Slammed 2017 F350 Platinum: Love It or Hate It?

The majority of the FTE community hates the look of this 2017 F-350, but what do you think?

While the general consensus among pickup owners is that slammed Super Duty pickups are a waste of a good truck, there are plenty of people in the world who love this look. One member found the slammed 2017 F-350 Super Duty in Instagram and he shared it to the forum. Not surprisingly, the community doesn’t love it, but we figure that there have to be at least a few people who like it, right?

The Introduction

The slammed 2017 Ford F-350 was initially shared in a thread by “MNSuper” with the comment “I found this on Instagram – Enjoy”. It seems that most people do not enjoy it.

Before running through some of the responses, here is a look at this Super Duty last May when it was still a properly-functioning F-350, complete with the 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel engine.

Over the next few months, the owner of the big Ford chopped it up, added all sorts of unique suspension components, raised the bed floor to fit with the slammed stance and installed a set of huge wheels wrapped in low-profile rubber.

On January 17^th, the owner of the truck shared the completed picture of the truck, sitting millimeters off of the ground.

Community Responses

As you might expect, most of the FTE members who have commented do not care for the slammed F-350.

Expy03:

That’s just wrong on so many levels!

MetroSteel:

Rides and handles like stock. So happy with the mods!

GoDuke1:

FX0 No Road Package!

BerndV:

Personally, I don’t get it. A Carli 2.5 ” Pintop lift provides a functional improvement to off-road performance. The ride quality on lowered vehicles is generally compromised to the point that watching them in motion is literally comical with their nervous, frenzied motions that result from any surface imperfections. To me, these modifications fall in the same category as low riders with lifted driver controllable front suspensions bouncing around like clown cars. Sure, it requires some ingenuity, but the question to me is “Why?”. To each his own of course, but I am a believer in form elegantly follows function.

Mach medic:

Waste of a good truck, to each their own.

Some Positive Responses

While most of the members who commented didn’t care for it, there was some support for lowered trucks and the amount of work that went into building this F-350.

Jimbonnet:

The frame/suspension was custom built. Its pretty impressive from an engineering standpoint. You can see the entire build on instagram.
Other than engineering standpoint its not interesting to me either.

Bow hunter78:

It is impressive. These guys look our stock or lifted trucks the same. This is all about how we want our vehicles to “look”. I have had many lowered vehicles both air and hydraulics. The amount of talent and craftsmanship it takes to accomplish this is amazing. I respect the work! I will have to look it up on IG.

So what do you think of this slammed 2017 Ford F-350 Super Duty? Head into the original thread to share your input.

Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

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