04 F150 Storm Spotter/Chaser

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As you can see by my post count I'm new to the site. I got a few request for more photos of my truck so here they are.

I'm a part time storm spotter when I'm not working. The focus on my truck was to build it to handle the sloppy roads and help in recovery efforts. My truck is a 2004 FX4 with plenty of aftermarket purpose driven options.

Most noticeable is my bumper. I had it all custom made by Anthony at Boondock Bumpers down in Oklahoma. I went to him with what I needed, he came up with the additional hood protection and we worked on the design together off his bumper.

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Unlocked and opened. This thing is super strong. I sit up here when I'm bored.
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A very short exposure so you can make out all the lights. Hella black magics on top, KC daylighters in the grill guard, and PIAA 520 Crystal Ion fogs on bottom. Hella driving lights in the bumper pockets.
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Current configuration for the roof rack.
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Wind speed sensor, rear view camera, and hi-lift jack.
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Inside is pretty decked out. Kenwood 5.1 DVD surround sound system. Dual headrest monitors and aux video for the kids 360 plus lots more. Yaesu RT8900 quad band ham radio, Cobra 29 CB, ram mount laptop stand. 3 sources of GPS.
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I have more pictures in my gallery just click on my sig pic below.

Specs
5.4 L
S&B CIA
Edge Tuner
4.56 Motive gears
Magnaflow Catback side exhaust
6" Pro Comp Lift
4" Skyjacker AAL
Bilstein 5100 front shocks adding 2"
37" BFG KM2 MT
17" American Racing Chamber wheels
9.5k Mile Marker winch
Rear Bushwacker pocket flares.
150PSI 4 port tank w/ viair compressor and siege air horns.
 

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D. Zam. :eek:


That's some serious hardware! :thumbs:
 

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I did this a couple weeks ago. I was getting sick of splicing over and over so I made some buss bars out of copper tubing I had laying around. Works really good too. Only big draw is the air compressor and the lights but the air compressor is rarely on so it's all good.

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Wow. Very cool truck, I like.

BTW, how many miles on the beast?
 
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CT99XJ

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simple, effective, easy to do... but so simple that no one thinks of these things. nice setup man. have you had any shorting problems?
 

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you make a Jeep guy proud, man. sick nasty bumper.

Oh man here you go. A few months back little johnny took his graduation present out for a drive.

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Wow. Very cool truck, I like.

BTW, how many miles on the beast?

Just pushing 82k now.

simple, effective, easy to do... but so simple that no one thinks of these things. nice setup man. have you had any shorting problems?

None at all. It's fused close to the source and again just before it comes to the roof rack.
 

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Glad to see you over here big man. Had no idea you had so much into your truck. Amazing work.
 

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Bad thing is I still got a long way to go. I still visit the other site but it's been pretty stale since the website supposedly had a hack attack.
 

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Very nice man! If thats your part time job, what else do you do?

I've always wanted to do storm chasing. Back in the panhandle we can get some pretty nasty storms come threw.
 

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