Why is Ford cutting the OEM wheel well liners.

[thebigdu]

Can you share the right hand side picture too?

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[fordtruckman2003]

Ordered liners May 10, finally arrived at dealer today so I'll pick them up tomorrow on June 16th. Any other online purchase I'd be upset with 5 week shipping. I'll see if they have the cut out in them. I don't really care I ordered the Ford liners because they cover less. Keep it simple and shouldn't block anything when I'm doing winter coating of fluid film.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

Picked up at dealer. If they are going to trim them they could at least clean up the edges.

 

[sempifi99]

Picked up at dealer. If they are going to trim them they could at least clean up the edges.

Yes, it looks like someone cut it with a pocket knife...

 

[sempifi99]

So I can't find the post for who was asking what the big deal is but this is why I'm concerned about these being cut.

The picture is from the under side of the wheel well and circled in red is the seam that should be protected by the cut off portion.

Now that area gets directly sprayed with water and salt while the rest of the wheel well is protected... Does that make sense to anyone why Ford is doing that?

 

[fordtruckman2003]

Cut liners now cost more.
They raised the price on Ford accessories website.

 

[sempifi99]

Cut liners now cost more.
They raised the price on Ford accessories website.

If anything they should give a 5% discount for the 5% of the liner they are removing.

 

[Gerstein1989]

Picked up at dealer. If they are going to trim them they could at least clean up the edges.

I think ford revised them now because I bought mine recently and they are notched in the same spot yours were cut. Mine look like they were made that way.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

I finally got around to installing the Ford liners on my truck last week. I'm happy with the look overall. I do need to take razor blade to clean up some of the edges but it's not a big priority.

I don't think the cut area is leaving that seam uncovered as bad as it looks above but maybe I'm at the wrong angle looking at it.

 

[Calson]

The liners would be worthwhile if they salt the roads where you live. The downside if you do wash down the underside of the truck in the winter is that you may not be able to get to parts of the frame covered by the liners.

Accountants (bean counters) will force dumb decisions by multiplying 1 million F-150 trucks against the $20 cost of the two rear wheel liners and result in owners having to spend $100 to get them later. That is one thing I like about Toyota as they make far fewer of these compromises with their trucks.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

The liners would be worthwhile if they salt the roads where you live. The downside if you do wash down the underside of the truck in the winter is that you may not be able to get to parts of the frame covered by the liners.

Accountants (bean counters) will force dumb decisions by multiplying 1 million F-150 trucks against the $20 cost of the two rear wheel liners and result in owners having to spend $100 to get them later. That is one thing I like about Toyota as they make far fewer of these compromises with their trucks.

Ford liners leave the steel frame exposed but do cover the aluminum cross piece under truck bed. It's one of the reasons I liked these over aftermarket because I don't want the steel frame covered. The aluminum is less of a concern it's been heavily sprayed inside there with fluid film and with both ends covered no issues expected.

 

[CoolCoyote]

The liners would be worthwhile if they salt the roads where you live. The downside if you do wash down the underside of the truck in the winter is that you may not be able to get to parts of the frame covered by the liners.

Accountants (bean counters) will force dumb decisions by multiplying 1 million F-150 trucks against the $20 cost of the two rear wheel liners and result in owners having to spend $100 to get them later. That is one thing I like about Toyota as they make far fewer of these compromises with their trucks.

Those liners probably cost Ford less than $1.00 each - they are cheap molded plastic.

But your point still stands.

 

[Eighthtry]

I'm another guy that will stay aftermarket with Ford, if only because someone that worked for Ford made the decisions. That may be stupid, but I have been accused of worse.

One irritant when I bought my Ford liners for my 21 is that they folded them in the shipping box. It still shows.

It is something that few on the outside will see. Some light heat gun work would solve it, but I have better things to do than worry about a wrinkle, a scratch, or what is left of my mental health.

I have owned and driven trucks since 1968. The early ones I worked hard. All Chevys. All three of them. They all survived the 100 yard test. One was a 61 Apache 10. I still have it and will now survive the 10 foot test. That means it has not been a work truck since 1976.

My first F150 came in 2003. That is America's truck. Why am I not driving one? I soon found out why. It was more a truck than a C10. The Ford V8 was gutless. Awful. An embarrassment. But it looked good, just like some of the high school girlfriends I managed to dodge (just attended my 55th high school reunion. Each of those gals scared the fool out of me).

My next was a 2014. Ok, I can live with this one....and all since.

I just need to remind myself that these folds might be an issue 40 years from now (I will be but a fond family memory) when some poor slob is restoring my truck thinking it is going to SEMA. But I bought my truck to use as a truck, albeit light duty. It has become my daily retired transportation.

I can still be proud of it because it easily passes the 10 foot test and adds to what little testosterone I have left (which the wife is not happy about).

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