I was poking around on the truck again today and noticed there is no wheel well liner or anything stopping the crap from flowing up in the space between the bed and fender. I was shocked to note it was not there, wonder if anyone had any good reasons for the delete?

 

I would guess a penny-pinching thing. It makes it easier for me to clean the inner lips of the wells though. I usually give them a little spritz of waste oil before winter to help keep the salt at bay. Maybe its just a feel-good thing

 

I prefer without, if you live in an area where they use a lot of salt on the road in the winter it gets trapped between the liner and the actual wheel wells....any spots that salt get trapped are where you're truck will rot out first.


For rust preventative I use Fluid Film once a year, I bought my 2012 F150 too late to get it done before I got salt on my truck.....I hope my truck can stay rust free until spring.

 

I like it without the liners. It's a little louder when rocks fly around but it's easier to keep clean. I like the access better then when I did have a truck with liners.

 

That makes sense, cleaning will be easy and stuff can't get trapped in there for sure. I am really glad I had it undercoated before I took it home! Still loving it btw!

 

Stopped putting the wheel well liners years ago. Some trucks still have provisions to mount them though.

 

I figured that Ford saw another opportunity to make a few more buck from people that like the add-on rear fender well liner. They are stay with new technology tradition. They charge you more for a truck that they left something off of and charged extra for the few people that wanted a fender well liner. What marketing!

 

Clyde, I found this on one of the other forums I read. The guys over there put silicone sealant around the edges to try to prevent the salt and other grime from getting caught in there.

Inner Wheel Well Liners - F150online Forums

 

Cool, thanks...I may look into some of those rugged ones. Old guy showing through here, I had no idea they eliminated them some years ago!

 

Yeah but look at all the things that have been added over the years such as TBC's, tow hitches, combination trailer plugs, rear disc brakes, etc.

Ford is very bold and will raise the price for what ever reason, they don't need the omission of wheel well liners to increase profits.

 

So would it be alright to take them out of an old mud truck to make it easier to clean or should they stay on?

 

I can't see where it would hurt to remove them. Probably more beneficial for the cleaning factor.

 

Or maybe you're just old? J/K They haven't put rear wheel well liners on F150's since 2003.

 

i checked rugged liner's web site, they only offer them for junk GM trucks? Why not the ford superduty? Id buy a set in a heart beat if they did.

 

Yeah, but I really have not needed to look under a truck for a while, my Excursion was good to me for a long time.