What a great trip for you!. I did Daytona to Virginia Beach over Thanksgiving in our new F150 XLT 5.0. Even lifted on 35s we averaged 16-2 mpg for the entire trip. That, to me was pretty amazing. Most interesting part was stopping at Bucky's. What an adventure!
It has a 6" lift from Rough Country with M1 struts . The tires are Toyo AT 3 12.50 35/20s . I had a BDS lift with Bilstein 5100s on my last truck and don't see that much difference in quality of materials and ride. The wheels are "proprietary" from Sherrod, but they look very similar to Fuel...
Showing my 2025 F150 recently purchased. Had a 2014 F150 previously that was outfitted basically the same but the difference is I did all the work myself to the 2014. Miss the steel body, but enjoying lots of new and improved features. Got this one already done. A little expensive, but worth...