol.

Brad Ohler

lol not a frong even tho that be awesome,i think its just some grass or something

Raider_1

Having some fun at the lake before loading up the fourwheelers