Good day all. I traded in my F-250 PSD for a nice 2004 F-150 FX4 last week. Nice to buy gas instead of deisel right now! I have kind of a silly question. I got the standard cab (with 2 small back doors) and what I think is called a stepside or flareside. The bed is 6 1/2' long and about 52" wide and a little deeper than my F-250 was. The question is what is this body style called. I have heard name of a meriad of different body styles for these new trucks. Just wondered what the "official" name of the body style of mine is for when I order things on the internet or through a catalog.

Thanks, Glenn

 

That distinctive style bed is a Flareside...a fine choice! (See my sig!)

(Chebby refers to it as a Stepside)

The other bed is the Styleside (aka Fleetside). Your cab is the Reg Cab (RC), other cab configs are SuperCab (Scab) and SuperCrew (Screw, w/ 5.5' bed and 4 full doors).

Congrats on a fine purchase. Good luck, and get your gallery loaded w/ pics!

 

Thanks Don, really like the truck so far (have put a whole 200 miles on it!) It is nice to be able to hear my cell phone when someone calls now. I liked the rumble of the diesel for a while, but the quiet is nice. Really like the audiophile stereo also. That is a heck of a sound system.

 

I've had my F150 standard cab since October and I've really enjoyed it. The really handy accessory I added is the cargo organizer that fits behind the seat. It keeps the groceries, luggage and other items you carry behind the seat in place. I did not use the installation kit provided because it entailed drilling large holes and cutting holes in the carpet. I simply got 4 large self tapping screws and put it in. That way, if I decide to remove it later, it will not show.

 

OS, was this an aftermarket thing or directly from Ford? May need that thing.

 

It was genuine Ford. I bought mine wholesale through my brother's body shop but you can look here at the fordgenuineaccessory website

 

Oh, and it's often called 'the new body, or new body style" in most catalogs.
That just refers to the 2004-2005 New Body Style F-150's as differed from the Heritage, 2004 F-150 that shares it's lineage with the 1997-2003.



Silly to mention it, but on another forum, folks have beefed about getting Heritage parts, also correctly listed as 2004 F-150 parts.

Best of luck with your new truck
Chris

 

Yes. The '04 and '05 models have deeper beds. I have a supercrew. I also have a question. You said that there were little doors in the back of your truck. Do they open backwards and have seats? If so it would be a supercab. The name is flareside. It's to bad you can't get a 6.5' bed with a supercrew.

 

Well, the back doors do open backwards...no seats though. I found I never used the back seats in my F-250 so, when I saw this one and it still had some room back there for storage I decided I did not need back seats. Really like the truck though. The only thing behind the seats is the (I guess) subwoofer/amplifier box for the audiophile system.

 

you've got a nice truck