I figured I should finally get around to making a build thread.

First day she was home:


Little bit about my truck
Year: 2002
Drivetrain: 5.4/4r100/4.10
Body: Supercab Shortbed

Most Current Picture


Things I've done(will slowly become organized and catagorized):
Recon Smoked Cab/Mirror lights
03+ Mirror swap
Bilstein 5100 Shocks and steering stabilizer
Readylift 4" rear block (F350 conversion)
Backrack
20% 3M Tint
Energy Suspension Sway bar bushings
Door seal mod(iffy on whether it's worth it)
SPD SS Y-pipe
Mac Flowpath muffler
Moog ball joints
Kenwood Head unit, Speakers, 4 way amp
LED reverse/cargo Lights
Weather Tech Floor mats and Visors
285/75R16 BFG AT TKO LRE
R1concept Rotors and Hawk LTS Pads
Moog upper and center link

Things I need to do:
Lower draglink
Fumoto Drain Valve
Coolant flush
Trans flush
Front/rear diff change

Things i want to do:
05 Headlight conversion (stock grill and bumper)
08 Tailgate
LED taillights
LED interior and exterior upgrades
Derale 13011 trans thermostat
6.0l Trans cooler
Transgo 4r100 HD shift kit
Sound deaden interior
OBA with train horns
UnderCover swing cases
LED Light bar (thinking 30" factory headlights are just terrible)

Comments, questions, Let me know.
Thanks for all the help on here. It's a lifesaver.

 

Man the solid blue looks so much better than the two tone

 

looking good. Have a 02 V10 ourselves so subscribing for any ideas. I hope to do a 6.0L trans cooler upgrade too. when you do the 08 tailgate are you going to do one with the tailgate step or just a regular one.
Trav

 

I would probably like the step but i do not want the handle. I believe from reading on here that i can buy a tailgate with a step and remove the handle, which will probably be what I'll do because i use my tailgate as a seat and to slide things in and out.

 

yea i have read that you can remove the handle which i am looking to do to mine as it is only in the way and just gets scratched up. but the step is a great feature! great looking truck! i love the look of the SC SB

 

Sadly it took me almost 6 months to get one of these. But here's a clip of the exhaust. I was not driving so I don't know what the RPM or throttle was at any point


Enjoy

 

Do you get a lot of interior resonance with the MAC?

 

Is a drone at 40-45, which I believe is 1200~ rpm. But it's no where near as bad as flowmasters I've had on previous vehicles.

 

Finally had time off of work to do the very important upgrade to my brakes


I got my rotors from R1Concepts, Hawk LTS, New upgraded front pins, new rear pins and the pad hardware for the tune of 650-700$

Initial reaction: It is so nice to be able to touch the brake pedal and not have the steering wheel and pedal pulse like a roller coaster. The brake force on the truck has easily increased.

Side question.... My pads were cracked and the rotors had huge hot spots, some as big as dimes. Is there a way that i can avoid this happening in the future???

 

When I saw those tail gates 1st come out with the step on them, I said "Man, thats so stupid and useless. "

Now, I wish I woulda got one, because it is a really nice thing to have haha!

 

Hot spots in the rotors may be from towing. Best way to avoid this is cryo treated slotted rotors or get yours turned after you tow.

Truck looks good. Like the solid color and the tint.

Did the sway bar bushings remove a lot of noise under the cab?

 

Yeah, since I did the rear block and 285s the tailgate is another 2-2.5 inches in the air it would have been nice especially when loading up the bed with scrap last night.

The sway bar bushings did not get rid of all my clunking under the cab. They got rid of a lot of it, and did give me a HUGE increase in turning stability, but I think I have a bad body mount under the driver side that I have to diagnose a little more.

 

I had a clunking also and it turned out to be bad upper front shock bushings

 

The only reason that i don't believe that it's the shocks and I'm leaning toward the body mount is because the Shocks, Swaybar bushings, Ball joints, and Spring isolator pads are new... So i think the only thing left is Spring bushings and body mounts. and the spring bushings "look" okay.

 

Did my first real work in the truck today. I don't know how much it was but it was just about to rest on the over load springs.

Just hitting the overloads


Anyone know about how many yards this would be I had to load it myself