2017 XL rcsb
11-06-2017, 05:04 AM
#11
Senior Member
Wow that is sharp. Was it dealer stock? Very hard to find in my area.
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11-06-2017, 05:11 AM
#12
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very nice.
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Unknown_eyes (11-06-2017)
11-06-2017, 06:43 AM
#13
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you made some nice upgrades to it, The 2 doors sure look awesome too.
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Unknown_eyes (11-06-2017)
11-06-2017, 07:10 AM
#14
I liked it bone stock, but I like it even more after your work! Congrats!
I've got the exact stock package as the one you pictured at the dealer lot. Mine is Gem Green. I like the white better than mine. Chrome/Chrome and black grill in XL trim just like yours before the work. Mine has the lowest convenience package added (101A). Got it for $27.3K back in the Fall of 2015 with the 2.7 EB with at list price near $31K. I told the dealer what I wanted and they found one two states south. Got all I wanted but the color, but also had to settle for cloth seats (yuck!). The only mods I made was to cover the seats with vinyl and a soft, folding tonneau; and Rhino liner; about $200 for each. Getting 24 mpg; mostly commuting, average lifetime, but can blow the doors off most trucks if I ever get to wanting to. Love it.
I was actually considering a mid-size truck, because that's all I really need, but Ford makes the value undeniable for a basic full size truck that no mid size can compete. For comparison, the cheapest Colorado or Canyon with the baby diesel (the only engine choice with some low-end grunt) forces one into a crew cab and $36K MSRP. So for $8K less, I got the configuration that I prefer, with a power train I'd accept, in a full-size standard cab, which gives 7" more length and ability to stack plywood or gypsum flat in the bed. Mid-sizers these days can't even be had in a regular cab, and they can't justify their price; they've got wimpy 4 cylinders for base engines; and racy V6s that cost a couple thousand more at least as an option. GM offers the only engine/truck combination in a mid size that beats out F150 for mpg, and as mentioned above, it starts $9K higher price than the cheapest F150.
I'm not a big fan of dark colors like mine, because they are so hard to keep them looking decent. My green is so dark that it looks black unless the sun is shining with no shadows. Mine shows every speck of dust and every smudge, so you end up spending more time keeping a dark color looking decent. When it's clean it looks great and out shines light colors, but one trip down the road, and it shows! Love the white! Black or chrome grill are both fine by me. I've seen these white trucks with the black, base work bumpers, and I think even those look really good. I just don't like how the work versions trim around the headlights, but the bumpers themselves, set against the white look great, and those list at or about $27K with the base engine; I think for 2018, it's around $27.3K, so still a great value.
Just think, the stock weight of your truck, according to the specs over at the Ford website, is at or about 4040 lbs; before added options and mods. Few people can claim such a light full-size truck. Mine comes in at 4168 due to the heavier 2.7 that has GCI in its material design; the weight of mine dropped around 30 pounds for 2016 and 2017; they must have used more aluminum the second and third year. I've verified that's pretty close on scales and estimating cargo weight. For 2018, all the weights went up slightly, including the base engine, which is slightly smaller and it's the same tranny now starting @ 4059 lbs, so that's a little odd. The one exception is the basic truck with the V8. The weight of that combination basically stayed about the same even with the heavier 10-speed, so they actually made the 5.0L a little lighter with its rework for 2018, but it looks as though all other engine reworks or the suspension or something about the truck for 2018 makes them all slightly heavier than the 2015-2017 models.
I've got the exact stock package as the one you pictured at the dealer lot. Mine is Gem Green. I like the white better than mine. Chrome/Chrome and black grill in XL trim just like yours before the work. Mine has the lowest convenience package added (101A). Got it for $27.3K back in the Fall of 2015 with the 2.7 EB with at list price near $31K. I told the dealer what I wanted and they found one two states south. Got all I wanted but the color, but also had to settle for cloth seats (yuck!). The only mods I made was to cover the seats with vinyl and a soft, folding tonneau; and Rhino liner; about $200 for each. Getting 24 mpg; mostly commuting, average lifetime, but can blow the doors off most trucks if I ever get to wanting to. Love it.
I was actually considering a mid-size truck, because that's all I really need, but Ford makes the value undeniable for a basic full size truck that no mid size can compete. For comparison, the cheapest Colorado or Canyon with the baby diesel (the only engine choice with some low-end grunt) forces one into a crew cab and $36K MSRP. So for $8K less, I got the configuration that I prefer, with a power train I'd accept, in a full-size standard cab, which gives 7" more length and ability to stack plywood or gypsum flat in the bed. Mid-sizers these days can't even be had in a regular cab, and they can't justify their price; they've got wimpy 4 cylinders for base engines; and racy V6s that cost a couple thousand more at least as an option. GM offers the only engine/truck combination in a mid size that beats out F150 for mpg, and as mentioned above, it starts $9K higher price than the cheapest F150.
I'm not a big fan of dark colors like mine, because they are so hard to keep them looking decent. My green is so dark that it looks black unless the sun is shining with no shadows. Mine shows every speck of dust and every smudge, so you end up spending more time keeping a dark color looking decent. When it's clean it looks great and out shines light colors, but one trip down the road, and it shows! Love the white! Black or chrome grill are both fine by me. I've seen these white trucks with the black, base work bumpers, and I think even those look really good. I just don't like how the work versions trim around the headlights, but the bumpers themselves, set against the white look great, and those list at or about $27K with the base engine; I think for 2018, it's around $27.3K, so still a great value.
Just think, the stock weight of your truck, according to the specs over at the Ford website, is at or about 4040 lbs; before added options and mods. Few people can claim such a light full-size truck. Mine comes in at 4168 due to the heavier 2.7 that has GCI in its material design; the weight of mine dropped around 30 pounds for 2016 and 2017; they must have used more aluminum the second and third year. I've verified that's pretty close on scales and estimating cargo weight. For 2018, all the weights went up slightly, including the base engine, which is slightly smaller and it's the same tranny now starting @ 4059 lbs, so that's a little odd. The one exception is the basic truck with the V8. The weight of that combination basically stayed about the same even with the heavier 10-speed, so they actually made the 5.0L a little lighter with its rework for 2018, but it looks as though all other engine reworks or the suspension or something about the truck for 2018 makes them all slightly heavier than the 2015-2017 models.
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Unknown_eyes (11-06-2017)
11-06-2017, 08:19 AM
#15
Yeah, they actually had 4 in stock. All in XL trim, 2 with 3.5L 2wd, 1 with 3.5L 4wd, and 1 with 5.0L 4wd. All with chrome and power packages. I would liked to have had a 5.0L 2wd, but it wasn't available. I don't do any towing, so the 3.5L will serve me well. And on the plus side, there were $5700 off in rebates on this particular truck.
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Unknown_eyes (11-06-2017)
11-06-2017, 06:07 PM
#17
Senior Member
Noticing any vibrations around 50-60mph?
11-07-2017, 12:09 AM
#18
As a matter of fact I do! Only a slight one, but it's noticeable to me. I am gonna take it back into the tire shop for a rebalance on the 20's as soon as I get a chance. I installed these at around 250 miles and have about 800 on it now. Didn't notice any vibration with the stock 17's. And mines not lifted, leveled, or lowered in any way. So it can't be driveline angle.
11-07-2017, 03:09 AM
#19
Got this new 2016 RWD last Jan for 22K. Finally got to try it out in the snow last weekend. Did pretty good but had to use the rear locker to make it back up the hill in the background. It’s steeper than it looks.
