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I threw the Prius catchers away on my last two trucks. I just trimmed the valance but didn't go quite short enough in the new truck because it had to be notched to make room for the ranch hand guard brackets.
I put mine on a shelf in the garage. I installed the 2WD valance. So much easier than all that cutting and trimming to try saving a little money.
I didn't cut mine down to save money, I cut mine because I wanted it shorter than the 2WD valance.
The cost savings was just an added bonus.
I cut it with an angle grinder, used masking tape as a guide. It took less than 10 minutes.
Blue6.2 that looks great. And being a fabricator in a past life I have a grinder and a bunch of zip wheels. I’m assuming you just ran the tape even with the bottom of the bumper all the way across?
On an unrelated note, I saw in another thread that you put a $25 level off Amazon on your rig. Got a link you’d share?
Just curious.. Do u think they have that massive valance to keep debris from hitting the front axle or any of the steering components. I just don't want to cut it short and have my axle n other bars exposed n all pitted from lil rocks n debris
Just curious.. Do u think they have that massive valance to keep debris from hitting the front axle or any of the steering components. I just don't want to cut it short and have my axle n other bars exposed n all pitted from lil rocks n debris
I think it keeps the road salt off the front axle and steering bits
But do the serve a purpose? I’m assuming they didn’t just bolt them on to use up some extra steel they had lying around.
LOL on the comment "just to use up some extra steel they had lying around"!
Ford's vehicle compatibility collision brackets do serve an important purpose.
They prevent a truck owner from being sued for willful negligence for removing them, and they help Ford from being sued for not meeting the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard that requires them on vehicles under a certain GVWR.
If Driver A rear ends Driver B, in most jurisdictions Driver A would automatically be found at fault.
Now let's suppose Driver B was driving a small station wagon (or whatever those kinds of cars are called now days... probably a "compact SUV"). And let's suppose Driver B was hauling the entire family, occupying every seatbelted seating position inside the compact SUV. And let's suppose the rearmost seats were of the fold away tumble type, placing passengers in the rear most part of the compact SUV, with their heads very near the rear transom glass. Enough about Driver B.
Turning out attention now to the at fault Driver A who did the rear ending, let's suppose Driver A was in 2017 up Ford Super Duty. And let's suppose Driver A got the idea to remove the two vehicle compatibility collision brackets, to help achieve a "clean look" or an "aggressive stance". And let's suppose when Driver A rear ended Driver B, instead of the two frame "fangs" "catching" on the bumper and controlled collision deformation system of the compact SUV, the unrestricted bare frame rails of Driver A's Super Duty instead pierced through the back transom of Driver B's compact SUV, killing the passengers in the rear seat.
Now, since fatalities are involved, an investigation ensues. Could those lives have been spared had the vehicle compatibility collision brackets been installed per Federal Law? Why were they not there? Who removed them?
Even if Driver A lacks any remorse or sorrow for the loss of life, or for having undone an action that Congress passed and that Ford implemented to make collisions more survivable for children in the back seat.... Driver A may still yet have remorse for the liability, litigation and financial loss... win, lose or draw... that will follow.
With that in mind, the brackets would seem to serve a very useful purpose.
Blue6.2 that looks great. And being a fabricator in a past life I have a grinder and a bunch of zip wheels. I’m assuming you just ran the tape even with the bottom of the bumper all the way across?
On an unrelated note, I saw in another thread that you put a $25 level off Amazon on your rig. Got a link you’d share?
Yes, I ran the tape straight across the bottom of the bumper except on the corners. I trimmed those up a little more.
Just curious.. Do u think they have that massive valance to keep debris from hitting the front axle or any of the steering components. I just don't want to cut it short and have my axle n other bars exposed n all pitted from lil rocks n debris
The front axle on my last truck took a beating but I'm not sure how much of that was because I trimmed the valance or if it was due to the fact that the axle wasn't prepped right and the paint didn't stick.
I hate the the low hanging valance enough to live with the potential rock damage to the carriage from cutting it short.
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