Some Mods I have been up to

[SKRWZ]

Last year when I re geared my truck to 4.56's and put the Detroit locker in I noticed the one of my axles had a wear mark on it from the bearing so I priced out axles from ford and they were too much up here so I found some Yukon axles from Complete off road http://www.completeoffroad.com/ (I can tell you these guys are unbelievable to deal with too)that are 25% stronger then stock and are made from 1541H steel, then the wheels started turning and I always wanted to do a rear disc brake swap Go figure I have a 1998 truck and Ford started putting rear disc's on in the 1999 model year

so the fun begun.....



So, first I ordered my axles
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture016.jpg

and was happy to take these off and get some good brakes finally

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture039.jpg

and when trying figure out if I could just swap the drums and use the ford set up I discovered there were 3 different bolt pattern's on the axle flange ... so I decided to order a kit from TSM manufacturing http://www.tsmmfg.com/ and be sure the then was going to bolt up but if any of you know me well, lets just say I wanted more, so I decided to swap out the brake booster from my '98 and put in one from a '03 F 150

notice the difference here the 97,98 vacuum booster is about half the size if the 99 + up booster and the piston in the master is 1+1/16 on the 97, 98 vs 1+1 3/16 on the 99+ booster
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture080.jpg

a better pic of the 2003 booster and master Cylinder I used

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture006.jpg

so then while it was apart I decided to put S/S braided lined all around

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture012.jpg

and since the axles were out I had to change the wheel studs so I opted to put in 14mmx2.0 studs instead of the 12mmx1.75 ones that came on the 97- mid 2000 trucks came with, just a little piece of mind when your tires and wheels weigh 120 pounds each

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture011.jpg

[SKRWZ]

That was a little PITA because after installing the studs in the rear axles I had to pull the front spindles off and knock out the 12mm studs and have the wheel bearings drilled for the new 14mm studs But I knew in the end it's all worth it

here's the difference between the 12mm to 14mm studs

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/IMG_2091.jpg

so now i still had a pile of parts

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture002-1.jpg

and it was time to pull the differential cover and the axles and while I was at it, I took out the bearing cap bolts and put studs in their place for a little added strength ..I love overkill
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture049.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/IMG_2104-1.jpg

then I disconnected the e brake cable's , pulled the backing plates, seals and bearings

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture055.jpg
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Than cleaned everything, painted the rear diff with POR15 rust paint, and test fit the brackets before painting them with Black POR15 paint as well

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture068.jpg

then I installed new wheel bearings and seals

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture029.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/IMG_2084.jpg

[SKRWZ]

When I got the kit I sent the rotors out to be Cryogenic frozen and slotted to macth my fronts I have

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture003.jpg

but when installing the kit i didn't like the way the rotor fit on the axle (kit uses a GM truck or Lincoln rotor and Cadillac El Dorado calipers) so I had some custom made hub centric rings and shrunk them on the result is a perfect fit

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/IMG_2093.jpg

so after I painted the calipers With POR 15 and installed the axle's and fit it was looking like this

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture121.jpg

[SKRWZ]

And I decided to cap it off with a T/A Performance rear diff cover it has a stud girdle built into it and holds a little more Royal Purple as well

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture018.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture139.jpg


so now things were looking pretty good but i still had to bleed the brakes so I used some super blue dot 4 racing brake fluid it has a higher boiling point so hey I went this far right??

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture015.jpg

I also swung a deal on a set of traction bars and installed them while I was at it not only do they look cool but functional as well

here's a test fit pic before I painted them Black with POR 15

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture002.jpg

and before things were all done i checked my rear differential angle, something i always wanted to fine tune and I found it to be 4 degrees negative so I installed a 3 degree shim so it now sits 1 degree negitive....perfect for when I torque on it

Before shim
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture011-1.jpg

after shim
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/aftershim2.jpg

So this is what it looks like now.. the difference is like night and day

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Rear%20Brake%20swap%20and%20traction%20bars/Picture137.jpg

[SKRWZ]

So my leather wheel in my 10 year old beast had been wearing thin for a while now and I bought a new old stock one last winter I thought i would put it on

here's the difference of the both of them
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Steering%20wheel%20and%20%20console/Picture014.jpg

and installed....mmmmm comfort


http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Steering%20wheel%20and%20%20console/Picture021.jpg

[SKRWZ]

And here's something I have in the work's I wanted to clean up all my switches for the off road light's and the back up light's and accessories so I started with a old used tan o/h console from e bay, and painted and modified it to accommodate my needs this mod, should be done soon it' should clean thing's up some ....



http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Steering%20wheel%20and%20%20console/Picture003.jpg
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[fordtough.ca]

Someone have ben busy

[Northern Supercrew]

Yes he has. what a nice bunch of upgrades. that truck will be soooo bulletproof now!!! Dave, you're running out of things to do....

