No Insulation at Fender to engine!?

[BuiltFordTough?]

No one who has these from the factory can show where the white foams blocks are on their truck?

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[Cancunbadlands]

No one who has these from the factory can show where the white foams blocks are on their truck?

Tell me where
And I'll take the Pic for you
When I'll get back home

 

[BuiltFordTough?]

Tell me where
And I'll take the Pic for you
When I'll get back home

Looking at the parts diagram they should be near the top of the big black foam insulators? I’m guess you might see them by opening the hood and looking into the fenders?

 

[Master Blaster]

My 23 Lariat has it. I'm pretty sure it was not present on the lower trim levels.

 

[BuiltFordTough?]

My 23 Lariat has it. I'm pretty sure it was not present on the lower trim levels.

I purchased both the black insulators and white foams blocks for my XLT. I got the black pieces installed and I’m curious where the white blocks go.

 

[Tmurfet]

If they are placed correctly, and the black insulators are also placed correctly, they stay in place, they are wedged in firmly. Caveat: I did install them myself; according to the Ford parts diagram they go on top of the black insulators, the top fender area looks to be designed to hold the top of them in place (in my humble opinion).

 

[Ebone84]

New can of worms…… l don’t see the white block on mine……

 

[Carlitos_92]

New can of worms…… l don’t see the white block on mine……

It's not new; that's what the previous 300 posts have been discussing.

There doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason as to which trucks got the black foam fender insulation, or the white blocks. My 2023 XLT Lux had neither, but I bought them from Ford. Haven't put them in yet. Opinions are mixed on whether they actually do much, but some report improvement in wind noise etc.

 

[Storm Ranger]

My 22 Lariat has some insulation in the opening, I add more fiberglass in plastic bags.

 

[LanceMav]

A jumbo pool noodle cut to size will fill that engine bay to fender gap beautifully at a very low price.

Yep, that's what I did. Works well.

 

[BuiltFordTough?]

I used an app to measure the decibels before and after adding the black foam pieces. Measured on the same stretch of road, 66 dB before and 64 dB after. I was waiting to add the white blocks and measure again before calling this whole experiment a waste of time and money.

 

[icegradner]

New can of worms…… l don’t see the white block on mine……

Yeah, I have the black foam close to the door from the factory, but never had that white stuff.

 

[BK007]

Must be a cold weather package thing....

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