Hi Will:

Okay, your Toyo MT tires are exactly 33 inches tall (without considering the squat effect after being loaded by the weight of the vehicle) and 12.6 inches wide on those 20x10 Moto wheels. BFG does not offer a standard size in the ATs, but a corresponding metric size would be a LT305/55R20 which is slightly tall at 33.4 inches tall and same width at 12.6 inches on the 20x10 wheels, so not as squat looking with slightly more height. They would look really good as well.

I would go with Randy Ellis for the light bar www.randyellisdesign.com as he has the best looking one out there. You can order it in black or anodized silver, and it has 4 mounting tabs for lights. It is well built, sleek looking, and bolts to the frame for a solid mount. As far as lights, I like PIAAs but they can run $200-$300 per set, so a nice option are some KC SlimLite Series Fog , Driving or Off Road Lights at half that price and they look good with similar mesh guards. They are also long lasting and have really good output.

Well, it's a different story on my vehicles as I have owned over 65 cars and trucks to date (and yes, I drive my wife crazy). I have owned almost everything from Opels and VWs to Range Rovers and Corvettes, but my real passion are 4x4s. I have had numerous Jeeps and 1/2 tons as well as a couple 3/4 tons, but they have all been four wheel drives. Since I live up in the high desert that has 11-12,000 ft mountains, river valley, and high desert all together, I really get to enjoy offroading and so I try to outfit my vehicles for actual 4x4 use, and have fun making them look good.

Here are a few pics of my offroading in a few of my vehicles:



As far as what I do with them, I usually sell them after I am done with them. For the most part, I sell them on ebay or through Autotrader and I usually break even if not make a few bucks. If done right, people will pay a bit more knowing you set it up right with professional installs and quality products. Sometimes I trade them in if the deal works in my favor as well. But I hardly keep anything as most folks want the vehicles with everything on them.

I think that is great you love to go offroading too. We have a blast doing it without beating them up too bad. You can get pretty silly and downright stupid about it, but we always go well prepared and nothing too extreme beyond what our vehicles were designed to do. About the worst we get is the occasional stuck where we have to pull someone out. Most of the wheeling I do is up mountain trails or dune running. But like you, as much fun as it is to get dirty, I can't wait to get home and clean my ride back up....lol.

The Dodge Ram is great....thanks for asking! I have taken a lot of grief from my Ford friends, but once they see it and ride in it they really are very impressed. I was really leaning towards buying the new F150, but after I drove the Dodge and saw all the quality improvements, not to mention the Hemi, I was sold. The Rambox is great as I can secure all my gear and still have a bed to use. There are also coolers in the rear floor, and storage everywhere. But the ride is fantastic, smoother than the new Ford. The F!50 still has a better tow rating, but I don't tow anything near that so it really didn't mean much to me. I actually am running about 400 HP with my exhaust and intake mods, and can get over 430 once I chip it. But even at the stock 390 HP and 400 lb-ft of torque, it's a blast to drive.

But I am sure I'll be back to another Ford F250 or even the Raptor with its 6.2L V8 that is coming out. Well, hope I answered most of your questions. Feel free to hit me up if you ever need more ideas or just want to bounce something off me.

Paul

Hey sir my truck is leveled it has a 2inch ready lift leveling kit on it ok so the what would be the size of the BFG allterrain tires because I don't get the different sizing other than what mine are (33-12.50-20) so what would be the size of that? And for lights for the light bar what would be the best to go with? That would be the longest lasting light and best output? I will mostlikley go with magnaflow. Ok so I have deem dieing to ask where do your beautiful trucks go when you sell them or do you trade them in? And do you take anything off of them and keep it? Because if you have anything I proably will buy it from you, and what a lucky person that gets your trucks. So do you ever go mudding or take your trucks offroad and have any pics of it? I would love to see them! Your kid will be really lucky like I am and I am really glad that my dad is helping me so much! My dad laughs at me sometimes because I love to offroad and I will take my truck there and it will get all dirty and then right after I will be cleaning it but I will take pics of it first I take so many pics of my truck I just have not put them on here yet but every Saturday I am outside cleaningy truck and my dad just smiles at be because I always clean that truck. So how is everything going with your Dodge? I almost got one but I got the f150 they are really cool how are things with it? How do you like the 390 hp engine in it? And how do you like the ramboxes on the side? I was thinking about doing something like that on my truck but remove the spair tire and make one in the floor of the bed I have drawn up some plans for it so I might do that! Well thanks again for all your time for talking to me and stuff you have given me good ideas thanks.

You're one lucky guy to have such a nice truck while still in H.S. I think my kid is going to be as fortunate as you by the time he gets to high school as long as he maintains good grades and stays out of trouble. Which he will because he's a great kid, and if your Dad is willing to do all that for you then I am sure you're doing pretty darn well yourself. You sure have quite the plan for your truck already! And yeah, that's a pretty sweet white F150 you're using for inspiration.

