texas#3281

Ahahaha I can't put a pic up of my truck yet put I can put a pic up of all the goodies goin on it! Once my build starts here in about the next month I will post probably close to 50 pics detailing stuff! And of course before and afters!







New coils for the bilsteins



Yeti cooler because you gotta keep the drinks cold!



New trans cross bar because I tore mine to sh*t crawling!



My 8in BDS all nice an packed!

texas#3281

Fox shox of course



The truck club on Friday nights



Buddies current project... 14in of lift, 47s, 09 6.4l 738 wrhp, 66mm turbo, DPF delete! Just a little of what we get to play with down in Texas!



7.3 15in of lift on 48s

06F150CFCT

Thats sweet! I see you went with the black kit..i got the silver one myself. I would have had to wait an extra week to get the black so i was like nahh i dont care that much...I just got new MOOG coil springs to go on my new 8" BDS struts. I painted the springs red to match my truck.Im going to be installing them this weekend...So how do you have an 8" BDS kit if you have the bilsteins? You going with a 2" spacer?

06F150CFCT

Also I am fairly certain you take off that trans bar you got...it looks just like the piece you take off and throw away when you install the new lower crossmember.

06F150CFCT

I do wish i got those rear leaf springs that you got though...i see them in that picture of the valero cooler

texas#3281

I do plan on using a 3in spacer! And sweet I was wanting to paint my coils too! I hope it don't crack or fade real fast because of all the compression and expansion of the coil! And nope this is the cross bar that actually mounts to the trans! It's where the rear of the kicker braces or front track bars connect to in back! Does BDS actually have an 8in strut!? I was under the impression they only had a 6in strut (just like bilstien) but they also included a 2in steel spacer! Which is about the set up I'm going to end up with anyways!!

texas#3281

And yeah man! Iv been told several times those leafs were a smart investment! They are heavy duty that's for sure!!

06F150CFCT

Yea they have a 6" strut option (which i have now) and the 8" strut option ( that i ordered). The part number for the 8" struts are 98180. So you got the 6" kit with the strut spacers and just got the bilsteins and a 3" spacer? If you get from BDS, you can only get a 4" kit, 6" kit with either strut spacers or 6" struts, and a 8" kit that comes with the 8" struts.

06F150CFCT

If I were you, if you are gunna do 9" up front, I would get the 3" readylift blocks to even out the back and replace your stock blocks. The springs are 5.5" inches so if you add the extra 1" you will be pretty much level. 9" up front and 6.5" out back.

06F150CFCT

Heres the red springs...if you do them, scuff the springs with some fine grit sandpaper. Then use a self-etching primer, then a couple coats of paint, and a couple coats of clear. They come out real good but I hope they dont destroy them when installing the struts in the compression machine.