[Oh My Hog]

Holy crap that's a lot of work.

Awesome upgrades. That overhead console mod with the switches is pretty trick.

Everything is so well thought out. Such a big head you have.

[Stainless]

Wow, thats a nice piece of work!!!

[f150phule]

very nice,gives me some ideas too but nothing that intensive.

[BlairTruck]

now i need a new door for my overhead so i can add switches and be able to go back to stock if needed.

[SKRWZ]

Yes he has. what a nice bunch of upgrades. that truck will be soooo bulletproof now!!! Dave, you're running out of things to do....


Thanks for all the positive feed back, but I don't think I'll run out of Idea's anytime soon............


I have this put away for a rainy day.......


http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Motor/b636_3.jpg

[Oh My Hog]

Ooooh, now that looks familiar.

Nice!

It's amazing what you can sneak out of the assembly plant in a lunchbox these days!

[Northern Supercrew]

Thanks for all the positive feed back, but I don't think I'll run out of Idea's anytime soon............


I have this put away for a rainy day.......


http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Motor/b636_3.jpg

Dave, it's calling for rain on thurs there. i expect to see the old one out. lol

[SKRWZ]

Ooooh, now that looks familiar.

Nice!

It's amazing what you can sneak out of the assembly plant in a lunchbox these days!

Yeah I wish it was that easy... I had to ship that puppy up from Georgia myself....

[98nascartruck]

MAN...those are some great mods :happy-smiley-541:

[Bush_aholic]

Man on man I'm jelouse I need a new rear end too.....mine is hurting BAD!!!! Those traction bars look sweet too!

[SKRWZ]

OK, so I finally had some time and installed the O/H console mod I've been working on, and I also recovered the saggy headliner too boot


this is the Grey console I installed a few years back,

O/H console's started in the 1999 model year so I was modding a past mod :)

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Steering%20wheel%20and%20%20console/Picture002-1.jpg

Now the one I picked up from E bay, it started life out as tan in color but after a few coats of Dupli-color Grey paint it was perfect

this is the modded O/H console with manual switches for E fans, trans fan, back up and driving light's along with a couple extra for future use
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Steering%20wheel%20and%20%20console/Picture030.jpg

and a night shot

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Steering%20wheel%20and%20%20console/Picture032.jpg

I also changed the dash lights and heater control to green LED for a cleaner look and changed the gages on my A-pillar
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Steering%20wheel%20and%20%20console/Picture046.jpg

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http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Steering%20wheel%20and%20%20console/Picture043.jpg

[Northern Supercrew]

Damn, that overhead looks factory.. clean look man. what made you go green in the dash? great a-pillar too. do they create a blind spot when turning left? i like to sit back when i drive and i think they'de be in my way.

[SKRWZ]

I drive with the seat back all the way and reclined, it's a little PITA but not to bad, I had the dash done in blue but it got old fast figured since the factory gage's are of a green hue I thought going green with the LED's would bring out the Gage color better

[Northern Supercrew]

yep, that makes sense. It does look good.

[fordtough.ca]

Thanks for all the positive feed back, but I don't think I'll run out of Idea's anytime soon............


I have this put away for a rainy day.......


http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Motor/b636_3.jpg

It rain for 2 days you could of had this beast installed :)

[fordtough.ca]

Love the green LED's and the switches
Very Nice work

[fullyford]

been busy, looks great, i just changed over to blue leds so far i like it alot

[Oreo]

You out did yourself bud, you managed to take a mint looking truck and made it friggin awesome, and bye the way you will never run out of things to do.

[truckpilot]

Damn Dave, the truck looked awesome in Kingston last week, can't wait to see and hear it when the S/C goes in. Well done!

