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What is your opinion on using a plastic fuel door on an all aluminum body truck that is called Super Duty/ Heavy Duty? The plastic fuel door is on my 2019 F 250 XLT CC FX4 6.2L 6 speed auto 6.75 bed ultimate trailer tow camera XLT premium package.
Cheesy as they are, i doubt it could be popped out of aluminum. Aluminum sheet doesn't do so well with compound curves. I think a machined aluminum fuel door whould have been cool, but im sure it would be cost prohibitive.
It's not structural and doesn't corrode. I'm fine with it.
I estimate I have filled the fuel tank approximately 120 times and the DEF about 30 times and have had no issues with the fuel door.
Mine has got parts on order, it wasn't closing all the way tight like it did new, Plastic is the new way with a lot of auto parts, light and usually durable!
My uncle had a 2008 F150, lost his grip on a bungee cord holding some cargo, it whipped around the bed and shattered the fuel door into about 10 pieces
Originally Posted by cficare
How about an entire composite cargo box? Chevy offered the 2003 Silverado with the Pro-Tec Composite box.
That's not a bedliner inside the bed.
My uncle had a 2008 F150, lost his grip on a bungee cord holding some cargo, it whipped around the bed and shattered the fuel door into about 10 pieces
Why would they do this???
Rust is the obvious answer, with weight possibly being a benefit as well. Seems like a good idea to me, but since they apparently let that idea die a quiet death, there must be some less than obvious problem with it in the real world.
Rust is the obvious answer, with weight possibly being a benefit as well. Seems like a good idea to me, but since they apparently let that idea die a quiet death, there must be some less than obvious problem with it in the real world.
Yeah, probably didn't survive their brick- and toolbox-dumping tests.
I wish Ford kept the steel bed. Aluminum is fine for the cab...but I'd be much more comfortable with a steel bed. My truck will have a steel flatbed on it one of these years...
01-20-2019, 10:34 PM
