My name is Matt Adams, and I am the President of the Rocky Mountain Ford Truck Club, and one of the "founding members", along with a few others.
I was born in Littleton, Colorado in 1980 and sad or not, I have spent all my life here. Where I live now is approximately 5 miles from where I was raised, and where my parents still live, in the house I hope to purchase within the next few years when my parents move to Africa for mission work. I absolutely love Colorado, theres no where else I would really want to live. Only in Colorado (and a few other Rocky Mountain states, hence the name Rocky Mountain Ford Truck Club, can you have the benefits of big city life, and be an hour or less away the seclusion and solitude of mountain trails and cozy mountain towns like Georgetown, Silver Plume, etc.
I graduated high school Heritage High School in 1998, and i am currently attending Arapahoe Community College for night classes in everything from management to Business Administration to Computer Science, just depends on what I feel like taking that semester and someday all the classes will add up to a degree of some sort.
I've been into Ford's since I first got my drivers license and started driving my dads 1992 F-150. Since then I've owned a 1998 F-150 (had it custom made just for me, even had to wait 2-3 LONG months for delivery), a 94 Explorer (super tricked out for wheeling, was even featured in four-wheeler magazine), and finally my 2000 F-150. I've learned a great deal working on them and modifying them. My passion for the vehicles as well as the other people out there behind the vehicles inspired me to start the FTW CO Chapter back in June 2001, and recently (May 2004) to start the independant Rocky Mountain Ford Truck Club.
I bought my 2000 F-150 in late 2000, it had about 15,000 miles on it. It now has about 110,000 miles, all well earned. It's undergoing some major mods hopefully soon, so stay tuned!
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| DESCRIPTION | STOCK | AFTERMARKET Red = Planned mod Purple=Line-X'ed |
| ENGINE/ELECTRICAL/EXHAUST | 5.4L Triton V8 engine | Dual Optima battery conversion, mounted in Wrangler NW dual battery tray (pic1) Wrangler NW 150-amp upgraded alternator. Flowmaster single-in, dual-out Exhaust with stainless steel pipes and chrome tips Emico free-flow catalytic convertors (Pic1, pic2, pic3) K&N FIPK air intake (Looks and performs different then stock intake) Superchip Motorcraft Spark plugs (How to change your spark plugs) JBA Headers |
| TRANSMISSION | 4R70W Automatic Transmission | |
| TIRES/WHEELS/BRAKES | Stock Goodyear 265/70-17 all-terrain tires |
FX4 factory wheels (taken from an 03 supercrew) Brembo slotted front sport rotors, ART (Applied Rotor Technology) slotted cryo-treated rear brakes/pads (Front rotors, Rear rotors) |
| INTERIOR | Gray cloth interior (60/40 bench seats, swapped from buckets) Power everything (locks, windows, mirrors, everything except seats) |
Custom cargo box under rear seat (pic1, pic2) Completely insulated interior and ceiling with b-quiet (sound insulation) (before pic, after pic1, after pic2, and ceiling pic) "Real jack" modification, putting a real bottle jack in the place of the stock "less then quality" jack (pic) |
| SUSPENSION | Stock suspension |
Edelbrock IAS Shocks Skyjacker 6" lift |
| AXLES | 3.55 w/Limited Slip | 4.56 gears w/rear locker |
| EXTERIOR | Island Blue Exterior Off-road package (tires, wheels, fog lamps, skid plates) |
5.4L badges underneath stock F-150 badge (front badge 1, front badge 2, rear badge) Keyless entry keypad (I added it aftermarket - pic of keypad) Tinted windows to match rear windows Ventvisor side window deflectors PIAA Airdam, painted to match (How to install PIAA Airdam) Fabtech pre-runner bumper with custom skid plate, completely line-x'ed (pic1, pic2, pic3, and pic4) Westin Black Nerf Bars, Line-X'ed (pic) Grizzly double/single roll bar, Line-X'ed (pic1, pic2) Go Rhino taillight covers, Line-X'ed Daws better built 36" tool chest EGR Fender Flares (pic1, pic2) PIAA Wiper Blades (How to install PIAA Wiper blades) Ram air hood Power sliding rear window |
| LIGHTING | Sylvania HID X2010 headlight HID conversion kit w/ APC Clear corners (pic1, pic2) PIAA 520 SMR fog lights mounted in PIAA Airdam (which is painted to match) PIAA 80 Rally dual-beam lights mounted on Fabtech Prerunner bumper 5 PIAA 80 XT's mounted on rollbar (2 pencil beam, 1 driving, 2 fogs) PIAA 1400XT Platinum fog lights as reverse lights (pic1, pic2) All switches for lights mounted in overhead console (Switches being mounted, Console mounted up with no headliner, Console complete) For more information on my lights and more pictures, visit the F-150 lights page |
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| AUDIO/COOL ELECTRONICS | Viper 790 XV alarm/remote start/keyless entry with passive arming, 2-way alerting, and tons of other cool features! Garmin GPS III Plus mounted above steering wheel Cobra 18WXST mounted to front pillar (pic1, pic2), with K40 antenna drilled through the roof (pic1, pic2, pic3) Power inverter for my laptop Valentine One Radar detector, hardwired to overhead console Visteon in-dash MP3 player (pic1, pic2) Ford 6-disc CD changer from a 98 Explorer mounted to back cargo box Pioneer TS-6865 6x8 180-watt 3-way speakers 500-watt speaker amplifier Ham Radio |
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| PROTECTION | Factory Passive Anti-theft System (so only custom programmed keys will start the vehicle) | Viper 790 VX alarm/remote start/keyless entry with passive arming, 2-way alerts, etc. Rhino lining protecting the bed Ford skid plates (differential, transfer case and gas tank) Factory tow hooks up front (slightly modified for fabtech prerunner) Line-x protecting the nerf bars, toolbox, brushguard, taillight covers, and rollbar |
