I noticed in the latest spec sheet that it shows Lariat/Lobo as using LED taillights. But haven't seen any evidence of that, nor does it mean it's accurate, as they do sometimes have errors. Could be just referring to the signature LED like the current taillights have.
Resistors are a universal solution for nearly any vehicle. Many companies did this before the Maverick was even on the drawing board, and many companies continue to do this. It's not a Maverick exclusive thing.
I am partial to Diode Dynamics and their products. But others do too.
You posted that you used Forscan to make changes so that the bulbs that were supposed to work without any changes would actually work.
That alone makes them junk.
You misread the post. There are no serviceable LEDs on these trucks, any LEDs must be replaced as assemblies. The only serviceable bulbs are incandescent.
Now for the second part of your post speculating about manufacturers not making bulbs and lawsuits- that is just not even remotely true...
No- if you want the Fram Ultra in the size I showed above it will be model XG8A. My links might not have worked, but you should find it if you search by make/model like I mentioned.
https://www.fram.com/fram-ultra-synthetic-oil-filter-spin-on-xg8a...
Easiest way is to probably just pick a vehicle that used it from the factory and use that for your searches. Example -- search for an 88 Ford Mustang 5.0 or whatever vehicle is easy to remember (or write down) and that should get you there for whichever brand you want to use...
Definitely not an engineer and wouldn't even pretend to be. My uneducated opinion is that it probably has minimal effect, but I don't really know. Everything on cars now is designed to sacrifice itself to save the occupants, and I still think there would be plenty of crumpling happening back...
I foamed the entire front of the plate- the straight edge and the two diagonal parts. My assumption is that most or maybe all of the debris comes from the forward side, probably kicked up from the tire for the most part. From what I recall, the only gaps on the side are all the way at the back...
Not saying you are wrong about the causes of corrosion and acting as a sort-of skid plate. But, see my comment about what I found when I pulled the shield down. After one rain drive and then being parked in my garage for a day it had water and pine needles sitting on top of it. When was it going...
Water isn't likely to drain "forward" where I added the foam anyway. But I did not add anything on the back or sides so there is still potential drainage for anything that might make it past. I would rather keep water, dirt, debris from getting in there to begin with and I think that is the...
There is supposed to be a soft rubber gasket behind that compresses as you tighten. Does yours not have that gasket? It's normal to see a little gap, you don't want the hard plastic against the paint, but there should be a gasket just inside.
Update with some experience and recommendations:
I had previously mentioned using different hardware. I definitely recommend this. The hardware I got from Home Depot and was relatively inexpensive for being "specialty" hardware flange bolts ($10). Regular hardware would have been much less and...
This looks like it might be the correct pin to me:
But I also posted the exact pin to order I think earlier in this thread. Probably end up costing around the same and you would have the exact one for sure.
Was looking at flange bolts because they look more OEM among other reasons. Looks like they have them in M6 sizing as well. Might swing over and pick some up.
Installed mine today. Very surprised at how much stuff was up there - dirt, pine needles, etc...even after spraying underneath. These will definitely help keep that from happening.
Good tips in here - for the most part was pretty straightforward and I think the product is pretty well designed...
Keep in mind that being an "OEM glass supplier" could mean they make a mirror for a certain model or something like that. Carlex is who makes Ford's windshields.
https://www.carlex.com/