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Nov 9, 2018 | 08:50 AM

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ks54703

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From: West Central Wisconsin

Look on http://www.car-part.com/ in you area or similar site then make up you mind. F150 / F250 tailgates are running + $ 2K So that's a lot of options on a new truck
Find the a with the step. Also it is just to bad the MFG's have jacked these vehicles so high that people have to turn to alternatives just to use the truck.
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18 Lariat, with step

Nov 9, 2018 | 09:02 AM

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DarrinT04

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Originally Posted by 011screwball

For the cost of the step, I don't know why Ford even makes these trucks without the step. I didn't think much about the step, but now that I've used it, I wouldn't buy one without it.

it is a very nice feature to have

Nov 9, 2018 | 11:03 AM

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lateapex911

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If the trucks weren't needlessly (for MOST of the buyers, be honest) high, they wouldn't need a step in the first place!!!

Nov 9, 2018 | 01:37 PM

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finalcountdn

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Originally Posted by lateapex911

If the trucks weren't needlessly (for MOST of the buyers, be honest) high, they wouldn't need a step in the first place!!!

You have that right, at least for me. When I was much younger I wanted a tall truck. Now I just want a functional truck that I don't need a ladder to get into the bed with.

Nov 11, 2018 | 09:58 AM

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Spectragod

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Ironically, mine is lowered, the step is inches off the ground when deployed, makes it easier for "little people" to get into the bed...lol

Nov 11, 2018 | 10:36 AM

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jp2012

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Originally Posted by PARIAH

I thinks it's Ford's way for the purchaser to step up (see what I did) into a more expensive trim level. You want a tailgate step, next trim level up. You want LED stuff, two trim levels up. From what I've heard as each trim level goes up, the profit margins go up,

(I see what you did, lol)

But my XLT has the tailgate step, so it doesn't take much of a trim level upgrade (step up?) to get it.

Nov 11, 2018 | 01:41 PM

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lateapex911

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Originally Posted by Spectragod

Ironically, mine is lowered, the step is inches off the ground when deployed, makes it easier for "little people" to get into the bed...lol

How far did you go?? I am thinking hard about lowering mine. Not slamming it, but getting it down a bunch. I expect there's probably two or three levels: Some lowering for easy and cheap, some more for some more parts and work and $$, and a whole bunch for significant changes and expense. I'd like the midddle results for the first levels effort and money, LOL.

Is there a thread here that is the go to thread for lowering? Or perhaps you chronicled your build??.