2011 SuperDuty Gaps
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2011 SuperDuty Gaps
What do you all think about the 2011 and 2012 SuperDuty front-end gaps?
IMHO...they are huge...and with today's technology and refinements...they look odd.
Kinda like the truck was never designed for that front-end clip!
biz
IMHO...they are huge...and with today's technology and refinements...they look odd.
Kinda like the truck was never designed for that front-end clip!
biz
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Must be the angle of the picture that really show cases them, I will check if I remember on my dads truck tomorrow, haven't noticed anything like that on it. Non issue for me though, still the best looking super duty to date by a long shot.
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It's a feature! To let air in. 
Also I ran cable for the fender bracket antennas in through the hood and I was happy there was a gap all along the sides so it wouldn't crush the coaxial cable.
Also I ran cable for the fender bracket antennas in through the hood and I was happy there was a gap all along the sides so it wouldn't crush the coaxial cable.
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Still...think it makes the design...kinda off...IMHO.
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I ran outside this morning and checked it out after seeing this thread. I never noticed it before. Not only are the tops of the headlights beveled, but the top of the front fenders are beveled in as well so I think those bevels are exaggerating the gap. Whether it was designed like this for a reason or not we'll probably never know.
Like I said, I hadn't ever noticed it before, now I'll probably become hypersensitive to it, thanks biz....
EDIT - now I gotta change the pic in my sig because of the gap over the headlight (fender one isn't noticeable)...
Like I said, I hadn't ever noticed it before, now I'll probably become hypersensitive to it, thanks biz....
EDIT - now I gotta change the pic in my sig because of the gap over the headlight (fender one isn't noticeable)...
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non-issue..
its a truck its not a car.
theres a reason for some gapage. trucks get worked harder and abused to some degree.
having bumpers/panels with some extra gap allows for small bumps/nudges to not cause imediate damage.
if the panels had super tight tolerances (like a premium car) has, then every time your flexed the frame or worked the truck like a truck gets worked you'd have chipped paint or rubbage.
its a truck its not a car.
theres a reason for some gapage. trucks get worked harder and abused to some degree.
having bumpers/panels with some extra gap allows for small bumps/nudges to not cause imediate damage.
if the panels had super tight tolerances (like a premium car) has, then every time your flexed the frame or worked the truck like a truck gets worked you'd have chipped paint or rubbage.
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Mine is the same way. I can get my hand half way inside those gaps. I thought it was just mine, but apparently its just a Ford thing.
My Raptor had double the gap on one side of the front fender between the door than the other side.
I doubt its a design feature to allow for "flexibility", like the expansion gaps on bridges. lol
My Raptor had double the gap on one side of the front fender between the door than the other side.
I doubt its a design feature to allow for "flexibility", like the expansion gaps on bridges. lol
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non-issue..
its a truck its not a car.
theres a reason for some gapage. trucks get worked harder and abused to some degree.
having bumpers/panels with some extra gap allows for small bumps/nudges to not cause imediate damage.
if the panels had super tight tolerances (like a premium car) has, then every time your flexed the frame or worked the truck like a truck gets worked you'd have chipped paint or rubbage.
its a truck its not a car.
theres a reason for some gapage. trucks get worked harder and abused to some degree.
having bumpers/panels with some extra gap allows for small bumps/nudges to not cause imediate damage.
if the panels had super tight tolerances (like a premium car) has, then every time your flexed the frame or worked the truck like a truck gets worked you'd have chipped paint or rubbage.
Why then doesn't the new F-150 have those same type gaps? They can tow over 11,000lbs...and can go 4x4'ing too.
The front just does not line-up...IMHO.
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I understand your justification for body panel gaps...more so with the bed and doors to the fenders really. But the gaps up in the front just do not make any sense. IMHO...I just cannot see a working need for those gaps. Of course...maybe the FORD engineers do.
Why then doesn't the new F-150 have those same type gaps? They can tow over 11,000lbs...and can go 4x4'ing too.
The front just does not line-up...IMHO.
biz
Why then doesn't the new F-150 have those same type gaps? They can tow over 11,000lbs...and can go 4x4'ing too.
The front just does not line-up...IMHO.
biz
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I think you hit the nail on the head. the fact that you CAN use fingers to measure the gap, is the issue.
I can walk around every car I've ever owned, including an 09 F250, and can't get a finger between two panels, or inside any gap.