2005 fx4 5.4
10-11 mpg city
14-15 highway

6"fab
1.5" aal
20" monsters
35" nitto terra grapplers
lots more

FOR SALE $17,500 ATL, GA

 

sweet truck, and from my experience you would definitely, about only .5mpg to 1 mpg though.

 

you would see better gains if you do a lot of city driving with those tires you have a lot of rolling mass which makes your truck work harder.

This is a very good thread about gears it sold me on doing a re-gear.
4.10's or 4.56's

 

if ur trying to sell it, why bother?

 

yeah i know i was thinking maybe i could get 14-15 city if i re geared it....guess not.
yeah i love my truck but with the way gas is i cant save any money!
i need to get rid of it i though $17,500 was a good deal but no one has even called on it once in 5 months!

 

**** ill think about buying it before i go to iraq i like that.

 

Just keep it, it's going to be too big of a loss right now.

 

whats losing is my bank account right now, i can break even on the pos i just need to get rid of it and get the smallest f ing car ever made lol

 

you would be a fool to assume you could sell it as it is right now and get everything back you put into it. you would be better off lowering it down, mounting on the stock tires/wheels, selling the truck, and then selling all the aftermarket parts you put on.

 

X2 on dropping it back down and selling off the parts you would make more on it. And if you do that I would be interested in the lift!

 

+1 for parting it out. It may take a little bit longer, but you'll get a lot more money for everything.

I'd just keep the truck and change your driving habits. Drive less, do more in one trip, don't speed up towards stops/red lights, etc. Unless you buy some $2000 civic or something, you're going to be in the hole when you buy a new car anyways.

 

I would just buy a small car with over 100k for 1500 bucks. Park your truck and just drive the car on the weekdays then treat yourself to the truck on weekends.

Your going to loose alot more than 1500 if you sell that truck now, might as well hold onto it and get the car with the money you would have lost by selling. That way when the economy improves and if gas comes down you can get what that truck is truly worth.

Seeing a truck that pretty go for 17k almost makes me want to cry.

 

Stuff like this makes me glad that I sold when I did.

 

I will buy it Drive that booger to Texas, and I will take it off your hands. I could get way more than 17k here in the Lone Star State. First thing that I would do, is take it to Midland or Odessa. Oil is way over a hundred bucks a barrel. Someone there would love to buy your truck

 

get a second job, cut out other things in your life, and keep the truck. Its beautiful. Very well done. Maybe look into public transport ? Bike (either one, but bicycle will save ya quite a bit of cash around town) etc. if you want it, find a way to keep it.

Scott also had a good idea. I remember back in Highschool I had a big oel Chevy I could barely afford to keep running. Bought a POS Samurai for $150 and was golden. Damn near 30 mpg's and a fun little beater. You can even take it camping and what not.