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Hello all, I recently picked up a 2003 Excursion Limited 6.0 2WD with 127K, in what I feel was in really good condition. It belonged to a transportation company that would be hired to drive doctors around, so fleet maintained, and detailed regularly. Anyhow I have been poking around the forum and reading up on this massive ride and tips from the other members. I look forward to learning more about this interesting ride. I sold my trusty 2004 F150 FX4 crew cab that I had since 2006 and moved over to the Excursion. I've not done much yet in the two weeks that I've owned it. I put my old double din Pioneer app radio in it (Read up on trimming and the mount on here), installed a back up camera (One I read about in the forum), and read about wheel options. I don't like to go after market on wheels, I like to stick with Ford factory wheels. I wanted 20 inch Ford wheels, but did not want to buy the pricey spacers (Which I read about on here, lol), so I am assuming I got lucky as I found a set of 2004 F250 King Ranch 18 in factory wheels on craigslist and scooped those up for $450. They weren't in as good as condition as I was lead to be but they looked good enough. I opted to go with some black center caps to give them a different look and I am happy with them. I did want to powder coat them black at first, but I ran out of budget with other things I am planning such as new shocks, sway bars, bulletproofing etc. The windows are tinted way dark, so at night it's like driving in a cave lol, not sure if I want to keep it that dark or change the tint later on to something a little lighter. Also these things need a little ambient lighting, going to read up on maybe doing something with that. Still learning about Diesel as I have never had one before. I need to read up on proper start up in the mornings when it is cold. Anyhow, figured I would post about my new to me ride and join in the discussions.
The day we brought it home.
Interior and head unit originally installed, which I swapped with my Pioneer App radio. The plus was the previous owner had installed the module to allow use of the steering wheel controls which I moved over to the new radio.
Very Clean interior.
Very Clean interior.
Very Clean interior.
New tires and King Ranch 18 inch with the Limited center caps.
New tires and King Ranch 18 inch with the Limited center caps. (Wheels are dirty, had not cleaned them yet.)
New tires and King Ranch 18 inch with the black Ford center caps. (Wheels are dirty, had not cleaned them yet.)
New tires and King Ranch 18 inch with the black Ford center caps. (Wheels are dirty, had not cleaned them yet.)
Besides being a 2wd and a 6.0, I love the truck. I kid, I kid.... Nice looking truck.
Lol, I actually wanted a 4wd, and thought it was 4wd when I went to see it as that is how it was advertised. However it turned out the owner was mistaken. I was able to get them to drop $1900 off the price, but since it was SOOO Clean and looked soo good inside I said what the heck, plus we had driven 3 hours to see it. Most of the ones I had seen in my price range had over 230K miles and were pretty rough on the inside at least the drivers seat. So I settled on the 2wd, I hardly used the 4wd on my old F150 FX4. I still have a little regret but can't do anything about it now, lol.
Lol, I actually wanted a 4wd, and thought it was 4wd when I went to see it as that is how it was advertised. However it turned out the owner was mistaken. I was able to get them to drop $1900 off the price, but since it was SOOO Clean and looked soo good inside I said what the heck, plus we had driven 3 hours to see it. Most of the ones I had seen in my price range had over 230K miles and were pretty rough on the inside at least the drivers seat. So I settled on the 2wd, I hardly used the 4wd on my old F150 FX4. I still have a little regret but can't do anything about it now, lol.
I see an opportunity for a conversion here...near central Texas?
Lol, I actually wanted a 4wd, and thought it was 4wd when I went to see it as that is how it was advertised. However it turned out the owner was mistaken. I was able to get them to drop $1900 off the price, but since it was SOOO Clean and looked soo good inside I said what the heck, plus we had driven 3 hours to see it. Most of the ones I had seen in my price range had over 230K miles and were pretty rough on the inside at least the drivers seat. So I settled on the 2wd, I hardly used the 4wd on my old F150 FX4. I still have a little regret but can't do anything about it now, lol.
I probably don't need 4x4 on my Excursion, but I do use it on my Dodge 2500. I mainly roll 4x4, so I can retain my Texas man card. They are a ruff crowd around these parts and I succumb to peer pressure Its a gem of a truck though. Black is my favorite color for the Excursion.
I probably don't need 4x4 on my Excursion, but I do use it on my Dodge 2500. I mainly roll 4x4, so I can retain my Texas man card. They are a ruff crowd around these parts and I succumb to peer pressure Its a gem of a truck though. Black is my favorite color for the Excursion.
Lol, if that's the case, I guess I lost my 4X4 Texas man card when I sold my FX4, but this diesel makes enough noise that I would hope I could get my man card back lol. What part of Texas, I am in Austin.
You should be able to see I'm in Bastrop, but I work in Austin.
I have the hookup for 4x4 super duty conversion parts in this area. You can go with a Dana 60 leaf sprung front axle, manual shift transfer case and 5R110 with 4x4 tail shaft, or you could do like I am and convert the whole thing to the 05+ axles and coil springs.
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Its a gem of a truck though. Black is my favorite color for the Excursion.
