6" ANGULAR CHROME EXTENDED RUNNING BOARDs are now showing a price of $740 on a couple of the 2018 window stickers I have looked at, but the Ford website still shows $230 on the build and price page

 

I wonder if anyone else out there has spent as much time researching... :-)[/QUOTE]

I've only been seriously shopping for about a week, so not as much total time. But damn, I've been burning up that builder this week.

Any idea how actual "out the door" price will compare between a 17 & 18? I've been shopping for used 17s, but if I could build a truck the way I want it and get it $8-10K below MSRP it would end up cheaper (I want a long bed 250 XL with the Ultimate Trailer Tow Camera Package. Proving hard to find out in the wild). I keep fantasizing that maybe the big "end of year quota" scenario will play to my advantage.

Think it might be possible to order an 18 that far below MSRP?

 

Think it might be possible to order an 18 that far below MSRP?[/QUOTE]I got $2500 below invoice from Koons ford baltimore....on an '18....wound up paying $700 more than that for the convenience of getting it from my local dealer 5 minutes away.

 

I got $2500 below invoice from Koons ford baltimore....on an '18....wound up paying $700 more than that for the convenience of getting it from my local dealer 5 minutes away.[/QUOTE]


That's a great deal on a 2018. I live in New orleans area and bought a GMC Denali from Koons last year - it was a great deal and they gave the best trade price as well. Shipped them my 2015 F150 and they shipped me the 2016 Denali. No hassles

 

No, definitely not bare aluminum. The roof is made of aluminum, painted the body color, and clearcoated.

 

If you're gonna do that, you better make sure the loan is < $100K, because that's the interest deduction limit for HELOC when the funds were used for a non-home related purchase ...

 

Look around. Boatloads of people spend that kind of money (and more) all day long on Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Tesla, Porsche, Lexus, Jaguar, Nissan, Land Rover, Viper, Z06 vehicles. There are plenty of folks who will buy a $100K truck.

 

I prefer the power running boards for two reasons:

1. I love the clean look of the truck without some dangly running boards hanging out there.

2. They have far less chance of getting damaged when you run over something because the are tucked up there nicely.

 

Did you look at the link. Looks like its NOT painted body color when you get the moonroof.

 

It looks that way on the computer-generated graphic, but in real life, that's not the case.

My 2017 dually with the moonroof looked the same way in the Build & Price screens. But of course when I got it, it is fully painted.

 

I dont know, when you take the moonroof off as an option it clearly shows the roof painted body color. Only with the moonroof does it show it aluminum color. and all the angles look like it. The last one from above and behind show it the clearest.

 

Trust me, the roof will be painted normally. The graphic is just messed up. Another messup is when you add the chrome package to a diesel. You'll see part of the exhaust pipes are missing, and the powerstroke badges on the doors disappear. Remove the chrome package, and everything renders normally.

Here's an overhead pic of my 2017 dually with the moonroof. A 2018 with the moonroof will look the same:

 

Well, time will tell. To much time....way to much time.....

 

I have the pano roof on my 17 and it is painted but I see what Rick is talking about. I noticed it when I built the 18 like my truck. Its not showing a painted roof. It did not look like that on the 17 build when I put it together. I don't know if they are shipping them that way but it's clearly different on the site compared to my 17.

 

You guys are reading way too far into this. I'd bet my entire life's savings that the roof will be identical to the 2017 trucks.

On Build & Price, the roof is just white. Build & Price an Oxford White or Platinum White truck. You'll see the roof looks normal.

Please build a diesel truck and then add the chrome package to the build. You'll see the Powerstroke door badges disappear and part of the exhaust go missing. Do you think that's going to be the way the 2018 trucks will be in real life? That the diesels won't have a door badge if they opt for the chrome package and that they'll be missing a piece of the exhaust system?

For the 2017 Build & Price, the rear section of roof appeared black regardless of paint job. But of course, in real life it wasn't black...