My 2010 Predator build
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01-16-2015, 09:21 AM
#15
You have a great foundation to start with. It would be hard to pick rims considering the thousands of options there are, especially with a black truck. What looks good to me, you might hate. The beauty of customization is that the options are as far as your imagination will allow you.
First and most importantly, you need to decide what direction you want to go with your build and what your goal is for it. For instance, I knew when I started that I wanted a Raptor/Pre runner style truck. I took different design elements from different Ford vehicles and put them together (ex. Raptor lights; Super Duty mirrors, FX4 rear bumper). The front bumper was a huge part of my truck and it gives it the attitude that I was seeking. Finding brackets for the cubes was not easy and it took modifying to get it to work, as did the 38" bar. Being handy with tools helps and being able to think and problem solve how something will fit or work.
The great thing about bolt on parts is that if you don't like it, take them off! I've been thru 4 different front bumpers since I bought the truck! I thought I would like the style and something else came along so I sold what I had and bought something else. There's always someone on here that will want to buy it. Same goes for rims, even tho they are more expensive. Best advice I can give is go to websites and look at their rims and visualize them on your truck, or better yet get one of these Photoshop gurus on here to put them on your truck.
Make your truck your own. If I had a shop, my answer probably would have been way different and I'd be telling you to come in and look at different options. In the end, it's gonna be what you like on your truck and screw what other people think.
First and most importantly, you need to decide what direction you want to go with your build and what your goal is for it. For instance, I knew when I started that I wanted a Raptor/Pre runner style truck. I took different design elements from different Ford vehicles and put them together (ex. Raptor lights; Super Duty mirrors, FX4 rear bumper). The front bumper was a huge part of my truck and it gives it the attitude that I was seeking. Finding brackets for the cubes was not easy and it took modifying to get it to work, as did the 38" bar. Being handy with tools helps and being able to think and problem solve how something will fit or work.
The great thing about bolt on parts is that if you don't like it, take them off! I've been thru 4 different front bumpers since I bought the truck! I thought I would like the style and something else came along so I sold what I had and bought something else. There's always someone on here that will want to buy it. Same goes for rims, even tho they are more expensive. Best advice I can give is go to websites and look at their rims and visualize them on your truck, or better yet get one of these Photoshop gurus on here to put them on your truck.
Make your truck your own. If I had a shop, my answer probably would have been way different and I'd be telling you to come in and look at different options. In the end, it's gonna be what you like on your truck and screw what other people think.
01-16-2015, 09:43 AM
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Not my cup of tea, but great job with this build. That's what I like so much about the F-150 community is that you have guys that lower their trucks, guys that jack em up, guys like you that go nuts and make something entirely new but in the end we all have a ton of pride in what we drive. Great work!
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01-16-2015, 10:55 AM
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