Well, I thought it would be neat to start a thread showing the different stages of my truck. From the beginning to current, it has been quite the journey. For the most part, the expensive stuff (lift etc) has stayed the same but almost every other component has been upgraded or swapped. At any rate, here it is...
This was the video that was 2 previous owners ago. It didnt look *that* bad, although the little wheels and big tires really date the truck.
it is found on youtube under the tag "monster excursion"
So, apparently this guy sells the truck to the guy I bought it from, who has an indoor soccer company. Must be a Miami Florida thing... I guess driving it around with his company logo sticks out, I mean, it is a "monster excursion" right?
Notice the "baby on board" sticker? Well, look below that and you will see the 100lb steps that the previous owner added to access the hatch. Pretty slick oke:
He was *almost* successful at adding every JC Whitney part...
rock guard for a truck lifted 2ft over stock? check
rediculously small wheels for rediculously large tires? check
non working step bars? check
about every chrome piece available from ebay? check
clapped out looking headlights? check
...
well, here's where it starts to get nasty...im going to go ahead and list this ahead of time so noone pukes on their monitors or any crazy sh!t like that...what you are about to see is either going to impress you from creativity, make you bust out in tears of laughter, or cause endless vomiting from your inner stomach...
you have been warned...
We don't need no stinking stacks, we got twice pipes! lmao
Img going to refrain from posting the picture, but in the for sale ad, dood actually took a picture of his hand to show how far the tip actually came out the side... WONDERFUL IDEA!!11!!1!
Once people have regained their composure, I will say that the reasoning behind this was that he had 6 shocks under the rear of the truck, severely limiting the access for a rear mounted exhaust. Instead of taking off the 4 additional shocks, he opted for the less-than-moderate exhaust routing procedure. LOL
Now, I didnt go into this thinking I was going to drive it around as is, so I could live with the condition of the truck knowing it was all going to change...
So, after week 1 of ownership, I had put a few hours into salvaging what I was going to salvage and change up what I was going to change up...
20in rockstars, new 44 growlers, 05 conversion, removed rear step bar, removed old non working steps, removed bug guard, removed chrome handles, removed shock condoms, added amp steps, removed exhaust LOL etc etc..
There wasn't a picture of one of the beautiful mods the seller didn't disclose and that was the blinking O/D light. Basically, after week 1, I took the truck to Diesel Innovations in Houston and had Dave fix some loil eaks. Well, needless to say, the transmission (in no way Daves fault) decided to grenade itself, so I decided to put one of his built transmissions in it while it was there... thanks Dave! :ford:
Anyhow, I was driving the truck around and within my little fleet of cars, it stuck out because of the obvious size but it didnt really look the part...So, the hell with Toreador red, lets do something else...
check out that bling lol
So, here I am, trying to figure out which color I wanted. I couldn't do orange, yellow, or black, so my brain was off about candy red, perhaps a metallic blue, or something loud...While I was grocery shopping, I skipped over to the magazine aisle and started going through some of the truck mags thinking about ideas. While I was browsing over the aisle, I came across a magazine that had a picture of the 2011 Camaro synergy green. Needless to say, my color was chosen...
I had to find a custom paint shop that painted 18 wheelers or take the wheels off and roll it around on crawlers. Fortunately, I had one local...
clear coming tomorrow!
what a cool color!...
Im out of pics at the moment, but will take some more tomorrow or the upcoming day as I get updates...
thanks for reading this far!
This was the video that was 2 previous owners ago. It didnt look *that* bad, although the little wheels and big tires really date the truck.
it is found on youtube under the tag "monster excursion"
So, apparently this guy sells the truck to the guy I bought it from, who has an indoor soccer company. Must be a Miami Florida thing... I guess driving it around with his company logo sticks out, I mean, it is a "monster excursion" right?
Notice the "baby on board" sticker? Well, look below that and you will see the 100lb steps that the previous owner added to access the hatch. Pretty slick oke:
He was *almost* successful at adding every JC Whitney part...
rock guard for a truck lifted 2ft over stock? check
rediculously small wheels for rediculously large tires? check
non working step bars? check
about every chrome piece available from ebay? check
clapped out looking headlights? check
...
well, here's where it starts to get nasty...im going to go ahead and list this ahead of time so noone pukes on their monitors or any crazy sh!t like that...what you are about to see is either going to impress you from creativity, make you bust out in tears of laughter, or cause endless vomiting from your inner stomach...
you have been warned...
We don't need no stinking stacks, we got twice pipes! lmao
Img going to refrain from posting the picture, but in the for sale ad, dood actually took a picture of his hand to show how far the tip actually came out the side... WONDERFUL IDEA!!11!!1!
Once people have regained their composure, I will say that the reasoning behind this was that he had 6 shocks under the rear of the truck, severely limiting the access for a rear mounted exhaust. Instead of taking off the 4 additional shocks, he opted for the less-than-moderate exhaust routing procedure. LOL
Now, I didnt go into this thinking I was going to drive it around as is, so I could live with the condition of the truck knowing it was all going to change...
So, after week 1 of ownership, I had put a few hours into salvaging what I was going to salvage and change up what I was going to change up...
20in rockstars, new 44 growlers, 05 conversion, removed rear step bar, removed old non working steps, removed bug guard, removed chrome handles, removed shock condoms, added amp steps, removed exhaust LOL etc etc..
There wasn't a picture of one of the beautiful mods the seller didn't disclose and that was the blinking O/D light. Basically, after week 1, I took the truck to Diesel Innovations in Houston and had Dave fix some loil eaks. Well, needless to say, the transmission (in no way Daves fault) decided to grenade itself, so I decided to put one of his built transmissions in it while it was there... thanks Dave! :ford:
Anyhow, I was driving the truck around and within my little fleet of cars, it stuck out because of the obvious size but it didnt really look the part...So, the hell with Toreador red, lets do something else...
check out that bling lol
So, here I am, trying to figure out which color I wanted. I couldn't do orange, yellow, or black, so my brain was off about candy red, perhaps a metallic blue, or something loud...While I was grocery shopping, I skipped over to the magazine aisle and started going through some of the truck mags thinking about ideas. While I was browsing over the aisle, I came across a magazine that had a picture of the 2011 Camaro synergy green. Needless to say, my color was chosen...
I had to find a custom paint shop that painted 18 wheelers or take the wheels off and roll it around on crawlers. Fortunately, I had one local...
clear coming tomorrow!
what a cool color!...
Im out of pics at the moment, but will take some more tomorrow or the upcoming day as I get updates...
thanks for reading this far!