add power folding mirrors (2010 SCREW FX4)
drivers grab handle needed
fuel filler door open from INSIDE CAB
Power Locking/Unlock Tailgate
add telescopic steering wheel
rear head rest capability to fold flush / into seat to not obstruct view
rear step bar for SCREW 5.5 bed

 

What would I change?

I like this truck alot however:


add telescopic steering wheel

make cruise control butoons ergonomic again, like my 92 F150 had and the wifey's 2002 Explorer has

manual tranny

tranny dipstick

remove latch / locking on center armrest

more storage in cab

real oil pressure gauge

real transmission temp gauge

transmission indicator light NOT bright orange

eliminate the extra W/S wiper wipe after off

 

Oh! And include the tailgate lock when you lock the cab.

 

I too want the driver's grab handle and I know I'll get someone giving me crap about this, but I want a chrome package available on the FX4. I love the FX4 package, but I think chrome bumpers rather than painted would hold up better off road. I already have rock pits in my paint! Other than that, as long as I don't have a sideways looking vagina-bowtie on the tailgate, I'm all good!

 

1) Use the 2004-2008 tailgate and tail lights. The 09+ is abominable.
2) Electric steering and therefore deletion of the hydraulic steering pump.
3) Electric AC and heater, so the AC can be run with the engine off and the heater can be hot immediatly.
4) Include power door locks on the XL's as a standard feature.
5) Include a USB port on the XL's AM/FM/Sirius/CD radio.
6) Include the inside/outside temperature gauge on the XL's.
7) Quit using 1982 Toyota Tercel wheels and tires on the XL's.
8) Include the cup holders in the 40/20/40 seat's armrest on the XL. What? you couldn't spring for an extra $3.00 piece of plastic just because it's an XL???
9) For the love of God, sell a 2 wheel drive that doesn't sit 16 miles higher in the rear than in the front. The 4wd front shocks and springs can't be anymore expensive than the 2WD's.
10) Make the whole body out of aluminum, not just the hood. 4900 lbs for a reg cab short bed 2wd is a little ridiculous. Aluminum can corrode, but it can't rust.
11) Put a cap back on the fuel filler. Yes, I know... No more forgetting the gas cap, no more emmission's check of gas cap seal, convenience of no gas cap to open and there's a trap that prevents gas theft via syphoning, but there isn't anything to prevent someone from dumping crap like sand or drain-o in the tank. A locking gas cap will...
12) Remove the 1960's radio antenna and do something else, like ChevroNissanYota does.

 

Things to change:

1. Make it so the F150 can have the same 6.7 Diesel motor as the Super Duties.
2. On the Heavy Duty F150's make it so we can use the same wheels as the Super Duties so we have a choice of styles to choose from for once.
3. Skip all the bull and rebuild the 6.2 gas engine as a 4v and while your at it deepen the stroke, none of this "Short stoke for high horsepower" stuff.
4. 50 gallon gas\diesel tank standard with long bed.
5. Start using geared limited slip differentials in the back and maybe in the front too.
6. Factory 3-5 gauge cluster on the A-pillar.
7. Real black cloth seats available in all trims.
8. Vinyl floors in all trims.
9. Full set of dipsticks for fluids
10. Factory 10,000 lbs+ front hitch receiver.
11. Factory available full brush guard in black or chrome
12. Electric heat at the very least.
13. Room for 35" tires with no rubbing on 4x4s
14. Air ride or at least allow to lower the tail gate a few inches to help with loading.
15. Polyurethane bushings used only.
16. Dual factory steering stabilizers
17. Back up camera standard
18. Well defined fuse blocks so if you don't have the owners manual you can still figure out what a fuse does.
19. All gauges have dual modes settable by the dealer or scan tool: Idiot gauge mode and Accurate gauge mode.
20. Dealer purchasable tuner with Stock/Economy/Max Power tunes with room for 5 more tunes.
21. Cab clearance lights standard.
22. Massively over sized brakes.

On the really really deep end I would like to see the F150 built on a Super Duty frame and axles so there is a high level of parts commonality.

Did I go too far?

 

Dude, I think you should buy a Kenworth!

 

For the F150 to carry the weight of the 6.7 it would have to be a 250!

Could you even fit that monster motor in the engine bay of a 150?

 

I wouldn't mind having a half ton truck built on a one ton frame.

I can only imagine the look on my parents face when I come home with one.

 

Tim I like how some member's lay it all out there, I tried to rep ya but I have to spread some first, well done Tim, I would change the tail lights.....

 

well, like ive been saying for years.....a HEATED STEERING WHEEL would be nice ford!!

 

Where do I start....

Dipstick for the tranny.
Drivers side grab handle.
Fuel cap. My comments on this are already well know....
Remove the TCS, RCS, (PIA system) or at least make it so that it actually turns off when you push the stupid button.
Put a real fan on the motor.
Ditch the plastic dam under the motor.
Keep the e-locker engaged past 25 mph....say like 40 mph.

 

Thank you sir, the thought was nice!

Personally I think that Superduty sales would sky rocket of they changed the design of the SD to match the F-150. I have had an epiphany and now believe the F-150 is bad a$$ looking.

 

I think it is odd that the USB port is on the bottom of the dash but the ipod holder is in the center compartment. So I have to have a wire along the center console near the shifter which can scream "steal my ipod". That USB should be inside the center compartment. Or have two, one outside and one inside.

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2010 Lariat

 

I rep'd ya Tim. Nicely said!