No Insulation at Fender to engine!?

[Rob Cactus Gray]

Time to 3D print some containers for drugs and guns.

Ford Wasted an opportunity to deploy their FITS there

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[LIL’ Buddy]

Ford Wasted an opportunity to deploy their FITS there

Omg! This was a good one lol

 

[D Janke]

Here's what I see .......

 

[stoptothink]

There is also the mentality that "IT took over 4 months to get it to me, So I expect it to be perfect", and I am one of those people, It will be well over 7 months by the time that I get the Truck, With poor communication, and a total lack of concern for when you ordered given by ford, I am expecting near perfection on the paint Body lines and over all fit and finish. Which I Know will not be there. and I Will reject it based on that alone. I have ordered another Vehicle(See in my Signature line) that is only 2ish weeks from order to build week E-mail/VIN. that is my expectation.

I have a June order that just recently got scheduled, so I am realistically looking at 12-months from order to delivery. I'm not expecting perfection.

 

[Pickles]

Yes, agreed, it’s something I’m having checked Tuesday… it’s no longer new car break in or burn off smell. I can’t find any leaks poking around, but I haven’t laid under truck and taken off the “skid felt”… the level is ok on oil, so either it was spilled at factory/install, or something else… I did notice the white imprinting and wording on the drive belt/accessories belt was getting dark or soiled looking…. But it’s dry, never had a belt that had markings on it to tell this before…? So I’m watching closely till then. When I first got it I noticed a dribble/run of oil from the top left corner metal part of engine down to the top by belt. I wiped it up and nothing since….

The serpentine belt you mean? It should darken. it drives pulleys on both sides of the belt so theres no clean side.

 

[Pickles]

I’m also curious enough… that with tomorrow finally being nice and almost hitting 70F I may lay under the mav and remove the felt cover and see what I find… part of me hopes it’s just a little spill at factory… but the logical part of me knows that’s not a normal smell… a new clean engine bay should only smell like well…not much but clean new and warm plastic/metal lol sorry hard to explain. It just smells like the engine oil on the right side of the truck and sometimes if it’s windy after a drive I can smell it on driver side… it’s not the new car burn off smell. That happened and done I’m used to that smell. So I will update once I know more on that as well.

Ya please do! Definitely not normal.

 

[sunismymed]

I recently received the sound deadener that I will be applying along with my stereo upgrades. This whole ordeal is perfect timing as I haven't installed any of the sound mat yet, so I will start tonight by putting some in just the floorboard areas and kick panels and see how much of a difference that makes. I intend to do the doors and back panel but I'll simply do the front areas for now and report back. I'm anticipating that the sound deadener will yield a more noticeable difference than the insulators but that's just my initial assumption.

Here? Or a new thread? I want to track it to decide if or how much silencing mat to use.

 

[James L. Harrison]

I like my Maverick just the way it is now. It is quieter than my previous vehicle, doesn't smell and suits me to a tee.

And may the two of you prosper!!!

 

[jonathan1994]

So.. um.. pool noodle colored to match the orange in the interior?

 

[clavicus]

At a stop light I thought to pop open my door to see what mine looks like — turns out it seemed loose and unmoored from its proper position. I forgot to mess with it once I got home. I’ll try to take pics/video tomorrow and see what both sides look like.

 

[Geno]

Maybe Ford will give a 3d print option to fill the gap. Ha

 

[Mikknj]

That’s kind of crappy to not curse on here… but come on… I get cost cutting etc… but that’s such a basic cheap piece of item and it goes along way with noise and etc. if I find that most all of us have none… I just will try to put some in myself if I can maneuver such a thing lol.

I think the labor costs with the production costs with the stocking fees and all - every part they cut has a multiplied dollar reduction. This is how the truck is 19K and I'll take it!
Got to know what you're buying though and be willing to make mods yourself.

 

[srender517]

Just checked mine and they are both there.

 

[Pickles]

I like my Maverick just the way it is now. It is quieter than my previous vehicle, doesn't smell and suits me to a tee.

Haha this is great. Its like how our wives describe us

 

[LAMAV]

My driver side insulation has fallen forward, bit hard to reach from the door or from engine bay. Will take pictures.

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