[MJG]

I think you should take that blower/tb/pl and pack it with mine when it comes off...save ourselves on shipping costs and send it down to Stiegemeier for a Stage 5 port job ,and REALLY hear these puppies scream!!

[fordtough.ca]

I think you should take that blower/tb/pl and pack it with mine when it comes off...save ourselves on shipping costs and send it down to Stiegemeier for a Stage 5 port job ,and REALLY hear these puppies scream!!

Thats a great Idea :happy-smiley-541:

[SKRWZ]

I think you should take that blower/tb/pl and pack it with mine when it comes off...save ourselves on shipping costs and send it down to Stiegemeier for a Stage 5 port job ,and REALLY hear these puppies scream!!


I hear ya that would be nice, but if I use it will most likely be on a motor with a few bolt on's if I don't I'll just sell it and just build a different setup no biggie

[MJG]

If you do use it, why not do a good port?
Stiege is charging me 750 for the blower/tb/pl including shipping. you already have the blower, this route is the cheapest and works very well with boltons, rather than going fully built with a whipple/kd setup!
Not to mention it screams about 3x louder, and youshould get another 40ish HP. You already wil have to tune it when you install it, so have it ported beforehand!

[BMac]

Truck looks awesome! Gonna be nasty when you install the charger!

[SKRWZ]

Well I was not going to say anything until it was done but I thought why not ....... I opened the Mod closet up and pulled something out I had kicking around and did a test fit... .... still have a few more things to go on yet....


Street Scene steel Cowl Induction hood 2" rise....







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[Northern Supercrew]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!Has it already been painted to match? It looks pretty close.

[BMac]

Looks awesome, I want a cowl hood bad, but they only come in 2" or 3" from what i've seen...i'd really like at least a 4" raise on one :D

[fullyford]

lookin better all the time..

how much heavier is it than the lightweight stock hood

[SKRWZ]

lookin better all the time..

how much heavier is it than the lightweight stock hood

Thanks for all the feedback, the steel hood is about 90 pounds vs the stock aluminum one that weighs next to nothing, some heavier hood shocks will be needed, right now the truck is at the paint shop getting the hood painted and a few needed touch ups done heres a couple pics before I took it in had to take off a few parts first



http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Box%20off/Picture022.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Box%20off/Picture018.jpg

[fullyford]

wow your really not kidding around lol...you gettin the whole truck done..

[SKRWZ]

Nope not in the books to get the whole thing done but The roof needed painting due to the clear coat breaking so while that is getting done the new hood is getting done too along with a few touch ups, I wish I could have afforded a whole new paint job but then I would be scared to use it as a truck when I need to

[Lilbigtrk]

hey dave every thing you have done to your truck looking AMAZING ... really really nice job.,

[Black Ice]

Love the look with those hoods.

[SKRWZ]

Update...... Well after I had the roof and the hood done I decided to go for it and have the rest of the truck done, so I stripped off a few more parts, originally the box was going to be painted off the truck but there was so much krown oil from 11 years of getting it sprayed it needed to be degreased so the box sides were just unbolted from the box and the box was painted in pieces

here's a few pics so far



http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/Picture061.jpg





http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/Picture062.jpg


Pulled all trim and wheel liners

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/Picture075.jpg


Box sides off

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/Picture064.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/Picture070.jpg


Box Sides

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/Picture069.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/Picture068.jpg

[Viper238]

looks pretty good under there..

You'll be happy you redid her..

now you'll have to keep her.. ;)

[taisa899]

so next year at Flamboro you're gonna give Gordon a challenge for the trophy!!

[fullyford]

wow..thats a lot of work..but the out come will be awesome..keep us posted

[shelbyx1]

the mods never stop,just our credit cards!!lol:)

[Lilbigtrk]

holy shit dave... you have done alot more to that truck next time we meet you gotta tell all :P
looks good :)

[SKRWZ]

Thanks for all the comments, yes its fair bit of work but it's a solid still, my plans are to keep it another 10 or more years once it's all painted and the whole thing is polished it should look alright

[tohi2care]

Thanks for all the comments, yes its fair bit of work but it's a solid still, my plans are to keep it another 10 or more years once it's all painted and the whole thing is polished it should look alright

It should look alright:icon_rolleyes: Buddy your truck looks money.

[SKRWZ]

It should look alright:icon_rolleyes: Buddy your truck looks money.

