I prefer plastic ones, they hold up better and things slide on them (more important with a bigger bed though). I had a Ridgeline with spray in and I stained it with some chemical and scratched it with a fridge. Neither would have happened with the drop in liner. (Also had one of those for 10 years)
I was wondering about that with the cost. Though, I suppose it would be an easy enough swap-out since all the wiring is already in place. ;-) Fabricobble a custom mount for the replacement inverter and splice in the wires.
Yeah I thought about that but you could invalidate your warranty if you screw it up. And it's not really worth it unless you have a specific need. Having an outlet in the cab is nice but it has not turned out to be very useful, for me at least. A portable inverter could fill the gap better. In any case it can't handle enough wattage to run, say, power tools. I'd love it if it could pump out 2000 watts but that size inverter is pretty beefy and fairly expensive.
I've got a Lariat AWD, wish I had a front tow hook.
I use my truck around my farm, occasionally I need a little assistance pulling.
I probably would have done 4k towing with or instead of FX4 as well. Probably more bang for your buck with 4k towing.If I had to do it over I'd drop the inverter. It's a low quality inverter and is not pure sine wave. It's also fairly low powered and caused an LED work light to flicker the power is so dirty.
I'd rather have another 12v outlet in the cab and just get an inverter that plugs into the 12v for when I need one. You can get a nice compact 500 watt pure sine wave unit for under $70 on amazon.
I'd also seriously consider dropping the FX4 package particularly since the major mechanical features are duplicated by the 4k towing package which is probably more useful. But the mav was a present to myself for surviving cancer and I liked the wheels.
No ragerts at all on the moon roof or rear sliding window. Love them both. And the full sized spare is actually a good value considering that you can't buy a new steel wheel and tire for what they charge.
I just picked mine up 5 days ago. I immediately regretted the drop in bed liner. I was talked into it because of "constraints." Don't give in on what you want. I live in the Northeast and on day 2, there was water under the bedliner from rain. That's the stuff that will cause rust. I got a tonneau put on a day later but was not at all impressed with having seen that under the liner. It's not exactly a drop in either. It's pieces attached. I also foresee things like wood chips for example, getting stuck under it on the tail gate part if you were trying to sweep out messy things. It just doesn't sit flush enough. We have already talked about possibly having a spray in done.
I believe the “manual” rear sliding window is the $150 option, the powered rear sliding window is the expensive one that requires the CP360(don’t know why).
I was able to use my Fordpass reward points from my mav and the wife's explorer to have the dealer sub out the SIBL to line x and bill the dealer so I could pay the bulk of the expense with points not cash
For 2023 the manual window also requires CP360. Not sure if it was the same in 2022.
