bschnelle5

If you don't like chrome then why would you shell out the $ for a Platinum? They have more chrome than any trim I've ever seen.

nfldfordman

plats have less chrome than xlts...

BrowningSCrew

Not really. XLT's don't have the big pimp panel on the tailgate, bedside lettering,or the chrome door handles. If you don't want chrome, but want it loaded, the king ranch is the way to go.

REGCABMAN

This is my Work Truck. Only Pic is it hauling my restoration project


2002 F-350 XLT Scab Long Box DRW
7.3L 6spd Stick

nfldfordman

the tailgate panel wasn't really chrome until 13th gen which I forgot about being chrome now. the lettering ain't much. even the grille on a plat ain't really true chrome. nor are the stock rims, on a superduty plat. and they have PTM bumpers, which does wonders for the chrome level.

they do still have enough mind you, but I always felt more chromed out on an XLT. agree on the king ranch though.

BrowningSCrew

4th gen. It's a brushed aluminum kinda look but it might as well the same thing as chrome as shiny and excessive as it is lol

nfldfordman

I was referring to the 15 F-150 although the SDs have it too....fas as I know on both it's actual chrome for '15....I wouldn't call the 15 SD a 4th gen though....just a facelifted 3rd.

but agreed it's excessive....plats would look so much cleaner without it....or the lettering......I can read badges, see wheels, look at grilles, whatever cues theat truck might have, and see it's a plat. they don't need to shout it from the rooftops

BrowningSCrew

It's the 4th generation. 99-04 05-07 08-10 11-present. The 09-14 platinum F-150's had the tailgate panel too though, it's not new for 15.

nfldfordman

99-07 is the same gen to me. no more change than 10th gens underwent in 99. as to the panel if my eyes and pics/trucks I've seen don't deceive me, yes it was there before '15 but it was just silvery, vs the '15 being actual chrome

BrowningSCrew

They were a lot further apart than the 99's were from the 97's. Different motors, suspension, interior, and front clip. Similar, but not the same generation.