21-23 visual differences

[B-real]

Right. I was more interested in visual changes. Doesn't look like there is any. Don't know of any other vehicles in history that didn't have something in 3 years.

Any Tesla

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[boo radley]

I noticed that the 23 F150s have shorter atteneas and are covered in plastic.

My 21 is 100% metal and it's tall enough to remove for the car wash. I saw some guy leave his on and the car wash tore the attenea off and made a big hole in his aluminum fender.

 

[JExpedition07]

Sync updates are a joke anyway. Once I got 4.2.2.1 I cut my truck off from Ford and shut off all updates. Every other update caused new problems. Once this one was good I said Ford doesn’t need to touch my truck anymore. Nothing of value is added in the OTA updates anyway if you don’t need a big fixed.

It’s literally a screen with some basic functionality for the vehicle even if you have 4A. Any automotive infotainment system is not very impressive technology, it’s not like it even has a hardware for significant software alterations. Once they are 4-5 years old it’s all unsupported anyway.

 

[tilefordude]

seems it’s a Kansas City thing if you have the black running boards (mine is a mid year 2021, KcAP build with optional black running boards, but there may be other part numbers since I searched using my VIN

My 2021 came out of Dearborn and I have em. I think they are ok. Never really noticed. Pretty sure they add like 25 hp to the truck

 

[nomarhits400]

I noticed that the 23 F150s have shorter atteneas and are covered in plastic.

My 21 is 100% metal and it's tall enough to remove for the car wash. I saw some guy leave his on and the car wash tore the attenea off and made a big hole in his aluminum fender.

Huh, mines not either of those- though I replaced it before I ever put it on.

 

[boo radley]

Huh, mines not either of those- though I replaced it before I ever put it on.

All the new f150s at the dealership near me had the shorter plastic coated atteneas.

Granted there was only about 10 trucks when this dealer would typically have 50 - 75 in stock.

 

[HCFX]

My 23 has metallic black caps on the tow mirrors which wasn't a thing with 21 and 22 Sport/Black appearance trucks with TT mirrors. I also get dual exhaust with the 5.0 which is awesome. Obviously if it's a BAP it's a 22 or 23. If it's a BAP with single exhaust it's most definitely a 22.

Couple things that bother me compared to my 21, my climate control temp knobs don't display the temp in them anymore and the closest air registers to the doors don't have the little air flow adjuster dials below them anymore. Looks like something's missing now. Minor ocd stuff but for how much more expensive my 23 was compared to my 21 I hate having the "decontented" feeling - even just little things that used to be there.

 

[nomarhits400]

All the new f150s at the dealership near me had the shorter plastic coated atteneas.

Granted there was only about 10 trucks when this dealer would typically have 50 - 75 in stock.

Interesting; sounds like they changed it mid year maybe? Mine has a production date of 1/23.

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