LOL ....Thanks I guess I'm just being modest

[BMac]

Blasting all the chrome and painting the bumpers and steps would look sick too!

[SKRWZ]

Been a while since I updated this so anyhow truck is back from paint .... still needs assembly and striping and a helluva good cleaning yet any how heres a teaser pic



http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/IMG_3494.jpg

[Northern Supercrew]

Shiny........got to ask..what are the holes in the back of the mirrors for? The cover will hide them, but it seems like they shouldn't be that big, must be to get in and replace parts?

[SKRWZ]

Shiny........got to ask..what are the holes in the back of the mirrors for? The cover will hide them, but it seems like they shouldn't be that big, must be to get in and replace parts?


Those are the lightweight race mirror's.....:icon_biggrin:

LOL ... actually thats whats under the mirror covers

[fordtough.ca]

Been a while since I updated this so anyhow truck is back from paint .... still needs assembly and striping and a helluva good cleaning yet any how heres a teaser pic



http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/IMG_3494.jpg

That looks great
have to see it in person soon :)

[CanadianRanger]

Great looking truck!!

[Fordwheeler]

Looking good so far.

[taisa899]

time to put the wife to work and finish putting it back together!

[hogdust]

Looking good Dave. Get her done:icon_biggrin:

[shelbyx1]

looks good!are you going to put the stock grill back in or a custom one?

[SKRWZ]

looks good!are you going to put the stock grill back in or a custom one?


Going with a 2003 H/D Grille and Bezel, just tossing up the idea of getting rid of the 98 4wd bumper or modding it to fit better or possibly, going with a 99- 03 4wd bumper I have a few other mods to go on as well, I'm still up in the air a little on a couple things

kind of a crappy pic but you get the idea

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w88/skrwz/Mods/IMG_3495.jpg

[shelbyx1]

nice looking grill,might look good blacked out to.m2c:) also the 99-03 bumper would match the off-road lights better with the round fogs.

[SKRWZ]

I forgot about this thread, any how after I painted the truck it was too cold to work outside on it so I ended up putting up at Jim's shop for the winter, (first time ever I took it off the road) anyhow after working a ton of hours this year I found time to get er dunn its almost done except for some odds n' ends I will get recent pics up soon but here's a few just before the flares, and final polish/waxing, and the rest of the trim went on, these are with the front end swap done

I'll get better pics later on





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[hogdust]

Truck looks great Dave :happy-smiley-541:

[Oh My Hog]

Truck looks great! Hey check out the big brain on you! :)

[Northern Supercrew]

Great job Dave.....and i don't think it needs a final polish..i can see your legs in the bumper:icon_biggrin:..love those fogs;)

[b4000]

And to think -- he started out with a bone stock Prius, and turned it into this.
Now that's talent!

[truckpilot]

Outstanding!

[98nascartruck]

GREAT job Dave and your truck looks AWESOME :happy-smiley-541:

[SKRWZ]

Thanks everyone for the feedback I will get some better pic's up this week some time it's all together for now ....

[v8ranger]

truck looks super sweet man nice work on it

[SKRWZ]

I thought this would look cool but I really am kind of mixed right now and feel like taking it off Just installed Harley Flame pinstriping in silver I need opinons here let the flaming begin no pun intended .. .


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[SKRWZ]

And with out the striping....



Leave it or heave it??

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[Oh My Hog]

I like the stripes and what I say goes. :)

[shelbyx1]

i think stripes make it different than every other 97-03 out there(and each stripe/stiker adds 5hp:))

[SVT4MT]

Depends what your tastes are - the stripe package is distinctive, but I'd be more inclined to do without, but that's just me.

Great looking truck by the way, first I've seen of it, nicely executed.

[Chris.S.]

Depends what your tastes are - the stripe package is distinctive, but I'd be more inclined to do without, but that's just me.

Great looking truck by the way, first I've seen of it, nicely executed.

X2, that's pretty well exactly what I was thinking..

[wolfman1]

Without the stripe

[Blue Oval]

heave it

[truckpilot]

I like it without... sorry Dave...

[SKRWZ]

I like it without... sorry Dave...


No need to be sorry,,

I liked them so much there gone already looks way cleaner with out them....

thanks for the feedback

[v8ranger]

looks good both ways man its up to you on what you want your truck to like