06/6/22 Build Week Group

[bossboy302]

Not like you haven't had 6 months to think about mods...

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[Bart]

Not like you haven't had 6 months to think about mods...

7 months!! lol

 

[STM]

FINALLY got to pick up the truck last Friday! It only took 8 months and a week to get it done. There was a scratch on the cab and I ended up with a chip in the door 3 days later after the dog jumped on it...but the dealer took care of both of those! All better now. I am pretty disappointed about the loss of the max recline seat...and the massage on the standard one. Overall though...I LOVE THIS TRUCK! It looks fantastic...drives great...and the Powerboost is pretty awesome! I'm getting better gas mileage in this thing than I was in my 2010 BMW 3 series. So...overall...WIN! It was worth the wait.

I changed out the license plate lights, the antenna, and the tow mirror caps right away. The Armorflex tonneau and wheel well liners will be here in a few days.

Here are a couple of obligatory driveway pictures

Congratulations.. Beautiful truck and looks like you had the mirror caps ready!
And your driveway.. That is really breathtaking! You live in a beautiful place!

 

[STM]

Got the call yesterday morning and picked up the truck in the evening..little over 7 months!
Interesting story.. I needed the truck to be registered in my company name and at 6 pm on a Friday evening, the guy who does it had already left for the weekend! So they just handed me the truck after I signed a "Conditional Delivery Agreement"!
Have to go back on Monday to do the actual paperwork

Drove around a bit... It is almost impossible for me to not get the ICE to kick in from a stop! However, I am following what someone else here had said and tap the brakes at speed and it goes into electric mode and can get it to stay a while..

Bummed to confirm that the mirror caps are chrome on a BAP! Ford really needs to take lessons from RAM on how to do black appearance.. Not that I would buy one, but the RAM night editions look like the whole truck was literally dipped in black paint!

I will get some better photos soon.. You all have been such great help.. Thank you all!

 

[SWillier]

Funny.....
The delivery saga never ends. My train broke! Train was due to arrive in town saturday 7/23, but then the UP trace kept saying "Bad Load" whatever that means???? Now it says "released from repair" 7/23 estimated arrival 7/26 (at train yard). Not sure how long the truck portion to the dealer will take. I hope it doesn't break down, too!

Awesome to see all the pic of trucks being received. Can't wait to make one of those posts!

 

[SWillier]

Bummed to confirm that the mirror caps are chrome on a BAP! Ford really needs to take lessons from RAM on how to do black appearance.. Not that I would buy one, but the RAM night editions look like the whole truck was literally dipped in black paint!

I think they look bad on the chrome package, too. The half chrome thing is weird looking. Pick one finish. Chrome or black, not both. I'm pretty sure I'll replace them with black caps when mine comes in. I liked the look of black in the couple incorrect renderings they give you of your order.

 

[STM]

Funny.....
The delivery saga never ends. My train broke! Train was due to arrive in town saturday 7/23, but then the UP trace kept saying "Bad Load" whatever that means???? Now it says "released from repair" 7/23 estimated arrival 7/26 (at train yard). Not sure how long the truck portion to the dealer will take. I hope it doesn't break down, too!

Awesome to see all the pic of trucks being received. Can't wait to make one of those posts!

Seriously! Train broke down? That seems way more far fetched than dog ate my homework!
Ugh... Hopefully the rest of the trip will be uneventful..
It took my truck 10 calendar days from the day it arrived at the rail yard to the dealer.. For a 100 mile trip on a car hauler.. I am sure 9 out those days was just waiting!

 

[STM]

I think they look bad on the chrome package, too. The half chrome thing is weird looking. Pick one finish. Chrome or black, not both. I'm pretty sure I'll replace them with black caps when mine comes in. I liked the look of black in the couple incorrect renderings they give you of your order.

Based on the photos in my order, I was hoping they would be black too.. Because the order tracking photos all showed them black..
I am ordering the covers from Boost Auto Parts.. And then I will have to paint them myself or get a body shop to paint them..
Watched a video on replacing them.. It looks like you literally have to pull the mirrors off to get to them!

