FOX event presentation - Fox Factory Truck Part 1 

🤣🤣 that is the benchmark.

Good eye on the shocks. I agree man. The price is crazy high just in the name of exclusivity. For the same money you can have HM build you a fully caged prerunner

Agreed. Price is its major drawback.

It’s a regular warrantied vehicle that can still get after it….

True, but so is the Raptor at half the cost 🤷‍♂️.

Yeah. This thing takes it a step further with the position sensor on the shocks. Imagine with SDI could do with this system. Because the Fox guys figured out forward stability. But their side stability still needs some work

Agree. Over the air updates is great and trail mapping features looked cool.

There is a lot to like here. The main thing that sucks is the price. I think this is a $120-140k build max with everything at low production numbers like they are doing here. And it’s basically on par with a Raptor R, BUT with a peppier engine. That 6.2 is awesome and power on demand was crazy. But the biggest thing I hated, was nothing that Fox did. Build quality of the GM truck is nowhere near as good as Ford. The door rattling on the ride along was crazy and very loud.

Totally agree. I get where they are going with it. Make it exclusive and make maximum profit for a short run because scaling production is very hard. I just wish GM actually built something like it at a reasonable price.

Agreed

We are on the same page there. There is a ton of potential here and it’s a new level of customization than can be done on our driveways. So excited for what this can turn into.

Brenthal brothers did say they tested quite a few to make sure they had the same flexibility as your typical heim joint in that same situation.

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad I saw that. It makes me hopeful for innovation of parts across all platforms.

Agreed. Heim joints are great but they wear quick and have a short lifespan. A sealed ball joint with the same flexibility would last much longer

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad exactly. I want that concept for all of our trucks. Less maintenance means more play and more money for upgrades

They way they explained it was the steering rack is not optimized for offroad use like the raptor one is. Being eletronic, they tried to adjust its programming to better deal with offroad feedback and they bricked the whole system. They said so on the video. We will talk about the steering in the next video. Because IMO it still needs some work and the slow ok footage shows it

Yeah. I think that’s the goal. But they probably won’t release the kits until after the first 500 are sold out

Just finished editing it. Much longer video since we had a lot to cover and it took me a while to edit it so it’s not a boring ass video of 2 talking heads. Will drop this Sunday

Yeah it does suck. Because the only true off-roader from GM is the Colorado ZR2 bison. But the current gen only has a Turbo4. I wish this was more affordable or that they release all of these components as a kit so that we can build these in our driveways. Everything is bolt on so no reason why we could not build this

I have. Definitely some good there. But a lot of drawbacks plus a ton of time to build it. It’s not someone can do in their garage. Would love to see one on the trails too. What little footage there is on dirt is not impressive

Rs are going for $140-150k so this is $60k more. But agree that we need GM to actually make an OEM truck to match the Raptor. But I don’t think they will. Their lame attempt was the Silverado ZR2 and that’s it. The Colorado ZR2 business is probably the closest GM will get

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad 140 isn’t too bad…last one I saw for sale was a 2024 brand new for 157k with an MSRP of 112k maybe I need to look harder …

You can get them down to 30k markup is you look and negotiate. Some guys getting as low as $5k over, but they are waiting. Year or more to get it

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad I don’t mind waiting but the dealers all give me the runaround saying they don’t have allocations lol 😂 but when I’m serious I need to see if I can get the price down to 130k or less cause I need that V8 if I’m gonna do it…

Stock gas tank unfortunately.

I think you can pick whatever base truck you want. As long as it’s a 1500. Can you get the Duramax? In the 1500?

@KeepItDirtyOffRoad yeah you can get the LZ0 3.0L Duramax in 1500 GM trucks. I have the older LM2 on my 21 AT4, and it's an amazing engine offroad with an amazing range per tank and a ton of torque. Don't plan on going back to a V8 gasser as long as this is an option.

Really? Going to have to try it out. Diesel engines aren’t known for their pep. How’s the power band? Do you really need to get on it to get it going? Or is it peppy like the 6.2?

@KeepItDirtyOffRoad you should really check one out. It doesn't rev as high as the 6.2 so it feels different. It can do the same at lower RPM and the 10 speed does magic with that engine. The turbo diesel has a lil bit more get up and go than the 6.2 at lower RPM but the 6.2 feels more responsive at higher RPM. Now with tuning and even larger turbo, there is no question that the little Duramax blows the 6.2L out of the water. I do some of the high speed dirt roads here and my truck cruises so effortlessly compared to a gas engine at the same speed where it feels like it's screaming all the time. It is a very different driving experience.

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Totally agree. This team here basically got tired of waiting for GM to make one and they made their own. But GM and Mopar still have a long way to go, to match the raptor.

I honestly think this is going to be more of a collector truck than a real truck that’s going to be going off-road

I think you may be right.

That would be cool.

🤣🤣 there is a lot that can de done for the price. Even more when you find out the vast truck is an RST.

The only way a Tacoma would be better than this is if it’s LS swapped period. There isn’t a scenario where that V6 is making anywhere near 700hp. And yes, you could fully link and LS swap a Tacoma for less.

@@KeepItDirtyOffRoad ls3 with a Magnum or Whipple and sas or 5.0 from HRD

That’s my thought exactly. Though it would be more than that in parts I think.

Yeah. Unfortunately they will just sit in rich guys collections

One of the goals for the project was full warranty support anywhere there is a GM dealer. So even though they keep calling it a bespoke build, you are right. Everything is already figured out. To the guys that can afford that may be a good thing. Not sure. But the deep pockets there with us seemed to be impressed. I was a little perplexed.

Just means they made a lot of it in house. Specially since Baja kits is part of Fox now

🤣🤣 that’s pretty harsh. But I think the price is what’s makes it garbage. If it was more reasonably priced, OR the parts were offered as kits to install in our driveways, the opinion would be different.