haha yeah that was like 6 years ago that was "GO BIG" money anything i could get SOLD hahaha

 

dont get me wrong i love the look of that rim. i bougt these 3 yrs ago and i havent even cranked up my truck with them on there.



after i sold my 49's i looked at my truck like this for 3 months and couldnt stand it

 

whats with the 99+ grille and 98 bumper?

 

actually cuz ive totally it twice. once were i had to use a porti-power to bend the frame back out.

mines the lights


but im gonna make it a fake harley 2000 heres its front clip. and a winch will come through the lower valence with a licens plate bracket clipped on the roller lead

 

hey jake you know that peice we were talking about under the steering wheel that has the cubby? whats the oem name for that dash peice?

 

no idea what ford calls it. just call the yards asking if they have a 97-03 f150 and if they have some go look

 

ya thats what i was guna do just wantin to know what it was called.

 

Might wanna call that, - "a console insert" .

If the other doesn't fly.

 

Ha! Thanks! I should have just photoshopped, it would have been a lot cheaper and easier. It's very hard to keep it clean with the 38's tossing everything they come in contact with all over the side of the truck.

 

haha ya i bet.
how much was the suspension/body lifts and tires and rims all together?

 

lets see: -6" BDS full warrenty lift with new leafs-$2100
-20" rims-$1200
-38x13.5R20-$1600 after mount and balance
-3" Body lift installed-$1000
-after market torsion keys-$200?
=little over $6,000

transmission rebuild because i didn't regear right away-$1300
custom built cv axles-$800
=$2100
knowing what i know now and wanting to do it differently...priceless

i probably could have had a bad *** straight axle setup with coilovers for little more.

 

What do you think about those Torsion Keys ? Mann, I bet those really firm up the ride, -probably to much! Not sure, haven't been in a truck with them yet..?

Yea, those tires throw and pick up everything, I recall getting a tennis ball jammed between the ***** on a set of 44's when they were fairly new lol. Back then they were even pricey, it was 2 grand for a set of 44's on Centerlines. They had to shave some rubber in order to balance those freakin things. Always felt sorry for anyone arond me after leaving a mud hole (not really ). The old man who owned the powerwash up town hated my *** lol, -guess it wasn't worth a couple rolls of quarters to clean the mess I left. Those mud pies didn't exactly wash down the drain

BTW- You can get those after market bolt on flares, but IMO, they don't look good unless you running at least a 17-18" wide tires. The factory flares are nice and an easy add on if you don't have them currently. A scrap yards the best place for those, specially if you have to remove them from one of their trucks. You get all the plastic tabs that way and those are pretty durable/flexible, hard to break.

 

dang. pretty badass but costed a pretty penny.

ya the priceless always seems to work out that way lol.

 

when i had the aftermarket keys cranked all the way up i basically had no suspension up front so it was a terrrible ride. now i have them cranked all the way down and it is probably about the best ride you can expect to get with 38" tires. not something i would do again though. would just go for the 8" or 12" suspension from the beginning instead of trying to achieve it hte other way.

 

That's what I did, but I had leafs front and back, so the lift was cheap. Went down to a place called Arch Spring and had em re-arched + block for a total of 12". 17/44's slid right under after that. Surprisingly I didn't HAVE TO re-gear, although it would have been better, - it was plenty of fun w/F250 factory gearing. Sold it @ a truck show in Indiana, ran out of gas money, but I gotuh bus ticket