 

[10DOTSCOTT]

Seriously! Train broke down? That seems way more far fetched than dog ate my homework!
Ugh... Hopefully the rest of the trip will be uneventful..
It took my truck 10 calendar days from the day it arrived at the rail yard to the dealer.. For a 100 mile trip on a car hauler.. I am sure 9 out those days was just waiting!

Rail car blues! Final destination is Central Alabama, and I have tracked it to Atlanta for a few days and got excited and now the damn thing is in Indiana?!? is it possible the truck was unloaded from the car and I am just tracking one of NS railcars that doesn't have my truck on it?

 

[STM]

Rail car blues! Final destination is Central Alabama, and I have tracked it to Atlanta for a few days and got excited and now the damn thing is in Indiana?!? is it possible the truck was unloaded from the car and I am just tracking one of NS railcars that doesn't have my truck on it?

Very much possible that your truck was unloaded in Atlanta if that is the nearest unloading rail yard.. It could be coming from Atlanta to Alabama on a car hauler..
I was able to track the rail car past San Antonio where my truck was unloaded..

 

[10DOTSCOTT]

Very much possible that your truck was unloaded in Atlanta if that is the nearest unloading rail yard.. It could be coming from Atlanta to Alabama on a car hauler..
I was able to track the rail car past San Antonio where my truck was unloaded..

So you can still track the same rail car after yours was unloaded? If so that makes me feel al little better. Birmingham would be closed to me, but I don't know if Ford unloads there or ATL

 

[STM]

So you can still track the same rail car after yours was unloaded? If so that makes me feel al little better. Birmingham would be closed to me, but I don't know if Ford unloads there or ATL

I think you can track a railcar by its number for eternity...
I did some looking up for NS and they have auto unloading facilities in Atlanta as well as McAlla, AL..
In researching my truck through Union Pacific, I had come across a chart of their auto unloading facilities and not all auto manufacturers unloaded at all the rail yards of UP...
That could be the case here.. Ford unloads only in Atlanta and not McAlla.. Or that there were not enough automobiles in that rail car headed to Birmingham and so they unloaded the rail car in Atlanta and send the automobiles via a car hauler..

This is just me speculating..

In my case, once my truck was unloaded from the rail car, it was a black hole until my dealer called..

 

[BuddyT]

Congratulations.. Beautiful truck and looks like you had the mirror caps ready!
And your driveway.. That is really breathtaking! You live in a beautiful place!

Thanks! And yes...I was definitely ready on those mirror caps. As soon as I found out that the truck had shipped I ordered them. Once I got it home I ordered the tonneau and wheel well liners, those are all installed now too.

 

[BuddyT]

Based on the photos in my order, I was hoping they would be black too.. Because the order tracking photos all showed them black..
I am ordering the covers from Boost Auto Parts.. And then I will have to paint them myself or get a body shop to paint them..
Watched a video on replacing them.. It looks like you literally have to pull the mirrors off to get to them!

You don't have to pull the mirrors off. There are 3 tabs along the top edge. Just point the mirror all the way down and you can get to them pretty easily with a long common screwdriver. Then work the top edge of the cap off. There is a clip at the bottom middle of the cap that is just going to break as you pull it off...even the boost auto video didn't show a way to release that clip. It breaks pretty easily and doesnt damage the rest of the housing or the cap. Then just pop the new cap on and you're good to go. Less than 10 minutes total for both sides.

 

[Northguy]

Happy for you all that have received your trucks! Congrats. Recall I was in the second half of the June 6th week and got put temporarily into chip hold for about 2 weeks. XLT, SCREW, EB, 302A, 360, max tow. Final build and release was around June 20th. My truck shipped by rail shortly afterwards. All good news right. Well it has been in the rail yard 2hrs away from me awaiting final delivery by truck since July 5th. I am sure with components rusting away. Dealer has been been very apologetic (and embarrassed) and has tried to elevate the issue. Only good news is I have a buddy that ordered (XLT, EB, 301a) from the same dealer and his truck has been sitting in the same yard since mid June. His Ford pass app accidentally got activated before delivery so he can actually see the exact location on the map in the app (dealer said that shouldn't have happened). We have a bet who gets their truck first.

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