I updated my post
I updated my post.You'll need the front license plate bracket that snaps into the lower center grill opening. Do not attempt to mount it by drilling into the black cover on the lower left side of the bumper this will stop the distance sensor for cruise control to error and stop working.
That would be perfect if not for the price and free advertising for Builtright!
I pulled mine off and added leftover weather stripping from my tailgate seal. To the pads on the back off the license plate frame. It's much tighter now.
I have to disagree with this. The simplest way to route airflow in a supercharged system (belt or exhaust turbine driven) is to have a pipe carrying air straight from the compressor to the intake manifold. Ford did not do that: they spent money and complexity to route air through an intake air to air heat exchanger to cool it off. This heat exchanger works on the principle of exposing the hot, high pressure charge air to cool ambient air without allowing them to mix; if the exposure to ambient air is reduced or stopped, then the intercooler is not a heat exchanger at all, but a badly designed charge air pipe. The intercoolers and radiators have slats, but they are movable slats. A permanent airflow obstruction like a license plate holder is a partial intercooler delete. If that were the correct answer, then why not make the intercooler 1/3 the size or just delete it altogether?
That is just a plastic frame. You don't need to have a frame on a plate. I agree price is not great but cheaper than the other two companies making same bracket.
Found it, I see - This is my second 3.5 EB - My 2011 had the plate mounted over to the right side and my 2021 has it in the middle. I never had a problem on either truck with turbo cooling. As @Big Dog Daddy states - Ford would not put it in the middle if it would cause problems. I am not worried about it.
