'26 XRT Lifted with Truxxx Kit
Had my '26 XRT Lifted with the Truxxx lift kit yesterday. $400 in WNC for installation and alignment. Wanted more clearance to reach trailheads as we live at the base of Pisgah Forest and are frequently off road. This puts us close to 9 inches.
First impressions: step-in and trunk height are much more practical. We're coming from a '22 Bronco Sport Badlands, so the XRT has felt pretty low. Now, that's fixed. Sitting in the garage, it feels more like an SUV now and less like a hatchback.
By my measurements, we gained 1.75" of height (I measured an arbitrary trim line on the side before and after). It's visually noticable, but doesn't look ridiculous (others may feel differently). I think there's room to go up a tire size, but not sure I ever will.
We had been getting 3.9 mi/kWh in mixed driving (mostly city and back roads, some highway) and moderate weather over 6ish weeks of ownership; I'll report back on range impact (some drop will likely also be due to the temps rising here and running AC more frequently).
Need to spend the weekend with it to see if the ride or road noise are impacted.
Only complaint is the shop wasn't able to get the alignment perfect (they said the kit makes it impossible to get it perfect without further modifications). We'll see if this impacts driving experience or tire wear long term.
On the whole, I think the improved clearance, for our use, will outweigh any of the negatives. But if I ever feel differently, we'll simply uninstall it.