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Roush Will Turn Your Base Ford F-150 XL Into a Fat-Tire Street Truck

While Ford deserves credit for its light-touch street truck, the F-150 Lobo just doesn’t go far enough. It sits too high on tires that are too skinny, and it’s only available as a crew cab. Roush is doing what Ford should have and giving a basic two-door F-150 a street truck makeover.

The latest Roush Nitemare package is available on the F-150 XL and XLT trim levels, meaning you can now get a base F-150 with attitude. A suspension kit consists of new coilovers, twin-tube dampers, progressive-rate springs, and new sway bars with CNC-machined aluminum bushing brackets. This setup lowers the truck three inches in front and five inches in back. Roush claims this suspension gives the F-150 1g cornering ability.

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Roush also adds 22-inch wheels with 305/40R22 General G-Max AS07 all-season tires, with slotted brake rotors to improve stopping power with those enlarged wheels. A cat-back …


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Author: Stephen Edelstein

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