NEW TRUCK! list of things ford forgot.
05-21-2015, 05:29 AM
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Yesterday I was hauling a load of pea stone. Some ended up in my tailgate and under bed liner. During the clean up process I removed the plastic bed liner to really get the box clean. you guessed it all the ribs and fender wells were showing rubbing. bare metal in a few spots so I cleaned and just sprayed the area with clear enamel. I came up with a solution to hopefully keep this from happening in the future. old tire inner tube cut into strips then using general spray adhesive to hold the pieces in place while I reinstall bed liner. this worked well, after it was done I lifted the center and everything stayed in place. My thought behind this is first seal the bare metal. then apply something to prevent it from happening again. but the material is important. it cant hold water-foam, or be to thin-plastic. soft or grippe so it does not rub off paint. and thin so no to interfere with the install of liner.
I also while standing in the bed screwed the top of the sides to keep down pressure and make it a more uniform top edge.(unsecured plastic sides were wavy making the bed lights look weird) after the screws were in place it looked a lot better, I clear coated the heads of the screws.
lastly added my TSC stall mats these things were heavy. about 100lbs or more. these will also keep the bed liner from vibrating.
Before I get comments about spray in liners those wont work for me. lots of bricks, stones. not just beer cans. the plastic keep the bed's sheet metal in better shape longer.
Last edited by jpetrach; 05-21-2015 at 05:32 AM.
05-21-2015, 04:16 PM
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The law in MI is you can only have a 4" wide ban at the top of the front window as long as 4" is not more then a 3rd of the window. I don't think ford would offer factory tint unless it was legal in all states/
05-21-2015, 04:33 PM
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