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Picking up my new lariat powerboost soon (shipping now) and was wondering if anyone has tried spray painting with high temp paint or maybe plastic dip on those “diapers”? I’m thinking that may help, but I’d love an opinion from someone who already has their truck and dealt with these. Thanks in advance!
It's a fabric type material. I'm at 50k and no issues. The issues come from oil change boys at the shop.
I did the oil change on our 2015 yesterday and at 9 years and 125k miles the transmission diaper is finally going in the trash since the front corner tore off when I was removing it. At least it didn’t happen while driving and having to deal with getting it off on the road somewhere.
Just confirming the Raptor metal guard, bolts and nuts linked from Post # 2 Is a perfect fit on a 2020 XLT. I too squirted it with rubber undercoating prior to installation. The saggy sorry OEM felt shield is out with the garbage. Total cost for parts $206 including shipping and tax.
Got myself some new Rhino ramps to make access even faster.
I'm quite glad to have found this thread.
QUOTE=SpencerPJ;7564569]Post #13 is p/n for a steel version that works. There are some very nice aftermarket ones as well (bit pricy imo) This topic is as ugly as an oil thread. I too like the shield for added protection against some wires below, and hides the cats a little. Others feel it is unnecessary and comical to consider. Thankfully my 4 year old, 50k diaper is still in perfect shape, must be because I do my own oil changes and take care of it.
Not worth replacing with another fiber. Mind didn't make it to 30,000 thanks to an empty 5 gallon pail that I ran over. It blew out of the back of a truck that was ahead of me. We were cruising along at 70 MPH and no where to go to avoid it without hitting someone else. I went with a metal plate myself.
Please share where to get/order the metal replacement. I'm on my second fiber splash guard & needing to replace, only because of the notorious oil leak from the oil pan.
