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So, my question is does this wire plug actually hang below the front bumper and if it does did Ford actually leave it exposed to the elements? How do I figure out it my truck actually has or doesn't have this?
Having mobility issues, climbing under the truck is just not feasible. This is the original window sticker. Can I tell from that?
Curiosity was killing the cat. I found a video that shows the air dam in action ... pretty cool but what would you need covers? I guess if you remove the dam?
According to the VIN, your truck does have the active air dam. I'm guessing the covers are used if you remove the air dam and its actuators. However this is really unnecessary for 99% of use cases. It stays fully retracted until 45mph(72kph). The only reason I would see to remove it would be extreme off roading where one would remove the stationary air dam or bumper valence to gain clearance as this sits behind the lower stationary air dam.
The only reason I would see to remove it would be extreme off roading where one would remove the stationary air dam or bumper valence to gain clearance as this sits behind the lower stationary air dam.
-Dan F
LOL ... I am have lowered it close to 3" at the door ... so 4 wheeling isn't in my wheelhouse .... thanks for the information. The air dam seems pretty kewl in the video ... not sure how it affects efficacy ... but if it's there I'm, not gonna mess with it. Your reason makes sense since my buddy is big into off road and although his truck is primarily used to trailer his rock crawlers ... he does drag them into the rough country before unloading them,.
Yeah it's a nifty device they came up with. I'm sure it affects efficiency by very little but when you're trying to meet CAFE standards and you sell hundreds of thousands of these trucks every year then even a 2% increase then it saves Ford money long term. Hence the absolutely worthless stop/start function.
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