Ideas for a off road looking f150?

So here's my situation, I'm a junior in high school in San Diego and lifting trucks and making them look off road is the thing to do here, so obviously since I have a truck I HAVE to make it look up to par with the SoCal style. I have a 2008 Ford F150 Xlt regular bed, super crew,5.4 triton, and 2wd.

So my question is: How should I lift my truck and make it look like an off road truck? I already have a 2.5 leveling kit on it but that doesn't make it look menacing enough. I'm also looking for something not as expensive because my budget is tight and gas is also expensive so I'm not looking for a 6 inch lift that will lower my gas mileage to 10mpg but something that will lift it at least 2 or 3 inches more. Also what type of wheels and tires, I have stock rims and 33s on it but that bigger tires make the truck run sluggish. I've heard of getting aftermarket adjustable shocks that will lift my truck another 2.5 inches or getting longer spindles. I'm also trying to avoid a body lift because it's hard to get those to look right with the weird angles. I'm pretty sure that's it through so please help me make my truck look good!

This is a really bad idea. Handling cornering etc suffer badly with lifts. Why not get low profile tyres and lower it. The mock offroad look is so lame. Are you a sheep or an individual?