Re: The 2015 F150's are ugly....

Lem Evans February 19th 2015, 10:52 pm

Those Cessna Citation jet airplanes are ugly...I'd never own one of those.....I'll just keep my Explorer....7.3L with a 4" pipe. Very Happy

bbf-falcon February 19th 2015, 11:04 pm

whitefield wrote:
yellowhorse7 wrote:Be a cold day in Hell before I buy another Ford truck. I have found the light and will end up with a GMC

Will you better get ready because it is going to be cold !

Gmc / chevy still have the notorious trans and converter problems along with suspension issues ! TSBS out the wazu ! Fuel system issues egr leaking coolant in the combustion chamber
I could make a post even longer with all of there gas and diesel issues electrical mechanical. Body ect.

Don't forget the circuit boards. We have a fleet of those pieces of shit at work.anyone that buys one deserve them.

Good luck with that junk a lay ...... Down !

BigRigTech February 20th 2015, 12:25 am

There's too much techy techy shit in these new trucks for me and they come with something I hate - payments...LOL...I'm a diehard Ford truck guy, wouldn't own anything else but I'm also selective on what engines I'll own...No 6.0 or 6.4 diesels or 5.4 3V stuff for me. I'm in the middle of building a 2005 F250 2wd that had a 6.0 in it. I have a 7.3 drive train from an 02 F550 to re-power it. It's going to be a dually lowered a bit with some 19.5 Alcoa's on it. Going to be Grabber blue to match my drag car. I just scrapped a 99 F350 4x4 dually to get some good stuff for it. Very Happy

My other truck is a 92 F350 cab and chassis 4x4 dually - I repowered it with a 95 7.3 Powerstroke. 9ft dump box and 9ft plow, I wouldn't trade that truck for a brand new one - I love that old beast. Cheap to fix and reliable as hell.

blown86hallet February 20th 2015, 8:59 am

We didn't just put this truck on the road yesterday!

Many vehicles on the road are made of Aluminum, commercial airlines are aluminum...

try this on your steel truck

richter69 February 20th 2015, 9:07 am

How easy are the headlights to get out?

maverick February 20th 2015, 9:21 am

Lem Evans wrote:Then again....most peoples wives, sisters, momma's, etc. are ugly So, W.T.F. is the conversion about a truck?

....and they're a lot more expensive to maintain, too.....

maverick February 20th 2015, 9:36 am

whitefield wrote:
yellowhorse7 wrote:Be a cold day in Hell before I buy another Ford truck. I have found the light and will end up with a GMC

Will you better get ready because it is going to be cold !

Gmc / chevy still have the notorious trans and converter problems along with suspension issues ! TSBS out the wazu ! Fuel system issues egr leaking coolant in the combustion chamber
I could make a post even longer with all of there gas and diesel issues electrical mechanical. Body ect.

Good luck with that junk a lay ...... Down !

WHAT??!! You mean OTHER MAKES have occasional reliabilty issues, too??? All we've been taught about trucks has been a LIE??? What world is this...where brands other than Fords must be repaired??? The service techs at other dealerships are in fact NOT sitting around in the break room like the Maytag repairman???? Next thing you know, we'll hear that parts store chains are selling parts for GM's and MoPars...and KEEPING THEM IN STOCK!!!

Maybe we should visit a couple of GM & Dodge forums to see what persistent pains in the a$$ their owners are dealing with. Suspect

Doug Rahn February 20th 2015, 9:38 am

Going to aluminum is probably the smartest thing Ford has done in years. I am curious as to what type of aluminum they used. All of the metal skins on Gulfstreams are 2024-T3 and most planes for that matter. Dent repair is a piece of cake on aluminum, I know, I use to fixed dents, humps, and bumps on $50-60 million dollar jets everyday, plus we did have very specific engineering guidelines on how to perform the repair. That would not be the case for a car or truck.

