Haven't posted a lot on these forums but have been a long time reader. Appreciate all the posts and information contained within in order to make my mind up on my first lift. More mods to follow with previous mods in signature.


2011 F150 Platinum; 6"Procomp Lift; 5100 Bilstein's; Toyo M/T Open Country 35x12.5x20; M0951 Wheels; BakFlip F1; 4x4 sticker removed; OEM Grill painted; SCT X4 7015 Tuner; EGR In-Channel Visors; Tinted

 

Nice! Very clean, and I like the grill.

 

I am selling Icon 2.5 coil overs that have a custom length to fit this lift. They are in mint condition. Just throwing it out there if you decide you want a little more performance.

 

Great looking Screw!

 

Very cool, looks great!

 

how much ?

 

Any suggestions for a brand of fender flares? Wouldn't mind them matching the paint of vehicle either, in other words, black is out.

 

Bushwacker "extend-a-fender" or "pocket fenders". Painting to match is an absolute must, especially on a Platinum. I don't like unpainted fenders because they stand out way too much. For how clean and simple (a good thing) your truck is, I'd go with the extend-a-fender or not do flares at all. It's gonna be almost $1k by the time you have them painted in your pearl white.

Also, just something to think about, your wheels/tires don't stick out a ton, in the grand scheme of things, so big flares might make your stance look too narrow.

 

Look up DeerGeff's truck... might give you some good ideas

 

Not correcting you John () but it's Deeregeff (he works for John Deere haha), just so he can find him. I didn't even know he had flares without looking for them, so that's another +1 for the extend-a-fender.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...ff-albums.html

 

Awesome looking truck!

 

I still can't get past the god awful (okay not god awful I'm slowly getting used to them) trim and rear "chrome" piece on the tailgate ..... why did Ford do that or at least make it an option if you want it or not.

The grill is about as sexy as it gets! Rims I'm slightly partial too myself lift looks great enjoy it!

 

Thank you for your service too, if that's an Army front plate I see.

 

It is a front Army Plate....Retired.

Thanks for all the suggestions and comments.

I'm thinking if I purchase fender flares (and I will get them painted to match, I may have the detail shop pull the Ford Emblem, Platinum Emblem and F150 emblem off and paint the rest to match...sort of like the grill. Whatcha all think? The wheels/tires stick out approximately 3 inches at the top, 4 inches at the middle of the tire where the side tucks in under. I'm thinking from a mud slinger approach not from how my stance looks.

I'm also thinking of looking for a skid plate/bull bar combination in chrome I believe. Nothing to gaudy but serves a purpose. I had to remove my OEM skidplates for the lift.

 

For the emblems, check these out:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/pa...lems-back.html

Personally, I'd leave the tailgate badges alone. I think it looks really tacky when the whole things are ptm and don't have any contrast (if you were gonna have them shoot the entire things white). For the fender, you could do some like I did:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...12-badges.html
Those are the 2 piece red and black FX badges with the white parts removed and PTM. I think white insides with chrome surround, if you could do it, would look good.