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Before: The truck owner had already made a couple of trips to Godfather Customs and purcha
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AFTER: One day worth of turning wrenches and the F-150 was ready for anything in its path.
During the past 18 months, we've shown you many different examples of how cool your truck can look doing what we consider the four basic modifications of any custom truck: lift or lowering, wheels/tires, intake, and exhaust. We've provided you with fullsize trucks, minis, and SUVs; Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Nissan, and Toyota trucks; and as you can see, the good times keep on rolling.
This month, we tackled a truck from the South and drove to Decatur, Georgia, where Godfather Customs calls home. Known for its extensive line of after-market parts, performance bolt-ons, and wheels and tires, Godfather Customs was a great place to turn a stock '06 Ford F-150 SuperCrew longbed 4WD into a real head-turner.
The formula was simple, we added a 6-inch Pro Comp lift with coilovers, 35-inch Toyo M/T tires, which were mounted onto 20-inch Bazo chrome wheels, and completed the package with a Volant air intake and a new Corsa dual exhaust system. We were amazed at the end result. If you like any of these parts and want them for your ride, then give Godfather Customs a call.
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We began with the easy install, the Volant air intake. This kit features polyethylene plas
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Jeff, the head installer at Godfather Customs, in Decatur, Georgia, first removed the air
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With all of the old parts out of the way, Jeff was able to set the new Volant airbox into
FROM THE DRIVER SEAT
Our first impression of the truck was wow, that thing looks good. We liked the minimal offset (+18 mm) for the Bazo wheels that tucked the tires inside the fender wells, which keeps the paint clean and the Mud Terrain tire noise low. We also liked the smooth and competent feel the Pro Comp lift gave the truck. The new F-150 is known for its quality ride and the Pro Comp kit did not disappoint us. One thing that stumped us was the SoCal pre-runner rake the truck had after the lift was installed. We contacted Pro Comp and they cleared things up for us.
Due to the SuperCrew being a longbed, at 6-1/2-feet, we needed to install an add-a-leaf, part number 13134, in the rear leaf pack to even things out. Two weeks after the initial install, we slipped the new add-a-lead in place and they were right, a nice and level stance was achieved. The intake went on with no problems, and it's nice to know we won't have to worry about that filter for 100,00 miles. Speaking of top-notch, the exhaust is really first-class. Made of 304 stainless steel, everything fit and performed flawlessly. Inside the truck, the exhaust is barely noticeable, until you give it some gas, then a healthy rumble can then be heard.
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A hot new item for Volant is th PowerCore air filter. It is the only 10,000-mile maintenan
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After Jeff secured the new filter element inside the box with the two bolts, the Volant li
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Here, Jeff inserted the factory MAF into the new Volant air intake tube. He then slipped t
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There you have it, extra power and no maintenance in one complete package.
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Looking at the Pro Comp 6-inch front lift kit, you can see the engineers have done their h
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With the SuperCrew longbed on the lift, Jeff removed the wheels and tires, calipers, and b
With the help of a former Marine, the drive axle was lowered and set aside.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
| TIME SPENT WORKING: | Approximately 11 hours |
| DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: | ADVANCED |
| (two people are needed and cutting parts of the factory suspension is involved) |
TOOLS NEEDED: Set of metric sockets and wrenches, torque wrench, pry bar, drill and bits, screwdrivers, jack and stands, Sawzall, and a grinder
To fit the new drop-down brackets, the inside of the factory mount needed to be cut. This
| Pro Comp 6-inch lift with coilover upgrade | PN K4137BMX | $3,500 |
| Volant cool-air intake kit with 100,000 mile filter | PN 19754 | $500 |
| Corsa dual exhaust with 4-inch tips | PN 14385 | $1,153.99 |
| Bazo B26 20x9-inch chrome wheels | $1,892 |
| Toyo Open Country Mud Terrain 35x12.50R20 | $1,840 |
| (All prices from Godfather Customs) |
| TOTAL COST | $8,885.99 |
| (Not Including Labor) |
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After loosely hanging the drop-down bracket in place, the supplied template was marked for
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It took two guys to hoist the drive axle into place, but once it was there, the rear-most
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Here, you see Jeff installing the sway bar mounting drop brackets.
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He then installed the factory lower control arms and the suspension was coming together ni
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Then, Jeff was able to install the Pro Comp com-pression struts to the new drop-down brack
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It was time for the crme de la crme, the massive Pro Comp coilover assembly. Tuned from th
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After removing the hub from the factory spindle, Jeff installed the hub onto the larger Pr
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He was then able to tighten everything down on the front suspension. The factory brakes we
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Jeff followed the torque specs given by Pro Comp, then double-checked his work. The truck'
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Out back, it was a simple installation of lift blocks and U-bolts.
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A must for any truck, the Pro Comp MX6 ad-justable shocks made a huge difference in the ri
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For rolling stock, we opted for 20x9-inch Bazo B-26 chrome wheels and 35-inch Toyo Mud Ter
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After Godfather Customs mounted and balanced the tires, they were bolted on and looked gre
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Fresh out of the box, the Corsa dual exhaust system features a high-flow muffler with RSC
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The old exhaust was simply un-bolted and pried free. The new Corsa muffler was slipped int
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With the muffler secured, each outlet pipe was run out of the muffler and over the axle.
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Here, you can see the precision fit each pipe of the Corsa dual exhaust system.
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It was time to slide the 4-inch slant-cut tips onto the exhaust. The kit fit great and sou