For exhaust systems, I have used Gibson, Magnaflow, and Flowmaster. The Gibson is more mellow with a nice even throaty sound that smoothes out with speed. Best way to describe it is "classy" and went well with my King Ranch. The Magnaflows can be a lot more aggressive with a deeper, throatier sound that sounds fantastic and rich as you step on it. I had the Magnflows on my F250 and my current Hemi Ram. The Flowmasters can be too loud and drone too much at speed, but you can get quieter versions but they don't have that punch. I had the louder versions on my F150 XLT and you definitely heard me coming and could drown out conversation in the cab (depending on who you are with, that could be a good thing…lol). For me, the Magnaflows are the way to go with noticeable power and deep, sweeter sound.

If you like the height of your truck now, then maybe you might want to go with a leveling kit (2.5 inches) as I can't tell from the photos if you have one or not. Will be a lot cheaper and give you the stance like my F150. As far as tires, I prefer the BFG ATs for day to day driving and they look classier with stock or leveled trucks. With your white truck, I personally think the BFG white lettering would look killer on your truck and give it more of a sporty look. If you were going for more of a lift that shows off more of the tires, I would opt for the larger MTs (either the BFGs or Toyos would look really good). But a good tire with a leveling system would be the BFG AT LT305/55R20 that is 33.4 inches tall and 12 inches wide on a 20x8.5 up to 12.4 inches wide on a 20x9.5 wheel.

I always like a low profile cover although I did have a topper on my F150 King Ranch that looked especially good. If you use your bed a lot, go with a retractable (but they are expensive) or folding (less expensive). The Bakflip is a good option. I am not a fan of the soft tonneau covers and would rather have no top on at all if I couldn't have a hard cover.

I will be curious to see how things progress so hope you post some pics every now and then. Cheers!

Paul

wow thanks for taking your time to do that. yeah well i am in high school and am going to keep this truck for a wile and my dad will pay for stuff for it if i get the grades and do good in football he is a great dad and i love it. and this is my dream truck and i am very fortunate that my dad would do this for me but i pay for some of the mods that he says that i have to pay for. but with the 6 or 7 months of having this truck i love it and i have put only the edge evolution on it and the dwv intake i am going to get a cold air intake soon but that mod was just a quick one for better gas. i got the truck with everything else on it i bought it from the guy on here his user name is (atthelake27). i would like to add a supercharger on it. but first i want exhaust and i was thinking of doing something simple like the guy on her the white lifted fx4 his user name if (fordfanstan)
http://www.f150online.com/forums/200...see-um-11.html
i like the look of his exhaust tip so i was thinking of doing that. something also is i want to paint the headlights black because i want to take the chrome down a little so i was thinking of doing that. and i am going to be covering up the chrome f150 emblems with white and the lettering will be gray like the gray on fx4 on the side of the bed. i will be going that light bar i love the look of that and i will most likely be doing the lift but i was thinking about just keeping the money for Fox shocks and spend it on them because i kinda like the height of my truck now and i will be doing the steps for sure i want to get them so bad. tires i will be needing pretty soon so i have 3 that i cant decide from maybe you can help me? 1. BFG all terrain 2. BFG mud terrain km2 3. go with toyo open country again. i cant decide what to go with i like all of them. the tires i am running right now are 33.12.50.20... OK and i am going to go with a cover for the bed most likely if you think that would be the best?? or just leave it open? it doesn't really matter to me i like both but i don't like the big bulky ones. i like the ones like the bakflip covers and low profile ones like that. thanks again for your time and doing this.

will

Thanks Will....appreciate the comments! That is a really hard question to answer since I don't know your likes or needs, nor your budget. If your truck was mine, I would really pick up on the monotone paint scheme and black trim of the FX4 package, so would tone down the chrome. First, I would lift it with a 4-inch Rancho system.



Then I would change out the rims for some black ones with a machined lip to go with your grille (I know you have the chrome Motos already, but just giving you what I would do). Something like these 1) Moto Metal 957, 2) Moto Metal 909 Skull, or 3) Eagle 064 Black:



Not sure what size Toyos you are running, but with the lift and wheels I would get 35-inch Toyo MTs or BFG KM2s. I would replace the black side steps with AMP retractable ones so you can get that high off-road stance look (and actually have more clearance). I would then go with a RED light bar with PIAAs (per my F150 and F250).



Finally, I would go with a low profile black retractable bed cover (like Jack Rabbit). If you look at my F250, yours would look like a sleeker version of that.

But that's a lot of money and I do tend to spend too much, but that would give you a mean looking machine that is still very driveable and easy to use. But that is just me!

And if not, you still have a great looking truck the way it is! Good luck!

Paul

thanks man. so sence i love all your trucks and pretty much all you do to them could you please tell me what you would do to my truck if it was yours!! thanks.

will