Today, building the truck of your dreams is about as difficult as opening boxes considering the huge selection of suspension components, wheels and tires, performance enhancements, grilles, lighting, bed covers and more which are now available. Admit it; a stone stock truck will never serve your needs. Whether you lucked out and hit the lottery or just received your income tax return, you can soon be driving the custom truck of your dreams. That picture in your mind of the perfect truck portrays an extension of your personality and it can easily be fabricated by simply making a list of components. Who knows, in a few short months you could be winning show trophies, enthusiasts will be shooting photos of your wild ride and cute girls asking for a ride. A few more web site trips and I will have my parts list complete. Ah...dreams! Exterior customizing accessories are probably one of the most popular of all aftermarket products because they convey immediate visual impact, everything that a person would want to install to give the exterior of his truck that cool, custom appearance. Adding performance is a necessary part to building a custom truck. Simple ways include adding an air intake and a cat-back exhaust system, which not adds power, but also makes your custom truck sound more aggressive. There are many different products to choose from ranging from exhaust to superchargers to power programmers. Brake upgrades are really a natural for a sport truck for a couple of reasons. First, any time that you increase the diameter of your wheel and tire combination you are giving the Wheels and Tires a lot more leverage on your brakes than the stock Wheels and Tires had. This in effect actually reduces the performance of your factory brakes and a brake performance upgrade is necessary to restore the stopping power of your truck. Second, a set of 20-inch or larger Wheels create a lot more space inside your Wheels and the best way to fill that space is with a set of big brakes especially if the plans for your truck include any of the products from the engine performance section. Because when you add products to make your truck quicker and faster it makes sense to add products that will help it stop in a shorter distance as well. SUSPENSION Whether your truck is lifted or lowered, altering the ride height is one of the first steps a custom truck builder has to perform in fabricating a cutting-edge truck, which is an extension of your personality. This is the only way to make your wheel
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