Mine lower bumper piece did come as raw black plastic. You could have the plate powdered and the plastic painted to match. The light on the underside of the truck is shadowed so exact match isn’t that important. Close match is plenty good enough. You could certainly paint it yourself if you are...
The only thing I didn’t use were the J clips that attach the back end of the skid plate because my truck already had them in place. And I didn’t use the front bumper covers because I like the original ones better. Everything else in the kit I used.
I got no mileage drop at all. My truck was leveled on 33s and that did cause about 2mpg drop, but adding the skid plate didn't change a thing. I suspect the air damn doesn't even help once the truck is leveled.
Early model 2021 Lariat (job 1 with the wrong frame holes) Really no big deal to drill new holes for the mounting bracket and cut the tabs off the mounting bracket that would go through the square holes. I was going to cut out the new square holes but decided to cut the tabs off the bracket...
MX4, Thank you for all this info. I am following and planning to go after you. It looks like the tremor front skid plate parts have be added and there seems to be a variation for an non-tremor F-150. Probably the package needed to bolt it on to the existing F-150 vs replace it on an actual...