- Hey guys, Steven here.
Here to talk about my 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty
and also go over a few of my previous builds over the years.
Let's go!
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♫ I'm in it just to re-write history
♫ Cuz I'm in the mood to
♫ Label us the leaders of the leaders of the new school
♫ This ain't for the radio
♫ Can't find this on YouTube
♫ This the type of killing that these critics ain't used to
♫ Victorious
♫ In this day and age I got time for innovation
♫ Time to be creative
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- So, my build story started when I turned 16.
I had a '98 GMC Sierra.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
I bought a set of 33 by 12.50 BFG All-Terrains
and I couldn't sleep every night until they came.
And from there, it was just like it started.
I wanted more and more and more.
A few weeks later, me and some of my buddies
went to Walmart, bought some tint,
bought some PlastiDip VHT Nite-Shades,
and stayed up 'til 3 AM and we had that thing
looking like a completely new truck
for Automotion that year.
Next, I wanted to go a little bit better.
I wanted something a little newer,
more luxurious in the inside,
so I ended up going with a 2007 LTZ Chevy Silverado.
Bought it basically stock.
Ended up putting a four inch lift on that.
Met up with the guys at Custom Offsets.
I was going to school in Appleton
and I happened to meet up with Shawn
and I bought his 20 by 12 Fuels
and a set of 33 by 12.50 Federal Couragias.
From there, I went over to Wayne at Fade to Black.
Tinted my windows.
35% windshield, 20% on the sides to match the rear.
And then just the little details like stickers and stuff.
That was, really, I consider my first decent build
that I had that got me going with the whole truck thing.
I ended up selling that Silverado.
I had posted it on Craigslist just to see what I could get
and I ended up getting what I was asking.
Made some money on it.
At the time, I was hanging out with the Custom Offsets gang,
hanging out with Shawn and all the guys
and I knew that I wanted to do something different.
I wasn't quite positive.
So, I was just searching the Classifieds page, Craigslist,
and I happened to come across this 2007 clean Tahoe LTZ
down in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
And the second I laid eyes on it, I knew that I needed it.
I had vision in my head.
I knew that that was my next build.
I contacted the guy.
I said, "I will buy a plane ticket.
"I'll be there tomorrow."
I ended up heading down there.
He picked me up from the airport and drove me to his house.
The second I saw it, I knew I wanted it.
I paid what he was asking.
I got a pretty good deal on it, I thought.
It already came with a six-inch Rough Country lift on it,
so it was sitting already with a lift kit on it.
I knew that the build wasn't going to be too bad
for me to reach the vision that I wanted with that thing.
So I drove it home, straight home.
It was like an 18 or 20 hour drive home.
Totally worth it, though.
I was smiling from ear to ear the whole ride home
thinking about it and what I wanted to do with it.
Brought it back up to the guys at Custom Offsets.
Showed them.
I couldn't wait to show it off and show it to everybody.
Automotion happened to be two weeks after that
and I decided I wanted wheels and tires for that truck,
for the Tahoe.
By Automotion, I wanted to be looking good back
in the truck game.
So, immediately, I ordered a set of 20 by 12 Fuel Hostages
and 35-12.50 Trail Blades for that
and we got it on.
Thanks to the guys at Custom Offsets.
They helped me.
They installed it and we had it on and ready for Automotion
and took it over to Wayne at Fade to Black as well.
Got 35% on the windshield.
The same setup as my Silverado,
20% on the fronts to match the rears.
Some decal work that Wayne helped me out with as well.
That build could not have went any better
and it was exactly how I wanted it,
how I envisioned it that day that I saw it on Craigslist.
I made it exactly how I wanted it.
To this day, I would have to say
that was my favorite build experience.
Just the way it all came together
and how I flew down to Myrtle Beach to pick up this clean...
It was just something else,
just how clean the truck was and perfect it was for me
and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it
and I made it look how I wanted.
So that was really exciting
and kind of led me on to my next big build.
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So, now we're gonna head into my 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty.
I know you guys are probably like,
"Wow, you went through a lot of vehicles over the years."
And, "What's wrong with you?"
You're probably thinking I'm a crazy person
but it's just one of those things, you know.
I live to do it.
Once I build it and have it how I want,
it's like I don't get bored with it
but I'm just on to the next.
I wanna do something bigger, better.
I have another vision that I wanna do
and it's just what I love to do, so I'm just keep doing it
and this is my last build that I've done, my 2008.
And we're going to go over that.
I went down to Illinois to pick it up.
I had just sold my Tahoe, probably, two weeks before
and I knew I wanted a diesel.
I didn't know what I wanted.
It could have been a Duramax, a Cummins, whatever.
I was not positive.
I just happened to come across this truck.
Some of my buddies had been talking about 6.4s
and kind of got my interest going into Power Strokes.
I was looking and couldn't find anything perfect
or with less miles or whatever.
I just could not find the perfect one
and I happened to come across this when the guy posted it
four hours prior to me looking and I texted him immediately
because I knew, just because of the price and the miles,
that it was going to go fast.
Sure enough, he already had two or three guys messaging him
about it and I said, "I will be down there tonight.
"I will get a loan, I promise.
"I'll come down there tonight and pick it up."
I was able to get that loan and head down and pick it up.
This truck had a six-inch Pro Comp Lift on it
when I bought it.
