FX4 Package
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Exactly what we did. The factory Goodyear Wranglers went 35,000 miles for us, and they worked well. Not really an off road tire, but we did OK on all of the mild off road stuff we needed them for. We replaced them with a set of Michelins, which I expect to go a lot farther.
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From: Brentwood,CA
I've never seen a standard 4x4 on a lot with the locker. So unless a person wants to special order a truck, they will probably need to buy FX4 to get the locker.
Have you priced aftermarket skid plates? They are not cheap, and while the factory plates might not be the best, they are a lot better than nothing. Unless you are a city person who never goes off-road (Brentwood, CA), but then you should just admit that, rather than bashing the FX4 package.
Have you priced aftermarket skid plates? They are not cheap, and while the factory plates might not be the best, they are a lot better than nothing. Unless you are a city person who never goes off-road (Brentwood, CA), but then you should just admit that, rather than bashing the FX4 package.
The underside of my trucks get trashed quickly around here. I spent the money and went aftermarket and have on my last 5 trucks. The RCI plates have been perfect for what I do. I don't need my trucks to look pretty or to last past 100k. I need them to work continuously as hard as I do. So at 3am when I am tending my irrigation pumps or crisscrossing row crop mounds I don't worry about stray corn stalks or stray irrigation lines taking out my fuel tank. Also if you live close feel free to PM me I can show you the difference between factory skidplate protection vs aftermarket.
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So you would rather spend the 770.00 on the FX4 package instead of the 500.00 on legitimate aftermarket skid plates? Also I am flattered you put my city in there, but what does that have to do with it? I am willing to bet you googled Brentwood CA and didn't realize there is two of them.
The underside of my trucks get trashed quickly around here. I spent the money and went aftermarket and have on my last 5 trucks. The RCI plates have been perfect for what I do. I don't need my trucks to look pretty or to last past 100k. I need them to work continuously as hard as I do. So at 3am when I am tending my irrigation pumps or crisscrossing row crop mounds I don't worry about stray corn stalks or stray irrigation lines taking out my fuel tank. Also if you live close feel free to PM me I can show you the difference between factory skidplate protection vs aftermarket.
The underside of my trucks get trashed quickly around here. I spent the money and went aftermarket and have on my last 5 trucks. The RCI plates have been perfect for what I do. I don't need my trucks to look pretty or to last past 100k. I need them to work continuously as hard as I do. So at 3am when I am tending my irrigation pumps or crisscrossing row crop mounds I don't worry about stray corn stalks or stray irrigation lines taking out my fuel tank. Also if you live close feel free to PM me I can show you the difference between factory skidplate protection vs aftermarket.
I already stated that aftermarket plates are better than Ford's, but that Ford's plates are far better than nothing, so I don't know what you are trying to prove there.
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I haven't seen a new FX4 with the Fortitude (it also makes no sense to put them on the FX4), which makes me suspect that a dealer swapped wheels with another truck on the lot. It's actually quite common (I was a dealer tech in a former life).
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I am sorry but I just looked at the inventory of the nearby dealership.. in Irvine, California.. and they don't have a lot of FX4's but the lockers (I assume it's the electronic locking axles) are not what I'd call rare. More than half had that option.
My last two F-150's both had it and neither were FX4's and I did not actively seek out that option.
My last two F-150's both had it and neither were FX4's and I did not actively seek out that option.
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From: Burleson, Tx
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From: Brentwood,CA
I am sorry but I just looked at the inventory of the nearby dealership.. in Irvine, California.. and they don't have a lot of FX4's but the lockers (I assume it's the electronic locking axles) are not what I'd call rare. More than half had that option.
My last two F-150's both had it and neither were FX4's and I did not actively seek out that option.
My last two F-150's both had it and neither were FX4's and I did not actively seek out that option.
Same here, most of the trucks here are ordered with E locker or the Max Tow which includes E locker. The FX4 actually is the rare option around these parts.
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So my sticker says 3.55 locker, no charge. If it was part of the FX4, wouldn't it be listed under that package like the skid plates are, or like the wheels and other things are listed under the STX package?
I bought this off the lot, so it was sitting there like this with (iirc) 34 miles on it 7 months after it was built at the first or second highest volume dealer in the country.
Beats me.
After reading this thread I feel I should strip the FX4 package off the truck...…………………..
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