Siskiyou

I recently bought a 2016 XLT, I had the nerf bar steps taken off today and the amp-research steps put on. The old bars would stop a door from hitting mine and I am just curious how the sides of these trucks hold up to door dings and grocery carts etc.?
Mike

2015F150Platinum4x4

They ding just as easily as anything else.

KYBuckeye

Ive spent $150 to have 2 dings taken out WITH the normal sidesteps on. They help but the it's not invincible. Nothing can stop a determined mom in a Sienna minivan at the grocery store from dinging your doors...nothing!!!

Droog

That's one reason I stuck with fixed running boards instead of something retractable, to help save door dings.

whirledpeaz

iTrader: (1)

In my experience, not very well against shopping carts. Someone let one go into the side of ours and left one heck of a dent. It was right above the inner brace and stretched the metal pretty good. I'm partially convinced they backed up and hit it again.

Having said that, some auto magazine did an article where they purposely dented the side of the bed on their aluminum f150 to see what it would cost to fix it. If you watch the video it looks like it took the first hit very well.

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Blue_Oval_Boy

Depending on the commercial you are watching, a rival manufacturer would like you to believe the shopping cart will go right through the door.....

Siskiyou

It's my understanding that rival manufacturer aka. Chevrolet, may regret those ads, aren't they scheduled to go aluminum in a few years?
Mike

UncleFester

Yesterday, I avoided the nice wide spot directly in front of the barber shop and parked 100 feet away all by myself so nobody would park near me. Getting my kids in the car seat is a PITA under normal circumstances and there was over 6" of snow in the parking lot. I figured I was safe from neighbors.

Nope. Some idiot in a CRV parked next to me instead of all the good spots I left for her.

Normal Strategy:
1) park on the end of a row,
2) park next to the handicapped spots and shade to that side to create extra room,
3) at work, I can park between to large columns,
4) park at least five spots away from everyone else.

Jus Cruisin

That is why I added these.







I also deploy the steps when parked at a restaurant or store.

TTA89

This is also why I park as far away from anyone and take the inconvenient spots as much as possible. I hate door dings... I have the retractable steps and if I HAVE to park next to people I always set them to stay "OUT" when parked.