Hey.
What's up, guys?
Justin with americantrucks.com, and welcome to another installment of Customer Builds.
And the customer build pages is where you can find a ton of cool F-150 builds along
with a ton of pictures and a complete list of all the modifications to possibly give
you some ideas for your own rig at home.
Today, we have AT customer Larry from Texas and his 2012 platinum F-150, which is EcoBoost
power.
Now Larry has got a lot of stuff going on with his rig, including a lot of performance
stuff so I'm very excited to talk to him.
And if you guys want a complete list of Larry's modifications, either check out his Customer
Build page, again, on the site or if you're watching this on YouTube, simply click on
the link below.
But meantime, what do you say we talk to Larry?
What's happening, Larry.
How are you doing, man?
Larry: Pretty good.
How are you?
Justin: I'm doing well, thanks.
Hey, listen, man.
Thanks for joining us today to talk about your platinum, your 2012 EcoBoost F-150.
Let's just jump right into it, man.
Let's talk about...you know, walk us around the truck a little bit.
Let's talk about some of your mods.
Larry: Well, I mean, if you just want to start on the inside of it, we've got the upgraded
throttle body, I've got the catch can.
When I first bought that truck, I bought it used and I was having a lot of shutter and
shake issues with it.
And I got into research and the EcoBoost motor.
One of the big recommendations was a catch can.
It basically catches moisture, condensation oil, and everything that tends to build up
in the intercooler.
Justin: Absolutely, man.
As an EcoBoost owner myself, I definitely agree, brother.
Mine fills up quite a bit, but, yeah, that's a good place to start.
I mean, because you definitely, as far as F-150s go, you have a lot of performance stuff,
man.
You got the off-road downpipe, the exhaust, the intake, the throttle body of the tune,
that thing must rip, I would imagine, right?
Larry: It does.
For a lifted truck on 35-inch mud tires it's pretty quick, and I'm surprised quite a bit
of people [inaudible 00:01:55].
Justin: I bet, man.
Did you ever throw that on a dyno or are you just kinda...you got the old button dyno kinda
working for you.
Larry: Not yet man, but I have four-wheel dif lock boost, launched it, and it will rip
those tires.
Justin: I believe it.
Now that's an aggressive exhaust combo between the off-road downpipe and the MBRP the mid-cap
exit.
You like how it sounds.
Larry: I love it.
And because it's a V6, if you floor the truck, you'd get the kind of high, you know, raspy
sound of a V6 but startup cruising down the highway, it sounds great.
Justin: You got a tuned up for a 93 octane with the bully dog there?
Larry: Yes, sir.
Justin: Kinda type of the owner that keeps it up in the dash all the time so you can
check everything out, or you just throw it in the glove box?
Larry: No, I bought the a-pillar mount for it and I painted it to match the interior
of the truck.
So I keep it there on a-pillar and I monitor my boost, and my throttle position, speed.
I monitor everything on that.
I come from the diesel world.
So I used a bully dog power stroke tuner that they made and I've been a fan of that little
a-pillar mount ever since.
Justin: Very cool.
Let's move on from performance.
Front end, you got a hood going on.
You got headlights, you have the barricade bull bar with a light bar in there and talk
about some of those mods and what you really dig about them.
Larry: The hood and the grill combo I think is probably my favorite part.
I shopped around for a hood and, and you see those little scoop style hood on them.
And I always liked that so that's kinda what I was looking for.
And I had the body shop, color match the hood and the grill all painted tuxedo black to
match the truck and it looks sharp.
Justin: The move sticker on the barricade Boulevard.
Does that work?
Larry: I'm right in the middle of anybody that I want to see it.
They're either in a car and they're too low to see it or they're in a truck that's bigger
than me and they're too high to see it.
But when you see the reverse lettering, you know, you get it.
Justin: Yeah, absolutely.
I got a kick out of it when I saw it.
So I was like, I got to ask if it actually works and the people actually get the heck
out of the way.
Do you end up using that light bar quite a bit on that bull bar?
Larry: I've gotten two tickets for it already.
Justin: Are you serious?
Larry: What I found out from the DPS troopers is you're allowed to have four lights on the
front of your vehicle when you're driving on a public road, but off-road, I mean, it
lights up the world.
Justin: That's awesome, man.
Now let's move on to your suspension tires.
And you said you probably got a little level on there, but I really dig those wheels with
a lot of offset, like a lot of negative offset.
Larry: Negative 25.
Justin: Is that what it is?
Okay.
Because yeah, there's a good amount of poke [SP] going on there.
Do you find any rubbing with the 35?
Larry: They do rub.
So I have the front bumper notched for them, and the truck's drivable like that and it
looks sharp.
And I mean, from what I understand, a lot of people do that.
Justin: It looks sharp, man.
I really dig the offset.
Speaking of a different look, you have the speed form cam spoiler.
I guess you also had painted when you had the hood and all that done.
I think it's kind of a newer thing in the truck world, but you have it on there and
I think it looks good, man.