It had 33 by 12.50 Mickey Thompsons on it
with 20 by 12 Moto Metals.
It looked pretty sweet when I bought it, right away.
I originally planned on just leaving it for a while,
but, knowing me, I knew I couldn't just leave it.
I knew I had to do something to make it mine.
So immediately, within the first week I had it,
I took it over to Wayne at Fade to Black.
Had the windshield 35 for some decals.
I wanted to go a little bit darker
just because it's a white truck.
This was my first white truck and I loved the look
of white on black with the super-dark windows.
So I had them do 5% on the sides just to give it
that mirror look, and you'll see later
how awesome that looks in all lighting.
For my next builds, that's definitely what I'm going to do,
go with the 5%.
It's definitely the way to go for me.
So I did that, I did the tint.
Decals.
And then...
Next, I knew I wanted wheels and tires
but I wasn't sure what I wanted.
I didn't want to spend too much money on this truck
because I already had spent enough
just because I kind of upgraded from the Tahoe.
This is a diesel now and I wasn't positive.
I was looking around and I hit up Shawn,
asked what he had laying around the shop,
if he had any deals or used stuff laying around
and he happened to sell me another set of his wheels,
his 20 by 12 Cali Offroads with 35-12.50 Trail Blades,
and, right when I saw them, I knew they were on his truck
and I wanted to go with it.
I ended up buying them.
Put them on that same day and...
I mean, the truck just, with those wheels and tires,
it was a complete makeover.
And since then, it's like people...
It's just a head-turner.
Everybody compliments it.
They love it.
They love how it looks.
And the wheels and tires definitely changes things.
It looks wide.
It looks mean.
Going down the road, it definitely turns heads.
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So I had bought these wheels off of C02 Shawn's white truck,
the Chevy Silverado 2500.
The problem was the bolt pattern.
The bolt pattern did not match up to my truck.
When he sold me the wheels, he's like,
"You're gonna need adapters or something."
Which is fine because I already wanted to go with spacers.
I want 14 wides to begin with
and Shawn's happened to be 12 wides.
So I wanted to at least go with spacers which was perfect
because I needed adapters to go
from his bolt pattern to mine.
We got that two-inch spacers on.
The adapters to go to my bolt pattern.
Put my tires and wheels right on,
and, from there, it was perfect.
No trimming.
No rubbing.
It does have slight rubbed full lock,
but I rarely ever get to that point.
I don't even really notice it.
It works like a perfect fit.
To me, it is the perfect size wheel and tire ratio
to go with the lift kit that was on the truck before.
Before, it was a good setup but I just wasn't happy
with the wheel gap, the gap in the wheel wells.
Now it's, in my opinion, perfect.
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So what I'm looking to do next would probably...
I love the diesel life.
I love the tension and everything from it.
But, overall, I would have to say
my favorite build is my Tahoe.
It made a connection with me.
Everything that I did, I feel like
I somewhat changed the game up here,
just on how I built it and how I made it
just how I wanted it.
And from there, I would love to do another Tahoe
at some point, if I could get my hands on another clean LTZ.
I love the luxury part of it.
I love the classiness of the Tahoe.
I dream about rolling up in a Tahoe
and picture myself hopping out
and having a good set of wheels and tires on a new Tahoe.
I think, if I could find another one of those,
maybe of the new body style, who knows,
whatever I come across that I can't put my mind to
and envision something for it.
That would be something that I would look forward to doing.
Who knows though if I'm on Craigslist
and I find another Powerstroke, or Duramax, or whatever.
If I see it and I put my mind to it
and put a vision to it, who knows?
If it's for the right price, I'll go for it
just to do something different and try another build.
I get criticized a lot for that.
All of my friends, they're like,
"Oh, can't you afford it?"
Or, "Why are you always selling your trucks?"
It's like I get to the point where I envision
what I want and I get there.
When I buy the truck, I know what I want out of it.
I know how I want to build it.
I don't want to put too much money into it.
I'm not into the lights and everything
because, I realize, once you get into that,
it's like that's kind of money that you're putting into it
that you might not get out.
Right when I build a truck, I'm thinking about the next one.
I'm thinking about what I want to do next,
what will keep me happy.
It's like I don't get bored with them
but I'm ready to keep expanding and doing the next thing
bigger and better.
I can't wait to see what I gets to at some point
because I feel like, with every truck,
I've been getting a little bit better
and I've been doing the build a little bit cleaner.
I'm learning how to do it.
Learning how to do it at a price where it looks great
but, at the same time, the resell value is still there.
That's a huge thing for me.
I think about, "Well, if I put these wheels and tires on,
"I'm not going to get this out of it."
Or, "If I put these wheels and tires on,
"am I going to make money?"
That's something I think about and I think that's helped me
and I've learned throughout the trucks
I've done the hard way.
And now that I have some experience with doing it,
I'm excited to see what comes in the future
out of a new build and see if I can do more,
see if I can do bigger and better from what I already have.
(truck engine roaring)
Thanks, guys.
I appreciate you hanging out
and listening to my story about my builds.
Make sure you subscribe and stay tuned
and keep listening for the next ones
and, hopefully, my next one.
Hopefully, I'm on again with my next build.
Or my next builds.
Who knows?
So, stay tuned.
Peace.
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