Thread: 01 F-150 Green Monster prerunner build

Get a rear road armor bumper, that should give you enough weight in the rear.

I am looking to get the DBR kit for my truck and was wondering how extensive the install is. Is it pretty much bolt on besides welding the shock hoops or is there anything else that requires some welding?

Originally Posted by goinpro

I am looking to get the DBR kit for my truck and was wondering how extensive the install is. Is it pretty much bolt on besides welding the shock hoops or is there anything else that requires some welding?

yeah its pretty much all bolt on except for the shock towers

so i was out in playing around today and blew out my hub

Been there with the hubs. My suggestion is to buy ONLY Timken hubs. You will save alot of cash and problems in the long run.

I called timken and they said that their bearings aren't any better then the stock ones. They actually supply the bearings for some of the manufactures.
I bought mine from napa with life time warranty and already had to replace one w/o an issue. Don't get the ones made in china the USA ones have timken bearings, they are about 100 bucks more but that's one part you don't want to go cheap on.

bored, so i decide to post some pics of a incident i had awhile ago!

ouch. funny you posted those pictures, as i was reading the first page, i was gonna say not to huck it with those lift blocks in the back. looks like you had some other rear problems though

Was this from the hub?

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no i snapped the rear axle going down a mountain, fished tailed into a ditch hit a huge rock and snap lol

after doing some inspection on the front end i found that one of the shock hoops broke and the other is cracked, bad news bears :/

Bummer man. In that second pic it seems like it wasn't welded all the way around, or is it just too dirty to tell?

Originally Posted by Demo1986

Bummer man. In that second pic it seems like it wasn't welded all the way around, or is it just too dirty to tell?

you might be right im not sure it is a bit dirty ill further investigate tomorrow and clean it up a bit

Thats why you want to plate the frame where you add tubes that are under a lot of stress, because as you can see the frame is actually pretty thin and the tubing 99% of people use for off road is much stronger.
Plate it!

did you need the lift blocks in the rear to fit the 35s?

Originally Posted by fnnrNArnner74

did you need the lift blocks in the rear to fit the 35s?

Yeah I do, they are still one

so have bad news about my baby doesnt look like ill be working on it any more :'(

Ouch. Story?
-dave

so i was driving southbound on south virgina street ( right by micheals powersports) made my blinker to turn into the turning lane to go into the shell on the left made my blinker to cross the road when i noticed the car in front of my got into the same turning lane didint think much of looked back at the shell when i looked at the car i realized he wasnt going to turn at all awerved out of the way but i was to late hit the side of the truck, pretty sure that prick did it on purpose to get insurance money, cause theres nothing to turn to when heading northbpund its just a fleid so yeah not to happy

it was a four lane road two northbound and two south bound with a middle turning lane

Damn man thats a bummer. You plan on fixing it or?

idk i think that cab is kinda toast

Looks like its mostly just the doors and the rocker panel. I say fix it unless the cab is tweaked. or get a new cab

dude part it out. you could make quite a bit. shoot ill be interested in your fenders.

Originally Posted by GIMME SAND

Looks like its mostly just the doors and the rocker panel. I say fix it unless the cab is tweaked. or get a new cab

idk the rear passenger tire is about an inch from the fender and the driver side is normal at about 3-4 inches he hit me pretty hard he was in a little nissan 240zx or what ever it is ill go get a better look and better pic tomorrow at the tow yard

Originally Posted by f150guy

dude part it out. you could make quite a bit. shoot ill be interested in your fenders.

if i part it im keep my stuff to hopefully get a new f1

Bummer man!

dam sucks to hear! this truck had a lot of potential!

glad youre ok. from the pics it doesn't look bad at all. doors, new fender, maybe an excuse to do the bed sides. Im assuming you got tagged as it was your fault? the accident happened in the suicide lane right?

Originally Posted by burningRANGERtires

glad youre ok. from the pics it doesn't look bad at all. doors, new fender, maybe an excuse to do the bed sides. Im assuming you got tagged as it was your fault? the accident happened in the suicide lane right?

yeah it was in the sucide lane no the highway patrol cited the other driver at fault
idk i think the rocker is pretty bad tho and the back passenger side lower a arm mount got ripped off, and the front passenger side leaf hanger got ripped off from the frame, pretty sure the frame is done bed is tweaked pretty bad!!!

leaf hanger

lower a arm

Damn it is pretty bad. Buy a stock truck and swap everything over.

yeah carlos thats what i was thinking it would be to much to fix, even if i cut the back half off and four link it still going to be a alot to fix

are you getting a fat check from his insurance?? haha virginia st. i just read that your from reno.

If only he hit the giant gowdy road armor bumper instead, everything would have been ok!

Originally Posted by burningRANGERtires

are you getting a fat check from his insurance?? haha virginia st. i just read that your from reno.

yeah i should be contacted his insurance today well see how long it takes, are you from reno or something? lol


right but if he did hit my bumper pretty sure he would be dead tho lol he hit me at around 50 , i was going like 35