I decided to put the mudflaps on today in 20 degree weather. Figure it should not be that hard. Well the fronts to 20 minutes total but the backs, oh man!!!

This is a warning, weathertech does not take into account if you have wheel well liners. What a b1tch of a job because you have to remove the lower fender strut and two bolts that hold the wheel well liner on. You then have to get your hand in between the liner and the wheel well lip to hold the nut in place. All in all was about 40 minutes per side because the strut bar is a nasty item to get back into place and the 2" ling screw started.

Even if you do not have wheel well liners, the mud flaps themselves in the back have zero adjustment so you are at the , mercy of the body alignment which mine seems to be about 5/8" off on the right side. The Fronts are ok but still could use more adjustment.

All in all, not worth the 80 dollars (shipped) in my opinion!

 

I find when it comes to mud flaps oem are always the best fit. I remember installing a set of universal flaps on a caravan, they had no adjustment and were sticking out at about a 25 degree angle.

 

Yeah I sort of agree but these are not universal. Not sure why the left rear sticks out 5/8" more. Not sure if I did something when I removed the bolt from the strut bar but I cannot see that I put it back wrong. looks right to me.

 

Yeah I put mine on front and back as well this weekend, fronts were easy, but the wheel well liners made it a pain. I ended up just going with one of the bolts and and the top clip not bothering with the bottom most bolt. Would have had to drill into the wheel well liner to make a hole. All in all I didn't think it was worth the trouble, seems quite secure as is.

 

Even if you do not have wheel well liners, the mud flaps themselves in the back have zero adjustment so you are at the , mercy of the body alignment which mine seems to be about 5/8" off on the right side. The Fronts are ok but still could use more adjustment.

I had the same problem until I noticed there were two rods, one on each side of the inner fender well, that you can loosen up a bolt, then pull the fender out, and then tighten the bolt while you're pulling the fender out.

 

I'd normally agree about the oem but the rear ford ones have a history of sorts of not going on straight. They are canted inwards a little and looking kind of poorly installed.

Some have adjusted them but moving therod a bit but on my case they just looked crappy so I took them back to the dealer. There were a couple of threads here or f150online I do t remember now about it. A fellow here northlight had an issue with one side doing this recently

 

Yeah I just went to loosen the strut bolt and I was MAYBE able to move it outward 1/16 of an inch. So in my opinion it is the mudflaps.

 

I didn't go with the Ford OEM custom flaps this time as I had them on the previous 2010. The reason is that there is a gap between the overlap lip of the flaps and the painted surface. After owning them, I could see dirt, sand, salt, gravel, etc getting caught in that gap and working as sandpaper against the painted surface. I passed this time for sure.

My father in law had some side steps where they made a full U under the truck. The short legs of the U went under the truck. The Ford OEM side step are just a straight step and do not have short 90 degree legs at the ends.

Anyhow the front U-shaped short leg of the sidestep allowed snow and ice to gather up under the front fender. It caught salt and gravel in the snow and ice and when the ice/snow started to melt, it kept rubbing on the painted surface of front fender and caused the fender to rust. He took off the side steps and had a body shop fix the rust and repaint.

You really have to pay attention to these little things.

 

I installed the weathertech's on mine and didn't have any issues. I have the rugged rear liners and the first one was a pain, but the other side only took 10-15 minutes after I figured it out.

 

This was driving me nuts so I went outside determined to figure it out. Well I did..

The passenger side of the bed is shifted to the drivers side about 1/2" or so. The cab on the drivers side is flush with the bed but not on the passenger side. That is the problem. At least I know I did not bend the strut or damage the lower rear fender. Not going to worry about it! (haha believe that?)