With the way things are going i will not be able to trade my 2wd in for a 4wd so my new project is getting all the parts of the next year to make the swap. All the underneath stuff will be easy for me the only thing I am going to have to learn is all the electrical stuff.

I have a 2005 screw

I am going to be pulling parts from an 05 f150 like mine as soon as I can find a wrecked one. I figure it will cost me around 2k over the next 1 1/2 year maybe less maybe more. All labor I can do I am also going through 10 pages of this topic

These are what I can come up with to make the swap
-transfer case
-tranny?
-front drive shaft
-rear drive shaft?
-front diff
-front brakes
-front shocks
-pcm?
-interior ***** and such
-lots of electrical ****

read a lot so i see it can be done but I have seen one or two post saying the frame is different? any truth to this?

I honestly can not trade in or sell in my situation

 

i don't mean to sound like an ***, but if you gotta ask you shouldn't be doing it. are the frames even the same? i bet you would spend way more than 2grand on the whole swap also.

 

It's simple. Trade the 4x2 in on a 4X4.

 

My problem is I am over upside down on my loan cause of my last jeep, right now I would not be able to do a trade in. I have just been in some situations lately i really could use 4x4

 

just asking about what I have searched for


different frames sounded like bs to me

whats would I be looking at ball park It would either be a bike or the 4x4 swap. it does sucks not having 4x4 in my truck. I am also looking for a 4" lift to straighten out my front end geometry

 

If your in that situation perhaps it's a better idea to put the money towards the car loan and wait, trade it in for a factory 4x4 later.

 

from what I have been reading that's looking like what I am going to have to do

 

I actually contacted a local truck shop for this, and they said between labor, and parts and everything to go into it, it would run about 8-10k.. Basically, it's WAY cheaper to trade in the truck, or sell it and buy one exactly the same but 4wd.

 

yea solid axling a 2wd is the only way to go, not cheap at all but possible with deep pockets and the cool factor is priceless.

 

Yesir! ah so keeping the truck eh? You might not want a GMC, because they are going to be gone, it'll just be Chevy and Caddy

 

yea for right now i am, yes unfortunately....i will get my sierra new or used

 

It would take you selling your two wheel drive truck and buying a 4x4. Otherwise, you'd have a rigged together fustercluck of epic proportions that'd never work right.

 

I've always loved your truck anyway!

Anyways, Back to the OP

 

a rear selectable locker would definitely help, along with good mud tires, and you'll go just as far as a 4x4 on street tires

 

This too. A locking rear diff, and the right tires, and within reason there ain't many places you can't go in your two wheel drive that a four wheel drive could.