2024 Avalanche Build

[FiveOsvt]

Beautiful build, yes the matte letters will be bomb!

looks great, like the flag also. Impatiently waiting for mine, two orders in a row they sent me the wrong size.

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[INADAZE]

Awesome build! Love my Avalanche too!

 

[FiveOsvt]

finally got around to getting the tailgate inserts done, super happy with how it turned out.

 

[SA4x4210]

New member here. Little bit of a background. I have owned many Ford trucks from a 1994 OBS, standard F150‘s, 3 Raptor’s (one from each Gen), and now currently back in a 2024 F150, 5.0, in Avalanche. Decided to trade in my 2021 Code Orange Raptor, which some think is crazy, however having a brand new truck that is almost paid off was well worth it To me. My Raptor was admittedly a pavement princess and I ultimately got tired of making the payments on a truck that I drove my kids to and from school with. Like most I wanted a Raptor just to say I had one. I guess maturity got the best of me. Every time I pass one now on the road, I just remind myself how I only owe $5300 on a brand new truck, which is a far cry from the $40k that I still owed on the Raptor. To me worth it.

Enough with that. Ended up with a 2024 Avalanche Grey, STX, 4X4, 5.0, 3.31 gears (currently sitting at 1300 miles). I like many can’t leave any vehicle alone so I quickly went to work. Here is the build list so far.

Current Mods:

20% Ceramic tint
Raptor wheel/tire takeoffs (315/70/17)
Tremor running boards
2” Motofab level
Corsa sport cat back exhaust
Tinted Side marker and DRL lights
Diamondback HD bed cover (swapped over from Raptor)
Tailgate soft open assist
Bed rug impact liner
neon yellow fender badges, painted black
Font bumper air damn and active air damn removed
Ford oem black lug nuts
Stubby antenna

Future Mods:

Matte Black tailgate letter inserts (arriving today)
Morimoto 3rd brake light and possibly tail lights
Ford Performance Bilstein suspension
Katzkin leather
Tremor modular bumper(if I can ever find one)
Custom fabricating some Baja Design lights to fit the factor fog housing
Switch panel for added lighting.

Here is how it currently sits.

Did you have any issues with the tires and rims fitting? Besides leveling it

 

[FiveOsvt]

Did you have any issues with the tires and rims fitting? Besides leveling it

none at all, they had minimal run before I leveled it.

 

[SA4x4210]

Thank you. That’s good, I am about to buy the same rims and tires. Installing eibach stage one 3 inch in front and with an eibach 2.5 rear block. I hope I get the look I want. I don’t want a lot of rake.

 

[FiveOsvt]

Thank you. That’s good, I am about to buy the same rims and tires. Installing eibach stage one 3 inch in front and with an eibach 2.5 rear block. I hope I get the look I want. I don’t want a lot of rake.

another tip that will help with no rub, you can loosen the bolts on the front and rear crash bars, they have a 1/4 of play in them, you can push them away from the tire and wedge a screwdriver in there to hold them in place while tightening. That eliminated pretty much all the rub before leveling it. Not sure if it’s necessary if doing the level first. Forgot to mention I had to trim a tiny bit on the corners of the front air dam before it was leveled but I ended up removing the whole thing anyway. Again that might not be an issue if you level it first.

 

[SA4x4210]

another tip that will help with no rub, you can loosen the bolts on the front and rear crash bars, they have a 1/4 of play in them, you can push them away from the tire and wedge a screwdriver in there to hold them in place while tightening. That eliminated pretty much all the rub before leveling it. Not sure if it’s necessary if doing the level first. Forgot to mention I had to trim a tiny bit on the corners of the front air dam before it was leveled but I ended up removing the whole thing anyway. Again that might not be an issue if you level it first.

Thank you

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another tip that will help with no rub, you can loosen the bolts on the front and rear crash bars, they have a 1/4 of play in them, you can push them away from the tire and wedge a screwdriver in there to hold them in place while tightening. That eliminated pretty much all the rub before leveling it. Not sure if it’s necessary if doing the level first. Forgot to mention I had to trim a tiny bit on the corners of the front air dam before it was leveled but I ended up removing the whole thing anyway. Again that might not be an issue if you level it first.

Thank you
Found same tires and rims. Good deal. Less than 500 miles. Did you have any issues with the control arms and tires rubbing? Installing eibach on the 13th right after I will put the rims and tires.

 

[FiveOsvt]

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Found same tires and rims. Good deal. Less than 500 miles. Did you have any issues with the control arms and tires rubbing? Installing eibach on the 13th right after I will put the rims and tires.

No issues with the control arm rubbing

 

[FiveOsvt]

Baja Design S1 lights installed and wired up. You don’t need anything special or any brackets, they bolt perfectly to pre-existing holes in the trailer hitch. Wired them using the factory harness that it comes with into the trailer connector. They come on automatically in reverse. Just got them installed so no night shots.

 

[FiveOsvt]

Video of them in action

 

[SA4x4210]

another tip that will help with no rub, you can loosen the bolts on the front and rear crash bars, they have a 1/4 of play in them, you can push them away from the tire and wedge a screwdriver in there to hold them in place while tightening. That eliminated pretty much all the rub before leveling it. Not sure if it’s necessary if doing the level first. Forgot to mention I had to trim a tiny bit on the corners of the front air dam before it was leveled but I ended up removing the whole thing anyway. Again that might not be an issue if you level it first.

I’m going to remove the air dam. Did you cut the other piece like everyone else does or did you remove the whole black part from the bumper? Thanks

 

[Rockman5159]

Appreciate it, that was ultimately the goal. Didn’t want anything over the top, crazy offset wheels. There won’t be too many more upgrades on the exterior, pretty happy the way it is. Maybe some paint match flares eventually.

looks awesome

 

[FiveOsvt]

I’m going to remove the air dam. Did you cut the other piece like everyone else does or did you remove the whole black part from the bumper? Thanks

Completely removed it

 

[FiveOsvt]

Added the KJM vinyl overlays, wasn’t feeling the blue oval. Also tinted the fog lights..

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