How awesome is it that the 2011 FX4 has rear disc brakes!?

[06RangerXLT]

so my neighbour comes home the other day with a new truck. its a 2011 FX4 Ranger crew cab fully loaded with power everything. he retired from ford and it was a gift from them. it has upgraded seats with headrests and rear disc brakes just to name a few awesome new features. i dont get why ford is killing this truck, they just made it a beast.

 

[hondaxr650]

All Rangers from 2010 on have rear discs. Even the plain jane work trucks. What the hell took them so long????

 

[AgPete139]

Dunno. Been trying to figure that one out since forever.

Now I just need to find a wrecked one from a junkyard!

 

[kevinsranger]

so my neighbour comes home the other day with a new truck. its a 2011 FX4 Ranger crew cab fully loaded with power everything. he retired from ford and it was a gift from them. it has upgraded seats with headrests and rear disc brakes just to name a few awesome new features. i dont get why ford is killing this truck, they just made it a beast.

are you sure its a 2011 fx4? my friend ordered a 2011 and they said they discontinued the fx4, its just called a sport now

 

[wahlstrom1]

The rear disk's were needed so they could install traction control.... pesky electronic substitutes for proper driver training.

 

[gw33gp]

are you sure its a 2011 fx4? my friend ordered a 2011 and they said they discontinued the fx4, its just called a sport now

You can still get the FX4 in Canada but it is basically the same thing as the Sport.

 

[hondaxr650]

The rear disk's were needed so they could install traction control.... pesky electronic substitutes for proper driver training.

Driver training? What's that? We have 2 18ish year old lot kids at my dealership that don't know how to drive a manual trans. Pathetic.

 

[Mark_88]

Driver training? What's that? We have 2 18ish year old lot kids at my dealership that don't know how to drive a manual trans. Pathetic.

Hmmm...more like how to drive in certain weather and how to slow down on certain road conditions...I think everyone should have to spin out on a frozen lake a few times and sit in the back seat of a car driven downhill on icy roads...

Learning a manual tranny should also be manual~datory...

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Driver training? What's that? We have 2 18ish year old lot kids at my dealership that don't know how to drive a manual trans. Pathetic.

Something that apparently doesn't exist anymore. I am only 20 and I know how to drive, even experienced drives say I handle situations really well and know how to drive stick... but i am still too scared to drive on the roads cause of the other 85% of the population that can't drive worth c**p

 

[stegomon]

will the rear disc just bolt up to a stock 7.5

 

[corrond56]

will the rear disc just bolt up to a stock 7.5

If the axle tubes are the same diameter I would think so. My disc brakes off of a 8.8 bolted straight on to my 8.8 that had drums.

 

[06RangerXLT]

are you sure its a 2011 fx4? my friend ordered a 2011 and they said they discontinued the fx4, its just called a sport now

well this guy works for ford. and yep its a 2011 with 1200 km on it. got it last week

also in canada the fx4 and the sport are still very different. his fx4 has the skid plates, yet my best friends 2011 sport 4x4 does not.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

will the rear disc just bolt up to a stock 7.5

No different axle flange style again. Different that previous ranger 8.8/7.5 and different than Explorer 31 spline 8.8.

 

[--weezl--]

The rear disk's were needed so they could install traction control.... pesky electronic substitutes for proper driver training.

i'd take the traction control if i could... i mean, why not? i wouldn't use it for 4x4ing, but it would make driving to work at 5am in the snow, when i'm half asleep that much easier...

 

[TomB1269]

The rear disk's were needed so they could install traction control.... pesky electronic substitutes for proper driver training.

Traction control is nice and it helps. Good driving skills and proper throttle control make it even better. I have climb out of snow stuff front wheel drive could not get thru (02 Ranger Edge - NO 4X4 & Open diff- 1 wheel peeeeeellllll is fun - )
However, if the newer ranger have the Ford advanced track, I do not care how good you are its better. I can take my van at a 20 degree slide and stomp the brakes and it comes to a dead straight stop no spinning nothing be straightens itself out and stops (steering sensor incorporated with ABS/Traction control to modulate brakes differently at each wheel to re-align van in the direction the steering sensor references) ............ Blew my Doors off the first time