2004 - 2008 F-150
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by: Real Truck

Finally Lifted on 37" Mud Grapplers (PICS)

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 08:51 PM
  #16  
Josiah's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Truck of the Month
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,494
Likes: 1
From: Northern CA
Man, thanks to all of you. Nassty, brew , etc. Tard, I do get a lot of rubbing while turning but I'm temporarily going to solve that. One fender came off at the bottom and is flapping against the tire :X

Kickass, sorry man. Irvine is almost 6 hours from here, I can't make that trip. Be sure to take pics for us though.

Tailrace and MJN, thanks a lot, I can't wait until it's all worked out.
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 08:52 PM
  #17  
enormous's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 262
Likes: 0
Josiah,
Looks great...respect to you for doing it youself!!!!

Norm
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 08:52 PM
  #18  
big_rob's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 120
Likes: 0
From: Madison Heights, MI
flippin awesome man, thats how our trucks should look comin out of the factory!
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 09:23 PM
  #19  
ThumperMX113's Avatar
Suspended
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,079
Likes: 0
I hope you mean the fender flare and not the actual fender. . LOL
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 09:23 PM
  #20  
kanter's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 562
Likes: 0
From: Montana
Throw a set of Bushwacker flares on that thing and be done.
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 09:30 PM
  #21  
Josiah's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Truck of the Month
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,494
Likes: 1
From: Northern CA
Originally Posted by ThumperMX113
I hope you mean the fender flare and not the actual fender. . LOL
I meant the factory fender flare, lol. And unfortunately those bushwackers won't solve the entire problem, they're pretty thin on the inside and I will still hit the back of the inside fender moldings.
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 09:30 PM
  #22  
roushlimited's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,121
Likes: 0
From: Cali baby!
HMMMMPH... why must you continue to torment me Seriously Josiah it looks great bro you can hold your head high with that one
(probably trading for a 4x4 Screw on Saturday and it's all your fault )
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 09:48 PM
  #23  
theanimal's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 167
Likes: 0
From: Texas
Looks great man

About the coil overs though, I havent had any problems cranking mine. I just jack the front wheels off of the ground and turn the nut with the spanner wrench.

Hope you get it figured out
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 09:50 PM
  #24  
04 RED LARIAT's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,138
Likes: 1
From: Ky/Va Mountains
Lookin good.

Now go get that baby in some mud.
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 09:51 PM
  #25  
ThumperMX113's Avatar
Suspended
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,079
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by 04 RED LARIAT
Now go get that baby in some mud.
Come on now, do you want the kid to rip his fenders off!?
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 09:53 PM
  #26  
lariat_is_king's Avatar
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 81
Likes: 0
Then my 4x4 solenoid fuse kept popping (still does, can't figure it out, must be grounding itself somewhere) and engages my front driveshaft while in 2wd. Then, 2 bolts dropped out of the caliper (must've forgot to torque them) so once again I was riding on luck (yipee). Heading to America's Tire Co in Modesto, only a city away my brake caliper mount bolt fell off as well, brake caliper grinded the hell out of my rotor. I had to call a friend to bring my tools and fixed it while the Tire Co mounted the correct rims. Last night, truck was egged while driving about 50mph. And now my fender is ripping off from the rubbing. Did I forget anything? Anyways, I'm pretty pleased with the way things turned out, here are the pics.
[/QUOTE]


cool looking truck josiah - not so sure on the install though...should check those things at least twice before taking it for a spin... lucky she didn't come apart worse on ya and that something really bad didn't happen ......
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 10:24 PM
  #27  
vjhpac's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 161
Likes: 0
From: AL
I think your truck looked better with the lift and the stock wheels.





YEAH RIGHT!!

I absolutely LOVE the way your truck looks now. Black trucks look best and now with those rims and lift...PRICELESS! Well not REALLY priceless considering the cost of the lift, rims, tires and all of the headaches.

Congrats man. You deserve some points for the set up. Here you go.
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 10:47 PM
  #28  
Beefullo's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 423
Likes: 0
From: Mesquite, TX
Originally Posted by Josiah
Anyways, I'm pretty pleased with the way things turned out
Haha, you go through just about every possible thing that could go wrong with it and you are happy, that's hilarious.

Your truck looks great though man, now all you need is a sticker across the front windshield that says "I only lifted my truck so fat chicks couldn't ride with me" hahaha.

 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 10:47 PM
  #29  
Josiah's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Truck of the Month
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,494
Likes: 1
From: Northern CA
Thump, who you calling kid, kid. I'm older than you

Thanks a lot guys, if you didn't read I figured out why the coilovers weren't cranking but even then it wasn't working well. I jacked the truck up on the a-arms and it compressed the coil, hence making it difficult to spin the collar. Well lifting from the diff skid plate made things better, but still did not work right. Most of the spins it spun the actual shock with the collar at the same time, and only sometimes it spun independently (at least it worked a little right?). Wrong. All of a sudden on one of the turns the shock moved with the collar like it wasn't supposed to and hissing started coming out of the shock below the collar. I believe it's nitrogen. I couldn't get it to stop and it slowly went away. Add another problem to my list. F*ck these DirtLogics. I never get used to the frustration this has all caused me. Now one coil is cranked 1" and the other 1/2".

Anybody have any ideas.
 
Reply
Old Apr 19, 2006 | 10:50 PM
  #30  
Quintin's Avatar
Technical Article Contributor
20 Year Member
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 6,509
Likes: 6
From: Georgia on my mind...
Gnarly.
 
Reply



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:28 PM.