White 1994 F-150 Sleeper Build
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:58 pm
Here's a quick run down on my little weekend project vehicle...sort of a re-do of a truck that I tried to build when I was much younger, about 15 years ago. My vision for this build is something that won't be super obvious that it's a go-fast build unless you peak your head into the wheel wells. I want to keep it really simple so that it will perform well, but won't have a ton of stuff that can go wrong. The last thing I want is a finicky, temperamental rig. Finally, my plan is to pay attention to the little details since IMO, that's what really makes for a nice build.
Here's a picture of the truck as I took delivery back in November. It's got the 5.0, auto trans, and had 99,800 on the odometer when I got it. It also had a dented hood, cracked windshield, bubbled purple window tint, mismatched bald tires, and a plastic bedliner that was beat to hell.
So the plans for the build are:
Front suspension: Camburg heim radius arms, Autofab bent beams, Camburg coil bucklets, 2.5"x10" Sway Away shocks, new ball joints, stainless brake lines and limit straps (There's a chance that I may upgrade to a coilover frontend at some point down the road).
Rear suspension: National springs, extended shackles, 2.5" x 10" Sway Away shocks (underneath the bed), limit straps
Wheels/Tires: Outlaw 2 / Nitto Terra Grappler 295/75/16 (33.4" x 11.5" x 16") - looks like I may end up ditching these for 35" BFG all terrains.
Engine/drivetrain: K&N intake, Magnaflow muffler, 4.56 rear gears, LPW diff cover
Exterior: Rear tube bumper, possible front bumper/skidplate, spray in bedliner, ammo can bed storage
Interior: Redo the window tint, new stereo head unit, maybe down the road some Mastercraft Baja RS seats
Misc: Optima battery/ruff stuff battery tray
After owning the truck for 4 weeks, I had the windshield replaced, sourced a white stock hood from a fellow GFB member, had the tint redone, and installed a new head unit, and had the spray in bedliner done. I also had the ammo can storage mounted in the bed, as well as a 2.5 gallon jerry can to hold water for post surf session feet rinses.
Then it came time to tear into the suspension. Up on jackstands and starting the teardown:
Bent beams from Autofab bolted on:
Most of the front suspension bolted on. Started out with bushing radius arms...will upgrade those later.
And then just about done:
And finally back on its feet:
Got rid of the bro-lean with some Nationals:
Decided to replace the ball joints while I had everything apart:
Got some blingy gold open end lugs:
Front end bumped and strapped:
Rear shocks, axle truss, and 2 link mounts:
So I got this axle from another GFB member, I guess it was on Vic's old bronco when it got wrecked. I added a new diff cover and had an axle truss thrown on there.
And then ditched the wheel well trim.
Now I've got a bunch more parts that I'm ready to put on the truck.
Heim radius arms:
Trans and motor mounts:
Ruff stuff battery box:
And some of Tony's HID projector headlights:
Here's a picture of the truck as I took delivery back in November. It's got the 5.0, auto trans, and had 99,800 on the odometer when I got it. It also had a dented hood, cracked windshield, bubbled purple window tint, mismatched bald tires, and a plastic bedliner that was beat to hell.
So the plans for the build are:
Front suspension: Camburg heim radius arms, Autofab bent beams, Camburg coil bucklets, 2.5"x10" Sway Away shocks, new ball joints, stainless brake lines and limit straps (There's a chance that I may upgrade to a coilover frontend at some point down the road).
Rear suspension: National springs, extended shackles, 2.5" x 10" Sway Away shocks (underneath the bed), limit straps
Wheels/Tires: Outlaw 2 / Nitto Terra Grappler 295/75/16 (33.4" x 11.5" x 16") - looks like I may end up ditching these for 35" BFG all terrains.
Engine/drivetrain: K&N intake, Magnaflow muffler, 4.56 rear gears, LPW diff cover
Exterior: Rear tube bumper, possible front bumper/skidplate, spray in bedliner, ammo can bed storage
Interior: Redo the window tint, new stereo head unit, maybe down the road some Mastercraft Baja RS seats
Misc: Optima battery/ruff stuff battery tray
After owning the truck for 4 weeks, I had the windshield replaced, sourced a white stock hood from a fellow GFB member, had the tint redone, and installed a new head unit, and had the spray in bedliner done. I also had the ammo can storage mounted in the bed, as well as a 2.5 gallon jerry can to hold water for post surf session feet rinses.
Then it came time to tear into the suspension. Up on jackstands and starting the teardown:
Bent beams from Autofab bolted on:
Most of the front suspension bolted on. Started out with bushing radius arms...will upgrade those later.
And then just about done:
And finally back on its feet:
Got rid of the bro-lean with some Nationals:
Decided to replace the ball joints while I had everything apart:
Got some blingy gold open end lugs:
Front end bumped and strapped:
Rear shocks, axle truss, and 2 link mounts:
So I got this axle from another GFB member, I guess it was on Vic's old bronco when it got wrecked. I added a new diff cover and had an axle truss thrown on there.
And then ditched the wheel well trim.
Now I've got a bunch more parts that I'm ready to put on the truck.
Heim radius arms:
Trans and motor mounts:
Ruff stuff battery box:
And some of Tony's HID projector headlights: