I think the steering wheel upgrade is the best upgrade for the XL/XLT. Easy and you "feel" it every time you drive. Glad this was helpful.

 

Before I ordered my F350 I went back and forth for weeks trying to decide if I wanted the Lariat or the XTL. When it came down to deciding, I realized the only thing that I really liked about the Lariat was how much nicer the dash was. The XLT looked too much like a XL inside after being in a Lariat.

So thanks to this thread, I decided to order the steering wheel and a few of the other silver trim bits from the dash of a Lariat. In about a week, I should be looking at a much more attractive dash.

 

I also debated and decided I could add what I liked to an XLT. I've got a Lariat steering wheel on order. Am interested to see what other trim pieces you are adding.

 

Also ordered the bright metal/plastic? trim above the glove box the says "Superduty" plus the two little silver pieces that are on either side of the instruments. Have decided to wait and see if I want the four vent surrounds until these parts are installed.

 

Cool looking forward to seeing the changes (and possibly getting the parts #'s).

 

Where'd you get the wheel for $150?

Thanks

 

Ordered it from https://www.wearefordparts.com/oem-parts/ford-steering-wheel-hc3z3600eb
looks like they raised the price $10 though since I purchased it.

 

Tasca still has it for $150. If you login, add it to your cart, then leave it for about 30 minutes you'll get an offer for 5% off as well. Not much, but covers some of shipping.

 

Ordered my steering wheel from Tasca last Tuesday (9-5) and as of this evening it still has not shipped. According to Tasca customer service it was in stock when I ordered so a week now without it being shipped is pretty weak, I would recommend ordering from somewhere else.

 

Wonder if we could get Banner to do a group buy on them on here.

 

I'd be interested in that. TASCA is now $172.57

 

I'd be interested but I'm with tricon and would opt for the raptor wheel, there's gotta be a way to get the paddle shifters to work. I hate the location of the manual shift buttons

 

I have the remote unlock tailgate without a handle. I have experienced a frozen lock and the tailgate will not open. Others have had the tailgate open on its own.

While you were replacing your handle, did you by chance take note of the the handle/gate internals? do you think a manual handle would be a fairly easy swap? I would really like to get rid of the electric handle.

thanks for your time

 

Did the leather steering wheel mod today. Plug/play and couldn't be easier.

The leather steering wheel is nice but I will say the XLT urethane wheel is a tad bit thicker and feels a little different in the hand. I have very large hands and the thicker XLT wheel will probably go back on after I wear out the leather one.

 

group buy? Id be in.