New 2024 Blackout

[KaptainKilo]

Well I picked her up from the dealer last week. She got new shoes yesterday. Loving this thing so far. Coming from a Raptor the difference is huge, but in a good way.

So far it has:

20"x9.5 -18mm Black Rhino Sentinels
37"x13.5" Toyo Open Country RT Trails
Ceramic tint all around (clear on windshield)
RetraxPro XR bed cover
Weathertech mats

Considering:

Front Level
Baja LP4 front bullbar lights
Fog pocket Baja lights
Would love to figure out infrared hidden lights for blackout night mode (night vision offroad)
Need to reinstall my mobile HAM rig/antenna (builtright industries rear brakelight mount)

 

[Rodd187]

Well I picked her up from the dealer last week. She got new shoes yesterday. Loving this thing so far. Coming from a Raptor the difference is huge, but in a good way.

So far it has:

20"x9.5 -18mm Black Rhino Sentinels
37"x13.5" Toyo Open Country RT Trails
Ceramic tint all around (clear on windshield)
RetraxPro XR bed cover
Weathertech mats

Considering:

Front Level
Baja LP4 front bullbar lights
Fog pocket Baja lights
Would love to figure out infrared hidden lights for blackout night mode (night vision offroad)
Need to reinstall my mobile HAM rig/antenna (builtright industries rear brakelight mount)

Congrats my friend. Looks amazing!

 

[Leadmic]

Welcome. Very nice truck. Have you figured out how to get rid of the chrome around the headlights? Ford should have them blacked out from the factory with the BOP.

 

[xrocket21]

definitely needs at least a level! Lookin good though!

 

[TremorHopeful]

Lookin good!

 

[KaptainKilo]

definitely needs at least a level! Lookin good though!

Which one you recommend? Doesn't change the hauling capacity does it?

 

[TremorHopeful]

Which one you recommend? Doesn't change the hauling capacity does it?

Carli. If you go with the deaver leaf spring replacement it decreases by 10-15% but can be regained with installation of Full Travel Bags.

 

[NightForceFan]

Icon Vehicle Dynamics lift.

 

[TRAMPER]

Maybe @TremorTron will chime in. If anyone is likely to have night vision mode on his truck it’s that guy. Or maybe @Rodd187 I’m pretty sure he owns the darkness too.

Also welcome!

 

[Rodd187]

I can't lend much aid to the vehicle IR. My thermal and NV are helmet and gun mounted and use the side x side for the nocturnal hog hunts. I know @TremorTron is equipped with truck mounted infrared.

 

[Modman]

Congrats!

 

[xrocket21]

Which one you recommend? Doesn't change the hauling capacity does it?

No opinion on a levelling kit. I went with a BDS 4.5" lift / level and I'm very happy with it.

 

[Rodd187]

Which one you recommend? Doesn't change the hauling capacity does it?

I went with the 1.5" ReadyLift level kit and have been very happy with the stance and ride. I don't believe there is any change to the hauling capacity at all.

 

[TremorTron]

Well I picked her up from the dealer last week. She got new shoes yesterday. Loving this thing so far. Coming from a Raptor the difference is huge, but in a good way.

So far it has:

20"x9.5 -18mm Black Rhino Sentinels
37"x13.5" Toyo Open Country RT Trails
Ceramic tint all around (clear on windshield)
RetraxPro XR bed cover
Weathertech mats

Considering:

Front Level
Baja LP4 front bullbar lights
Fog pocket Baja lights
Would love to figure out infrared hidden lights for blackout night mode (night vision offroad)
Need to reinstall my mobile HAM rig/antenna (builtright industries rear brakelight mount

Well I picked her up from the dealer last week. She got new shoes yesterday. Loving this thing so far. Coming from a Raptor the difference is huge, but in a good way.

