2006 Ford F-150 - Project Fast-150: Part 4 - Four Wheeler Magazine
Late-model Ford F-150 trucks remain ever popular and have proven themselves to be reliable. We chose a 2WD 2006 Ford F-150 as the base platform for a prerunner build meant to serve duty as a daily driver, camping vehicle, and weekend off-road rig for exploring and desert running. The goal was not to go too radical on the truck project, but to build a vehicle that could be highway-driven anywhere we wanted to go, then take us to some of our favorite off-road areas to play. What followed were front and rear suspension installations, fiberglass body components, custom bumpers, 37-inch rubber, and a wider rear axle with lower gearing to turn our new tires. The big enabler is the JD Fabrication long-travel front suspension with Bilstein coilovers and bumpstops. The 37-inch tires mean edged obstacles are more easily absorbed and the larger tires roll over whoops and holes better. The long-travel front soaks up the whoops great, but our limitation in the rough stuff comes from the shorter 12 inches of travel in the rear. Possibly, but for now we wanted to keep as much of the bed usable as possible. In any case, our 2006 Ford F-150 is now capable of covering rough dirt and whoops far better than it ever did in stock form. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
