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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 91 4 do'
So I have decided that I'm going to hang onto my 2006 F250 Crew for a little while. All the other trucks I've had in the past lacked something I was looking for which spurred the reason to sell and find the next best deal. This truck has it all, it rides well, came with backup sensors (very nice for a large truck), built in brake controller, windows were tinted, etc.
So I started with
'06 F250 CC lariat, heated seats, 6.0 powerstroke diesel
for extras it had
Superlift 6" suspension Kit with full rear spring pack
37x13.50x22 Kuhmo MT tires
dual steering stabilizer
5% tint
dual exhaust
billet grill
custom sub box, amp and rockford component speakers.
I was pretty stoked when I scored this truck, even my '04 was sadly missed, but it didn't have backup sensors (which made that truck a pig to park), window tint or any audio when I bought it. I put 38x15.5x20 Nitto Mud Grapplers on that truck and it was so loud, I gladly sold that rig after driving it a year and a half, not to mention I pretty much got out of it for what I paid.
I found this truck with 10K more on the odometer for a grand less than what I paid for my '04. I was quite pleased when I realized the extras that I didn't even know about when I bought it.
Within weeks I purchased an Alpine touch screen DVD player with sirius and an ipod interface and have been enjoying that. I was going to sell the truck before it needed tires (sounds funny, but trust me, I've had 9 Powerstrokes, made some money on all of them) but with the economy the way it is but instead ran a set of 37" BFG MTS I had lying around for a while.
My only complaint on this truck is
1) I installed a 2" leveling kit on top of my 6" lift to raise the front, making it for bad angle on the ball joints and tough steering
2) rear springs were too soft, therefore it dropped with a trailer pretty low.
I for one am not the biggest Superlift fan, but this truck rode well before I messed with it. If I had it my way I would buy the Kelderman air ride kit, but I don't have $10K to drop on a air ride lift that adjusts from 6" to 15" lift.
I found a correction by ordering the correct radius arm mounts from Superlift and also purchased a set of Airlift airbags off of Craigslist for $200 inlcuding in cab controller, this kit should be like $500-600 but somebody was trading in their F350.
I modified the kit to work with my lifted truck and installed it all last weekend.
I like it, put my 22s back on, wired up the bags, installed the radius arm mounts and will enjoy this truck for a couple more years. Thinking about going 40s when it's time for new tires, the 37s are kinda dinky now that my front and rear lift are both sitting at 8" instead of 6. The airbags raised my rear 2" when not all that full and 3" fully aired up!
Here is a pic of the truck pre-airbags, little baja looking. It's pouring rain so I thought I'd share my project here in Explorerland. Pics to come post rain.
So I started with
'06 F250 CC lariat, heated seats, 6.0 powerstroke diesel
for extras it had
Superlift 6" suspension Kit with full rear spring pack
37x13.50x22 Kuhmo MT tires
dual steering stabilizer
5% tint
dual exhaust
billet grill
custom sub box, amp and rockford component speakers.
I was pretty stoked when I scored this truck, even my '04 was sadly missed, but it didn't have backup sensors (which made that truck a pig to park), window tint or any audio when I bought it. I put 38x15.5x20 Nitto Mud Grapplers on that truck and it was so loud, I gladly sold that rig after driving it a year and a half, not to mention I pretty much got out of it for what I paid.
I found this truck with 10K more on the odometer for a grand less than what I paid for my '04. I was quite pleased when I realized the extras that I didn't even know about when I bought it.
Within weeks I purchased an Alpine touch screen DVD player with sirius and an ipod interface and have been enjoying that. I was going to sell the truck before it needed tires (sounds funny, but trust me, I've had 9 Powerstrokes, made some money on all of them) but with the economy the way it is but instead ran a set of 37" BFG MTS I had lying around for a while.
My only complaint on this truck is
1) I installed a 2" leveling kit on top of my 6" lift to raise the front, making it for bad angle on the ball joints and tough steering
2) rear springs were too soft, therefore it dropped with a trailer pretty low.
I for one am not the biggest Superlift fan, but this truck rode well before I messed with it. If I had it my way I would buy the Kelderman air ride kit, but I don't have $10K to drop on a air ride lift that adjusts from 6" to 15" lift.
I found a correction by ordering the correct radius arm mounts from Superlift and also purchased a set of Airlift airbags off of Craigslist for $200 inlcuding in cab controller, this kit should be like $500-600 but somebody was trading in their F350.
I modified the kit to work with my lifted truck and installed it all last weekend.
I like it, put my 22s back on, wired up the bags, installed the radius arm mounts and will enjoy this truck for a couple more years. Thinking about going 40s when it's time for new tires, the 37s are kinda dinky now that my front and rear lift are both sitting at 8" instead of 6. The airbags raised my rear 2" when not all that full and 3" fully aired up!
Here is a pic of the truck pre-airbags, little baja looking. It's pouring rain so I thought I'd share my project here in Explorerland. Pics to come post rain.
