Ordered her March 28th, picked her up June 1 in OKC. Loving every minute of it! She won't be modded to the gills like her bigger sister, but she will get a few small things here-and-there.

The specs are: 2012 FX4, EB, 3.73, FX app, lux, nav... Basically fully loaded except for max tow and the 4.10 axles. I love it, been averaging 17.5 mpg's (mostly highway driving) and its a blast to drive!

I get the best of both worlds now since I kept the 05 in the stable!

First day home:


A week later tinted, bed lined, stripe gone, wheel wells sprayed and truck fully detailed:




For anyone interested here are some shots of the app package stripe:



Hopefully the pictures are rotated and straight..

 

Good LAWD!!!!!





That is all.

 

Oh, and call me crazy, but I actually like the appearance package stripe.

Having said that, these trucks look equally ridiculously fantastic with or without it, IMHO.

Awesome truck, man! I'm uber-jealous!

 

You must be the fire chief ?? Where's the lights and siren ?

 

Funny you mention that... I pretty much hate the job I just moved to at the beginning of this year... It pays great and good benefits BUT this 8 hours behind a desk and computer ain't for me. Fire fighting is something I have always been interested in and I think the winds of change are blowing.. I need a job where I actually feel like I do something and make a difference..


As for the stripe it was growing on me, but once it was gone I didn't have too many regrets.

 

New truck looks good man! Amazing how much some tint will do.

Glad you still have the 05, too nice of a truck to get rid of.

 

Truck looks really nice, but you are gettin rid of the pirelli's right?

Anyways.. Congrats and enjoy..

 

Awesome! Congrats! How about a side-by-side shot of the girls?

 

Well... I had planned on it, even setup a shoot with a local photographer for some good pictures.. Then this happen:




One of the pinion bearings came unseated and imploded and it was down hill from there.. EVERYTHING in the pumpkin was a loss by the time we got it back in the shop. That's a $2.5k axle that was just rebuilt after the first implosion less than 1000 miles ago.. Needless to say I'm pissed. It's already on the way to be built up by a real shop this time sparing no expense.. It will not fail again or I'll lose it.

 

Thats one sexy truck!

 

I was begining to wonder if you were ever going to show us pics of the new ride. Just the tinted windows and removing the stripes made a big improvement. Looks great

 

Looking good my man. They will look great next to each other! Damn shame your rear end blew out.... looks like it was rather exciting when it happened.....

 

I love it! I've always wanted a red truck. What are your plans?

-Curtis-

 

Luckily we had just left the shop and my daughter was not with us.. It was a sudden stop from 50mph when bearings jammed into every tooth, nook and cranny in there and all the teeth sheered off the pinion and further jammed things up. It was not moving and was already a total loss so we called for the other set of wheels and tires, unhooked the driveshaft, and proceeded to drag it kicking and screaming back to the shop. It put a sizable hole in the mag-hytech cover when things imploded.

 

alright, congrats!!! I know you've been itching for this new toy to arrive.