Of coarse we never had anybody take a sledge hammer to one of them, Laughing

But, I can think of a few times I would liked to have done it lol!

bbf-falcon February 20th 2015, 9:42 am

Doug Rahn wrote:Going to aluminum is probably the smartest thing Ford has done in years. I am curious as to what type of aluminum they used. All of the metal skins on Gulfstreams are 2024-T3 and most planes for that matter. Dent repair is a piece of cake on aluminum, I know, I use to fixed dents, humps, and bumps on $50-60 million dollar jets everyday, plus we did have very specific engineering guidelines on how to perform the repair. That would not be the case for a car or truck.

Of coarse we never had anybody take a sledge hammer to one of them, But, I can think of a few times I would liked to have done it

Yes, but who fixed the crooked stripes? Razz

yellowhorse7 February 20th 2015, 9:52 am

whitefield wrote:
yellowhorse7 wrote:Be a cold day in Hell before I buy another Ford truck. I have found the light and will end up with a GMC

Will you better get ready because it is going to be cold !

Gmc / chevy still have the notorious trans and converter problems along with suspension issues ! TSBS out the wazu ! Fuel system issues egr leaking coolant in the combustion chamber
I could make a post even longer with all of there gas and diesel issues electrical mechanical. Body ect.

Good luck with that junk a lay ...... Down !

I'll take my chances.....

Fact is they ALL have issues

I was a huge 6.0 supporter forever. I had done all the mods to mine to get it to live. Makes great power for being essentially stock. But every day is like a repeat of something else. Turbo is all rusted to fuck so that gets a CEL. "Loose" wiring to the Fan control has caused another CEL. The other day coming out of a toll booth the trans is taking forever to shift. Then abruptly goes into neutral like the convertor just shit the bed. Then decided that it is fine. Still shifts funky from time to time. SOF won't engage the hubs due to what I think is a cracked vacuum line(s). This is an 06' with 90k on it. Truck should be mint!

My 03' 150 was ok but it ate a trans for no reason at 100K. Serviced regularly! Towed with 3x! Hell my wife drove if most of the time.

And before you say buy a 7.3, I don't want one for the same reason I no longer use a Big Shot plate or SS Bars.....things have changed and technology is better.

Doug Rahn February 20th 2015, 9:56 am

bbf-falcon wrote:
Doug Rahn wrote:Going to aluminum is probably the smartest thing Ford has done in years. I am curious as to what type of aluminum they used. All of the metal skins on Gulfstreams are 2024-T3 and most planes for that matter. Dent repair is a piece of cake on aluminum, I know, I use to fixed dents, humps, and bumps on $50-60 million dollar jets everyday, plus we did have very specific engineering guidelines on how to perform the repair. That would not be the case for a car or truck.

Of coarse we never had anybody take a sledge hammer to one of them, But, I can think of a few times I would liked to have done it

Yes, but who fixed the crooked stripes?

I think that was an optical conclusion on Cougs part lol!

maverick February 20th 2015, 10:13 am

I sold my '03 F450 (SuperCab, 4wd, drw) with the dreaded 6.0L diesel with 241,000 miles on it. While I owned it I replaced 1 fuel pressure sensor, 1 HPOP, 2 alternators and did the EGR delete & oil cooler at 150,000 miles. Certainly can't complain about body integrity or comfort, either. Never touched trans, brakes, axles hubs, injectors, etc...was running like new when I sold it. Not all of them were heaps.

BigRigTech February 20th 2015, 10:19 am

That's the thing with the 6.0 trucks, you got a really good one or a really bad one...LOL....There is better technology out there than the 7.3's, that's true - but it won't be around in 20yrs like the 7.3 is now. I'm a licensed truck mechanic for a living, the old stuff is the good stuff. Easier to fix and there is less to go wrong.

bbf-falcon February 20th 2015, 11:36 am

BigRigTech wrote:That's the thing with the 6.0 trucks, you got a really good one or a really bad one...LOL....There is better technology out there than the 7.3's, that's true - but it won't be around in 20yrs like the 7.3 is now. I'm a licensed truck mechanic for a living, the old stuff is the good stuff. Easier to fix and there is less to go wrong.

