Lift, Wheels and Tires Make for One Badass Ford F-150

Common upgrades go a long way in helping a new F-150 stand out from the many similar trucks.

Each year, Ford Motor Company sells hundreds of thousands of F-150 pickups and while there are plenty of different configurations, the fact that so many trucks are sold leads to a great many trucks that look identical to each other. If you go to any crowded event in almost any American suburb, the odds are good that there will be a handful of Ford trucks that look just like each other.

The fact that the Ford F-150 is so common leads many owners to seek out upgrades that will allow their truck to stand out from the crowd. Fortunately, due to the huge aftermarket for the F-Series lineup, there are endless options for customization, but you don’t need to reinvent the wheel to stand out. As this video from the Custom Offsets YouTube channel shows, common upgrades can lead to a very uncommon truck.

James’ Project Truck

The video begins with Fuller from Custom Offsets introducing the 2015 Ford F-150, owned by a guy names James, who traveled from New Jersey to Wisconsin to have his truck lifted and fitted with new shoes. The owner has already added a Raptor-style grille, aftermarket LED taillights and window tint, so this F-150 already had a bit of custom feel, but the next step in the project makes a far-greater impact.

While at Custom Offsets, this 2015 F-150 is getting a BDS six-inch lift kit with five-inch blocks and Fox 2.0 shocks out back, giving the truck an aggressive rake. Once the dark green half-ton is sitting higher off of the ground, the team is adding a set of 20-inch SOTA AWOL wheels wrapped in 35-inch Nitto Ridge Grappler tires, resulting in a truck that sits considerably higher than any stock pickup sold in America.

The End Result

After we spend a minute watching the Custom Offsets team tear out the stock suspension bits and install the aftermarket upgrades, we head outside for a look at the finished product. Installer Banker explains that the wheel-and-tire package sticks out about two inches past the edge of the body, which is minor enough for a daily driver in most areas. Of course if your state requires the tires to be within the body, a simple flare package would make this combo legal just about everywhere in the United States.

As an important note, thanks to the BDS lift kit, these huge rollers fit without any trimming of the wheel well liners and there is no rubbing on turns or over bumps. However, the key point to be taken away from this video is that a significant lift and huge wheels make a massive difference in the overall look of a Ford F-150, allowing it to stand out in any crowd.

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

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