FX4 Package....Info needed
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The transfer case plate is actually pretty substantial. The fuel tank one is better than nothing and it is metal not plastic. I was just under my truck today doing something's and was checking them out. I am not a fan of the FX4 shocks but they are not bad. The hill decent and skid plates make the FX4 package worth it for what it costs.
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I've spent a lot of time reading on this forum and others over the years, and almost universally the "Rancho-branded" shocks are not well regarded. Supposedly they ride stiffer and fail sooner than the standard "black" shocks.
If they are the same shock, as some posters above have suggested, I've not had problems with mine - the black ones, that is.
I wouldn't turn down an FX4 truck...but the FX4 package is a joke. The 'skidplates' are plastic for the fuel tank, and a flimsy aluminum for the t-case. Better than nothing? Maybe. But functional as a skidplate over rocks? Nope.
Locking diff is a stand-alone option; FX4 may require it, but it is in no way tied into the Hill Descent Control system.
For those of you that travel down extremely steep grades off-road, HDC may be useful. Of course, low-range and low gear perform pretty much the same task while not wearing out and glazing your brakes.
HDC is not anything to be used on normal roads, and in most off-road driving is annoying to have switched on except for the steepest grades.
If they are the same shock, as some posters above have suggested, I've not had problems with mine - the black ones, that is.
I wouldn't turn down an FX4 truck...but the FX4 package is a joke. The 'skidplates' are plastic for the fuel tank, and a flimsy aluminum for the t-case. Better than nothing? Maybe. But functional as a skidplate over rocks? Nope.
Locking diff is a stand-alone option; FX4 may require it, but it is in no way tied into the Hill Descent Control system.
For those of you that travel down extremely steep grades off-road, HDC may be useful. Of course, low-range and low gear perform pretty much the same task while not wearing out and glazing your brakes.
HDC is not anything to be used on normal roads, and in most off-road driving is annoying to have switched on except for the steepest grades.
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I've spent a lot of time reading on this forum and others over the years, and almost universally the "Rancho-branded" shocks are not well regarded. Supposedly they ride stiffer and fail sooner than the standard "black" shocks.
If they are the same shock, as some posters above have suggested, I've not had problems with mine - the black ones, that is.
I wouldn't turn down an FX4 truck...but the FX4 package is a joke. The 'skidplates' are plastic for the fuel tank, and a flimsy aluminum for the t-case. Better than nothing? Maybe. But functional as a skidplate over rocks? Nope.
Locking diff is a stand-alone option; FX4 may require it, but it is in no way tied into the Hill Descent Control system.
For those of you that travel down extremely steep grades off-road, HDC may be useful. Of course, low-range and low gear perform pretty much the same task while not wearing out and glazing your brakes.
HDC is not anything to be used on normal roads, and in most off-road driving is annoying to have switched on except for the steepest grades.
If they are the same shock, as some posters above have suggested, I've not had problems with mine - the black ones, that is.
I wouldn't turn down an FX4 truck...but the FX4 package is a joke. The 'skidplates' are plastic for the fuel tank, and a flimsy aluminum for the t-case. Better than nothing? Maybe. But functional as a skidplate over rocks? Nope.
Locking diff is a stand-alone option; FX4 may require it, but it is in no way tied into the Hill Descent Control system.
For those of you that travel down extremely steep grades off-road, HDC may be useful. Of course, low-range and low gear perform pretty much the same task while not wearing out and glazing your brakes.
HDC is not anything to be used on normal roads, and in most off-road driving is annoying to have switched on except for the steepest grades.
I've bent steel skid plates into the tcase of my FJ40 when crawling in the boulders. I can't see anyone rock crawling in anything as long and low as an F350.
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