So far it has:

20"x9.5 -18mm Black Rhino Sentinels
37"x13.5" Toyo Open Country RT Trails
Ceramic tint all around (clear on windshield)
RetraxPro XR bed cover
Weathertech mats

Considering:

Front Level
Baja LP4 front bullbar lights
Fog pocket Baja lights
Would love to figure out infrared hidden lights for blackout night mode (night vision offroad)
Need to reinstall my mobile HAM rig/antenna (builtright industries rear brakelight mount)

Great looking ride Kaptain Kilo and welcome to the forum. Great group of people here with unbelievable knowledge base. It’s been a big help to me in building out my truck. I run infrared NV capability on my 23 Tremor. I do a lot of training at night and it comes in very handy.
As for my setup I included pics to show, I’m running Rigid Series D Surface Pro IR Cubes on the sides. I also run a Rigid 20” combo spot flood white with IR only capability on the top. All three of these lights are running to the #6 upfitter switch which can turn on without a switched ignition.
I run a combo of different NV setups. One would be dual PVS 14’s in white phophorous and the second is a single white phosphorous PVS 14 on left eye and FLIR thermal on right eye. Thermal won’t work through glass so this set up is if I’m going to be in and out of the vehicle frequently.
A couple of other things that have proven helpful is a good mirror mounted dash cam with forward and reverse cameras. These pick up a lot of ambient light on their own and aid in driving at night if youre able to control the brightness on the mirror. I use a lot of amber or red interior lighting to keep the light signature down as much as possible as well. Hope this helps!

 

[KaptainKilo]

MAN that is a fantastic rig @t

Great looking ride Kaptain Kilo and welcome to the forum. Great group of people here with unbelievable knowledge base. It’s been a big help to me in building out my truck. I run infrared NV capability on my 23 Tremor. I do a lot of training at night and it comes in very handy.
As for my setup I included pics to show, I’m running Rigid Series D Surface Pro IR Cubes on the sides. I also run a Rigid 20” combo spot flood white with IR only capability on the top. All three of these lights are running to the #6 upfitter switch which can turn on without a switched ignition.
I run a combo of different NV setups. One would be dual PVS 14’s in white phophorous and the second is a single white phosphorous PVS 14 on left eye and FLIR thermal on right eye. Thermal won’t work through glass so this set up is if I’m going to be in and out of the vehicle frequently.
A couple of other things that have proven helpful is a good mirror mounted dash cam with forward and reverse cameras. These pick up a lot of ambient light on their own and aid in driving at night if youre able to control the brightness on the mirror. I use a lot of amber or red interior lighting to keep the light signature down as much as possible as well. Hope this helps!View attachment 165709View attachment 165710View attachment 165711

MAN that is a fantastic rig TremorTron! I also do WP PVS14's and thermal, usually just augmented with a surefire vampire on foot. Will look into the cubes, and really appreciate your writeup and advice! Keep ya posted as I go along!

 

[TremorTron]

You might also want to check out another option. I Just recently added a new thermal camera system to the truck. Very impressed with it so far. It’s the Dark 30 Defiance system. It has a wifi link and I’m actually able to run it several ways and view from different screens. I was able to use an elite car box then down load the Dark 30 app and it projects on main Sync screen. It also will send to a dedicated screen or a iPad/iPhone. I’ve mounted mine to the bed rack and used some of the extra risers you can get to elevate the camera up over the other gear I have on the rack. The thermal quality of the camera is good and I use it on my farm/hunting property all the time.

 

[Optimus]

You might also want to check out another option. I Just recently added a new thermal camera system to the truck. Very impressed with it so far. It’s the Dark 30 Defiance system. It has a wifi link and I’m actually able to run it several ways and view from different screens. I was able to use an elite car box then down load the Dark 30 app and it projects on main Sync screen. It also will send to a dedicated screen or a iPad/iPhone. I’ve mounted mine to the bed rack and used some of the extra risers you can get to elevate the camera up over the other gear I have on the rack. The thermal quality of the camera is good and I use it on my farm/hunting property all the time.

Awesome brother! Post some pics if you can. I believe @Vermonster mentioned a thermal camera not too long ago. @Rodd187 was very interested in this as well.

 

[TremorTron]

Awesome brother! Post some pics if you can. I believe @Vermonster mentioned a thermal camera not too long ago. @Rodd187 was very interested in this as well.

Just Posted in a new thread my fearless autobot leader!

 

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Looks good!