X2

richter69 February 20th 2015, 11:46 am

Did a PDI on a new f150 king ranch.... Sixty two f-cking thousand dollars........ They got some of that good hydro stuff up there they be smokin'.....

62,000...... For an f150........

BigRigTech February 20th 2015, 12:22 pm

richter69 wrote:Did a PDI on a new f150 king ranch.... Sixty two f-cking thousand dollars........ They got some of that good hydro stuff up there they be smokin'.....

62,000...... For an f150........

My buddy works for the local ford dealer here, they got 12 new F150's in. Sold them all in 3 days at the sticker price. One was a platinum edition, $78,000cdn plus 15% sales tax. affraid

...The guy traded in a 2014 to get it!...The bank owns his ass now...LOL

yellowhorse7 February 20th 2015, 12:44 pm

BigRigTech wrote:
richter69 wrote:Did a PDI on a new f150 king ranch.... Sixty two f-cking thousand dollars........ They got some of that good hydro stuff up there they be smokin'.....

62,000...... For an f150........

My buddy works for the local ford dealer here, they got 12 new F150's in. Sold them all in 3 days at the sticker price. One was a platinum edition, $78,000cdn plus 15% sales tax. ...The guy traded in a 2014 to get it!...The bank owns his ass now...LOL

Who in the hell pays sticker for a truck, let alone 78K!

Lem Evans February 20th 2015, 12:49 pm

Canadian $s is a different deal. The Platinium F150s we have had were ~ $60,000.

blown86hallet February 20th 2015, 12:54 pm

Lem Evans wrote:Canadian $s is a different deal. The Platinium F150s we have had were ~ $60,000.

Ford is adding 1,500 new jobs at the F-150 truck plant, can build enough at the rate of demand!...
We must be doing something right... Razz

GM and Chrysler are soon to follow with the Aluminum body...

bruno February 20th 2015, 4:25 pm

Lem Evans wrote:Then again....most peoples wives, sisters, momma's, etc. are ugly So, W.T.F. is the conversion about a truck?

jack and coke FTW !!! cheers

83-88T-Bird Guy February 20th 2015, 4:42 pm

I have looked at some 2015's at the dealers and depending on what cab configuration and whether it was a 2wd or 4wd, it made the overall look of the truck different.

So far, I have liked the looks of an x-cab, short bed, 4wd the best.
The 2wd models look like they sit too low or the tires are too small.

At any rate, Ford should make those rear plastic inner fender liners standard issue (those are an option right now)
Without the fender liners, the truck looks cheap.

dfree383 February 20th 2015, 6:03 pm

richter69 wrote:How easy are the headlights to get out?

The real question is how scratch resistant are they?

bbf-falcon February 20th 2015, 6:42 pm

dfree383 wrote:
richter69 wrote:How easy are the headlights to get out?

The real question is how scratch resistant are they?

The ones sent too Okie have Toughgard applied to them. Smile

Lem Evans February 20th 2015, 7:54 pm

blown86hallet wrote:
Lem Evans wrote:Canadian $s is a different deal. The Platinium F150s we have had were ~ $60,000.

Ford is adding 1,500 new jobs at the F-150 truck plant, can build enough at the rate of demand!...
We must be doing something right...

GM and Chrysler are soon to follow with the Aluminum body...

As of Feb. 1 Ford had 50,703 USA hourly workers. GM has ~ 50,300 USA hourly workers. It's the 1st time since the 1930s that Ford has had more USA hourly workers than GM. Ten years ago GM had about 21,000 more workers than Ford. The USA tax payers took it in the ass for 10.5 BILLION $s on the GM deal...so...if any of you guys want to get you a Chevy/GMC truck....do not let the door knob hit you in the ass on the way out. Laughing

bbf-falcon February 20th 2015, 10:12 pm

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