Monster TRUCK!
 

Hey! I got a 2000 F350 with a 32" lift. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Michelin XZL 53's. I have a set of Dick Cepek DC-1's that i would like to mount them on. Has anyone done this or seen this done? The tire shops around here are telling me that it will be nearly impossible to mount that tire on a drop center wheel.

dude... you have to post pictures of that beast...

wow....32 INCH LIFT...Please post some pics of that beast!!!

The only pictures I have are with the 24" lift. This is before I did the 8" hanger lift to fit the 53's.

http://img8.uploadhouse.com/fileuplo...110b1ed08c.jpg

Holy Balls! I Want That Rig!

Nice looking truck

looks good, but man I bet that gas bill is crazy. is that just for show truck?

Edit: Where are my mannars Welcome to FTE!! :-headbang

haha thanks to everyone for the comments! and believe it or not, the gas bill isn't as bad as you would think. It gets around 14mpg, which is in no way good, but for a truck that size i can't complain!

I will get more pics up when we finish the rest of the lift.

tell us more about the truck. MPG don't seem all that bad.

Dude, you get better mpg than I do!!

I like your truck. Do you have any trouble with law enforcement (ride height) or is it just an offroad truck? Around here the State Patrol would have their
tape measures out right away for that. :-jammin

I know, I love it to death when someone complains of getting 14-18 mpg and I'm having to deal with 12.8 consistantly(and some of that is highway miles empty at 2k on the tach.).

Now that is a TRUCK! Nice set of tires you got there.:eek: :-jammin
Can't wait to see more pictures of it. Welcome to FTE. I just joined myself and I love it.:-headbang

Very nice looking truck...

Nice truck. The view must be awesome from up there!!!

I'm not fond of big lifts...but you have a very nice looking truck. Any pictures of the suspension? I'm curious as to how safe (if at all) it is.

You drive it on the street?

Dang nice looking truck :-jammin

for now i'll be running the 53" michelin Xl's......they are extremely hard rubber compound (lasts forever on the street)......im running mine on 20x14 stazworks double beadlocks....

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...6/HPIM0779.jpg

nice truck, x2 on some pics of the suspension, steering and whatnot, and it looks to me like some needs tom trianulation in their frame, oh and im not the most informed but about these trucks but are those stock axles? 53s with stock axles...ehh

How do you have original running gear turning those tires?

got a good shot from the front? That steering looks pretty interesting, I see a S thing going on....

Man... I'm lucky to clear 10.5 mpg on a good day... I would incredibly happy with your 14 lol.

nice truck. it definatly looks tough......but is it actually built to take some real abuse?

Sweet truck, your gas mileage is better then mine.:-jammin

Is that thing street legal?

Thanks alot for all of the comments on the truck!

Actually, the truck is my daily driver. It is the only vehicle I own so it goes everywhere. As for legallity issues, the only law we have in Colorado is the headlight height. I only run the driving lights on the bottom at night and I have had many cops tell me that works fine. There are several other big trucks around here that don't even do that and have no problem with the law.

I actually did not design the steering. It is a switchback system that requires you to flip the bottom drag link on the stock steering system. When I first got it back, the steering system worked terribly. However, I turned the Panyard bar around and ran it parallel to the bottom switchback and the thing handles like a stock truck! I have done some wheeling with it and it stood up to the challenge pretty easily!

http://img0.uploadhouse.com/fileuplo...22dde62830.jpg

Wow what a monster.

So what gears do you have with these tires?

Are you doing a brake upgrade after the larger wheels go on? Doesn't seem safe to be running that size components with stock axles and brakes...

intresting... ... ... btw welcometo fte!!!!

looks sick, what gears are you running?

YAYZUSS KROIST......

"Wears pretty well on the street..."

If that's your daily driver I hope you own stock in major oil!


THIS guy gets my rep points for dang sure....

53" michelins.....Im detecting a pattern.

:-banghead:-banghead


only temporary my freind........r1's for me :D

a beast for sure..very nice rig.

It's a daggone MINING TRUCK!!!

Can I borrow it someday?

My estranged wife drives a ragged out Chrysler New Yorker that desperately needs to be flat steel plate once again...
(She bought it with my cash)

please for the love of God tell me this thing has
A- Stock engine
B- Stock axles and gears
C- Stock transmission
D- Stock brakes
E- upgraded sound system

experience would tell me yes to all 5

Ahhh, the 5 key ingredients for a mall crawler...

The only other thing it needs is some flames on it somewhere...

Tim:-wink

hahaha...this thing looks goofy with the stock axles they are so small. He said he did some wheeling with it but i seriously doubt it with stock axles and those size tires.