LOl I am a fan of yours too. I went back and forth between antimatter blue and atlas blue.

 

 

Good looking truck - congratulations.

I notice that yours has the Ford OEM "Hood Insulation Pad". May I ask you if that came stock with the truck, or did you add it post purchase? Just asking because my 2022 F150XL did not come with the hood insulation pad, and I was wondering if that is something I should get.

Nice truck...

 

Thank you,

My Hood Insulation Pad came with the truck its a 23 XLT maybe that is why. I know I had to get the rear fender liners as they did not come with the truck.

 

Thank you. Yes, I am sure you are correct there.

You have a very nice truck there, love the color...

 

I call those kind of wheels fleet rims cause they look like a county fleet truck.

 

Yes, you are correct, it is a fleet truck with the cheap stock fleet wheels. Sadly, it was all I could afford though.

 

Nothing sad about that, you got a nice truck that when the time comes you can add what ever wheels and accessories that you like. Make it your own!

 

Thank you sir. It is all good. I bought my first F Series truck, (lot truck) the summer of 1990. It was a base-series F150 and it came with these exact same wheels, lol. After a month or so I realized that I made a mistake and swore that I would not ever do that again.

My next three F-Series trucks were all special order trucks and were ordered with higher option wheels. You can see my 2000 F250XL in my original post.

When I purchased this 2022 truck, it was somewhat a rush job and this one was another lot purchase, and I knew it was a fleet-truck. I broke my own promise and bought it anyway because cash is really tight for me these days, (retired).

I will just have to live with stock wheels again, but actually I am fortunate that I was able to even get what I got.

Thank you for your kind words.

 

Lookin' good! And you started out with the sought "blacked out" appearance, much like my older gen 2017 XL RCSB.
One thing I will mention is keep track of the steel wheels seizing on the hub center.I went to aftermarket wheels right away mounting snows to the steel OEM's, after the first snow season they were a plain bitch to get off. KM