In addition to being fast, this thing had to look fast also. No "gitter done" 4x4 stance here. Beginning with the front end, J.R. designed a new front bumper and valance, and had Sir Michaels of Huntington Beach, California, fabricate it. The new bumper featured pockets to house '05 Ford Escape headlamps in the lower section. "I wanted it to be more dramatic, yet keep everything in the Ford family," J.R. says, "and the Escape headlights really matched the stock F-150 lamps."
A Good Hood bonnet by Keystone Restyling Products was added, along with side skirts from DG Motorsports. David Jr. thought it would be a cool idea to weld the rear section of the cab to the door, creating one huge entry point. The door latches were relocated, and the metal was melded for a flush finish.
You may have noticed the NASCAR-style side-exit exhaust, which was designed by GMS and employs a Borla muffler. Right above the exhaust tips you'll find NACA duct cooling vents, which were set into the F-150's flanks--and, yes, they do indeed work. Around back, there is a custom steel roll pan with '05 Thunderbird taillights, along with a bed topper to keep the pickup's aero in check.
The paint scheme features the '05 Mustang's Screaming Yellow hue for its basecoat, with a Pearl White from Range Rover (still in the Ford family) and shades of Midnight Black and Charcoal Gray from the '88 Mustang palette. Steve Gilmore, an F-150 engineer from Ford, gave his stamp of approval on the design, and David Schwartz Jr. at Euro Body took it from paper to panel.
With the exterior sheetmetal looking dapper, the drivetrain was slung back in. The mildly modded 5.4 received a ProCharger P1-SC centrifugal supercharger along with its air-to-air intercooler. The GMS crew reflashed the computer with Superchips Custom Tuning software, and the 5.4-liter SOHC motor now makes 420 rwhp and 410 lb-ft of torque.