What is that perma plate you mentioned? Never heard of it, but sounds like that’s the issue.
I put turtle wax seal n shine followed by spray wax on my plastics and paint and they look fine. You can use those products on rubber and plastic.
It’s heavy and won’t fly away, but also very movable if you need to throw it in the garage for some reason. And I cut it with about 1/4” gap on all sides. That will let water drain in the way the OEM bed drainage was designed. I have a tonneau coming, so I guess water won’t be an issue for long.
Wheels are on. The tech couldn’t fit the stock tpms sensors on because the thickness of the Borbet’s was more than the steelies, so I have a TPMS light on all the time. I’m just going to live with it until I need new tires and I’ll install new sensors.
My dealer told me the Maverick rubber mat won’t be available for a while — possibly months from now — so I bought a Westin 3/8” rubber mat for a new Ranger on Amazon and made it work. Cost was about $100.
You’ll need a measuring tape and new blades on a utility knife. The whole project was 40...
I just ordered them and will post a picture next week when they’re installed. Thanks for all the comments.
I believe in modding with a purpose, and think this wheel’s purpose is to be an inexpensive replacement solution to the XL Tractor Supply Co steelies. When I need tires, maybe I’ll do...
At $153 a wheel, I think these are certainly better than my steelies. What wheel would you go for on that price range? My goal was to try and match the XLT wheel as close as possible. I can’t find any take-offs around NJ and buying from Ford would be bananas.
I don’t have those either. After hearing all this, I must have gotten a standard base XL that happened to marked fleet. Happy to hear nothing strange is on the car… except for my ford pass app and connectivity settings needing a reflash to get out of “fleet” mode.
I’m thinking of ordering these from TireRack and using the existing stock tires; Borbet Type Y, matte titanium paint, 7x7.5 et45. I did a photoshop test to see if I liked them.
What do you all think?
I don’t know what that sticker is, but I do recall the window having separate stickers that said “SPECIAL ORDER” on it with numbers that did not match the dealer stock number or vin… just random letters and numbers. It said “RETAIL” in one sticker, but I trust Ford customer service when they...
Thanks — seems like my XL has everything normally equipped and nothing special added.. just a full size spare and everything looks normal on the window sticker. Even came with cloth floor mats.
So there’s no need to worry about a lesser-quality truck, or it having some weird quirks? Just...
I just picked up my XL Hybrid and found out that it was a fleet truck that was ordered and canceled, leaving it open for me to buy. I found this out by trying to activate my Ford Pass app and the issues I was having were due to it being a fleet vehicle, so the modem was not set up for the app to...