Tow package not ordered/needed, license plate bracket relocation options?

[CopperMetallic77]

Ordered HPR Hybrid XLT. Will be using the truck for contract work and won't be towing so opted out of tow package.
Looking for ideas to center the rear license plate but can't tell from web pics what rear bumper material is or how difficult it would be to relocate. Any recommendations would be great.

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[Rkbrumbelow]

Ordered HPR Hybrid XLT. Will be using the truck for contract work and won't be towing so opted out of tow package.
Looking for ideas to center the rear license plate but can't tell from web pics what rear bumper material is or how difficult it would be to relocate. Any recommendations would be great.

It looks centered if there is no tow package/hitch. I would wait until there was a good picture of one without a hitch before worrying about it. Also if it is not centered, someone will likely make a centering bracket.

 

[CopperMetallic77]

Thanks Robert, I was kind of thinking that as well but even on Ford's website when you do the 360 (spin with mouse) thing it shows an XLT with both placement cut outs yet no tow hitch, weird.

Will wait till mine is delivered in 2023

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

Thanks Robert, I was kind of thinking that as well but even on Ford's website when you do the 360 (spin with mouse) thing it shows an XLT with both placement cut outs yet no tow hitch, weird.

Will wait till mine is delivered in 2023

I am so skeptical of preproduction and renders right now it is not funny. People at Sema are possibly the only folks outside of Hermosillo that know for a fact. But I can’t imagine that someone will not want to center their plate, or some states laws don’t require it for ‘reasons’ in fact I have heard at least one state is aware an uncentered license plate can cause cancer.

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

It looks centered if there is no tow package/hitch. I would wait until there was a good picture of one without a hitch before worrying about it.

The one shown in this Carbonized Grey thread has no hitch, and the plate is off-center.

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...n-the-sun-showing-hard-rollup-bed-cover.1334/

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[Rkbrumbelow]

The one shown in this Carbonized Grey thread has no hitch, and the plate is off-center.

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...n-the-sun-showing-hard-rollup-bed-cover.1334/

HRG

Problem is it’s a preproduction trainer. Maybe they will all be that way, if they are, someone will make a centering bracket.

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

or some states laws don’t require it for ‘reasons’ in fact I have heard at least one state is aware an uncentered license plate can cause cancer.

Spewing crap like this is making it easy to add you to my "ignore" list.

HRG

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

Spewing crap like this is making it easy to add you to my "ignore" list.

HRG

Feel free, that’s why it’s there. If poking fun at prop 65 is what your breaking point is, /shrug

 

[Davis]

My guess is they'll all be the same to streamline production and have the ability to add a hitch later if not from the factory.

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

My guess is they'll all be the same to streamline production and have the ability to add a hitch later if not from the factory.

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I just remain skeptical till we see actual production units. My skepticism should in no way affect your beliefs, (and I suspect it doesn’t) we have both seen exactly the same number of production vehicles. One would think though they might follow the same logic as the tow hooks, where I would think I could open up the front bumper and bolt in tow hooks, but apparently I would be wrong. And so, I maintain my skepticism YMMV

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

Dealer test drive truck in Dallas TX today. Still off-center,,,

HRG

 

[Darnon]

Interesting it's on dealer plates instead of Michigan manufacturer plates.

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

Dealer test drive truck in Dallas TX today. Still off-center,,,

HRG

While I am starting to believe it will be off center, I simply don’t trust preproduction models to be identical to production, just really really close.

I also expect that someone will build a bracket to center it because 1 there will be a demand for it and 2 there is probably a law somewhere that says it has to be for reasons.

You would think the mounting ability of tow hooks would simply be covered up when you did not buy the hooks, but remarkably you would be wrong.

 

[Stimpy433]

Isn’t the Ford F-150‘s front plate offset on some models??? If you relocate the plate to the center, you’ll have to somehow move the plate light also...

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

Isn’t the Ford F-150‘s front plate offset on current models??? If you relocate the plate to the center, you’ll have to somehow move the plate light also...

But an integrated light is trivial.

let’s face it, someone is going to shave a Maverick clean as a 90’s minitruckin hood model.

Spoiler: Maybe nqsfw cover

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