{"id":579301,"date":"2026-04-12T06:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579301\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T06:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:27:15","slug":"roush-will-turn-your-base-ford-f-150-xl-into-a-fat-tire-street-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579301\/","title":{"rendered":"Roush Will Turn Your Base Ford F-150 XL Into a Fat-Tire Street Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While Ford<\/a> deserves credit for its light-touch street truck, the F-150 Lobo<\/a> just doesn\u2019t go far enough. It sits too high on tires that are too skinny, and it\u2019s only available as a crew cab. Roush<\/a> is doing what Ford should have and giving a basic two-door F-150 a street truck makeover.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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 exhaust system enhances the sound of the 5.0-liter V8 that\u2019s standard on regular-cab versions of the XL (and a $2,340 option on the XLT crew cab). It makes 400 horsepower and 410 pound-feet of torque from the factory.<\/p>\n

The lowered stance and bigger wheels and tires are the main attractions, but the Nitemare package also includes hood air extractors, a new grille with amber lights and \u201cRoush\u201d lettering, and an optional graphics package. The blacked-out exterior with a splash of orange around the grille looks decidedly Lobo-like, and also doesn\u2019t match the interior, which gets red accents instead.<\/p>\n

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All of this costs $22,999 on top of the price of a new F-150, which is $42,125 if you go for a regular-cab XL or $50,850 for a crew-cab XLT (both prices include a $2,795 destination charge<\/a>). So the upgrade package is equivalent to about half the price of the truck itself, and pricier than a base Lobo even if it\u2019s added to a base F-150 XL. You can at least get a Nitemare at certain Ford dealerships, and the modifications are backed by a three-year\/36,000-mile warranty.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you could skip the visual upgrades and slap the $10,250 Whipple supercharger kit<\/a> from Ford Performance Parts on a base regular cab XL. That boosts the 5.0-liter V8 to 700 hp and 590 lb-ft for $52,375.<\/p>\n

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Stephen has always been passionate about cars, and managed to turn that passion into a career as a freelance automotive journalist. When he’s not handling weekend coverage for The Drive, you can find him looking for a new book to read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[128233,254197,74],"class_list":["post-579301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-f-150","tag-roush","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}