You get compliments on that?
Larry: I have.
I've had people, they're like...they want to know if it came like that because it's
not something you see but when you do see it, you can tell it's different.
If you're a truck guy, you know, you're like, "Hey, what is that?"
But I really like it.
Justin: Yeah, sharp, man.
I dig it.
And back there you got a lot of stuff going on.
You obviously have the backflip bed cover, which we're very familiar with, we love those,
but I really want to hear your impressions on the undercover, the swing-out boxes.
Are you liking them?
Larry: Oh, they're great.
I work in oil field.
So I have a welding shop at work.
So I mounted them in there.
I took it up and I had one of my welder's tack weld the brackets to the bed and then
we painted it so it just it looks like it came that way.
And they work great.
Like they pop right out.
I've got jumper cables, tools, some of our camping stuff I keep in there.
I even used one of them as cooler one time for the [inaudible 00:05:46], beer, and ice.
Justin: That's awesome, man.
Larry: It just swung out of the bed, you know, and everybody hanging around the back of the
truck.
Justin: Well, and that's the nice thing about those, too.
I mean, it's not killing your bed either, right?
Like you still have room for all that other stuff.
Larry: Oh, yeah.
Like they tuck right up against the inside of the bed of the truck and they hold theirself
there, you know.
They're perfect.
Justin: Now, if you guys want to see more of Larry's build including a complete list
of his modifications and more pictures, feel free to check out his build page at AT or
if you're watching this on YouTube, just go ahead and click on the link below.
Well, you mentioned something about camping.
I'm glad you did because this is something I've been dying to ask you about.
A while back, we did a video about some camping recommendations and we featured the Rightline
gear, tent, and air mattress.
And lo and behold, you actually have that in your truck as well.
I'm dying to know, man, you actually you're using that thing.
What do you think?
Larry: Twice a year, we use it.
My wife's family has a couple pretty big functions that we go to every year and we always camp.
Our daughter always has a friend that comes, so we'd pop that truck tent up.
We throw the air mattress in there, put the pillows around the inside of the bed and that's
their girls' private little tent where they sleep every year.
And I mean, it sets up just like that.
One guy can do it.
It's really easy.
That mattress come with a little, portable pump that plugs inside the truck and blows
it up.
Slide it in there and it's good to go.
Justin: Yeah, I know that's a very cool setup.
Sometimes, that's the only way you'll get them to actually go camping with you if you're
kind of up off the ground a little bit, and you know, in some safety.
Larry: Oh, yeah.
I mean they're teenagers so they want to like have their own space.
They don't want to be in the tent with mom and dad.
Justin: I get it, man.
No, that's awesome.
And now, as far as that, like interior wise, you got some seat covers.
You also have the barricade floor liners and stuff.
They fit pretty good, it looks like.
Larry: Perfect.
I was really impressed with those, actually.
I liked the thickness of them, the weight of them.
I mean, they fit the truck perfect.
Justin: I like them because they kind of match the tire tread a little bit like on the mud
terrains.
Larry: Yeah, for sure.
It has kind of that rougher, you know, off-road look that we're all on.
Justin: So you got the WeatherTech reflectors on there, which I always like too, because
if it's pouring down rain, which I'm sure it does in Texas, you can crack the windows
a little bit and still get some fresh air.
Well, Larry, any future plans with the truck?
I mean, it looks like you've got pretty much everything covered, but what's anything on
the list for next?
Larry: My next thing I want to do is the methanol injection.
There's not much further I can go with that truck without tearing the block down and putting
a stroker system in it but methanol injection, I can do that.
Justin: Sounds good, man.
Meth kit.
And I would recommend just from like an EcoBoost owner, a bigger intercooler I think has done
my truck wonders.
Especially in a hot area like Texas, I think, that thing probably heat soaks pretty quick.
So upgrading something like that would be a good choice too.
Larry: Yeah, I have looked at that too.
I'm glad you brought that up.
I need to put that back in.
Justin: It's my job, right?
Larry: It's just a cool truck, dude.
I mean, like I said, I come from the three-quarter [inaudible 00:08:41] but my power stroke had
some issues that weren't worth fixing so I traded it in for this truck and I've had a
lot of fun with this new truck.
I really have.
Justin: Well Larry, dude.
It's been a pleasure talking with you, man.
Really clean truck.
I love all the stuff you've done.
You really balanced performance and appearance and just a little bit of everything.
And I love that you're using it for the camping too.
That made me smile.
So keep enjoying it, brother, and thanks for joining me today.
Larry: Absolutely, man.
I appreciate it.
Justin: My pleasure.
All right.
Well, there you go.
That was Larry from Texas and his awesome 2012 EcoBoost Platinum F-150.
Thing is really well done and, yeah, I bet it rips with all those modifications.
And hey, if you want to see more of Larry's modifications, again, check out his build
page at americantrucks.com if you haven't done so already, or if you're watching this
on YouTube, just go ahead and click on that link below.
In the meantime, I'm Justin.
Thanks for watching.
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