Ok. Here is where the "major modification" quote comes in. We knew that there is no locker for the 04 f150 rear axle. So we went out and swapped my rear axle to a Currie Dana 60 rear end. Its has the Dana 60 Detriot locker 35 spline carrier. It took us about the weekend to do this, thanks to my buddies shop. We had to weld the shock mounts and leaf mounts on because they dont weld them on from Currie. It was a pain in the **** but its worth it.

 

What do you mean by you only lock it when you're in the desert, a detroit does not allow you to switch between an open diff or fully locked. Do you have pics of the swap?

 

The Detroit Electrac functions as a heavy-duty limited slip differential and a driver-activated fully locked performance differential.

 

I've heard of the new Electrac but none of what I heard was good, several early units have failed. I did not include this because I never would have thought you'd swapped the axle, can we view the axle swap & switch tomorrow?

 

when I get my new camera ill post pics asap. My old camera bit the dust a few days ago.

 

I've got an '05 FX4 and dig it. It's my daily driver, rides pretty damn nice on the highway. I liked the gauge cluster a bit more than the Lariat, however I like the Lariats info center. In reality, I should have probably gone the Lariat route, but I thought they were probably out of my price range.
I love the sunroof in mine, that thing is open as long as it isn't raining. I guess the easy way to do it is just figure out what options you want and which truck has them. Hell they are the same body/chassis so everything else is just icing.

 

Get those pics yet???

 

I am still waiting on UPS to bring my camera. I ordered a D50 from ebay and it is taking forever. I tried taking some with my camera phone and it just looks stock. The only thing that looks really different on my truck is the little switch in my dash to activate the locker. The stock 5.4 9.75 rear end looks just about exact to the axle I have on my truck now. Except for the diff cover which has cooling fins on it. Thats it.

 

How much did that setup run you, I am very interested in getting a locker on my truck...

 

Go with the Lariat, you won't be sorry

 

And Don't think Lariat's can't play off road

 

it ran me about 1500. My family races baja so we got some deals on stuff and we did all the work ourselves. So probably around 2 g's all together.

 

You should just get a STX 4*4! No but IMO depends on what you use your truck for. If you use it for business go for the lariat or for off road and fun usage get a FX4. The FX4 look cool to me.

 

I've got a Screw Lariat and I have the FX4 offroad package added to it and I wouldn't change a thing. Don't get me wrong, the FX4 is also a nice truck, but why downgrade model and add options when you could "OFFROAD-acise" a Lariat. I don't mind the King Ranch, but it's a bit too luxury for me right now. The Lariat is right in the middle.

Lariat all the way. No brainer.

 

What do you mean, you added the FX4 offroad package?

. . kind of like this?