What Have You Done to Your 4th Gen This Week?

[Big H]

Mishimoto Intercooler going in this week to try to help with the temps as the truck is in the shop for the cam phasers. I have been noticing the temps really climbing on up-hill climbs under load with a full car. Recent trip to SC and daily driving, highest temp I have seen on the 5star gauges was like 247 degrees with ambient temps above 90 degrees!!! It's only for a brief time but still not good for the engine. Hopefully this helps to keep the temps low.

Intercooler, fits Ford F-150 EcoBoost 2015+

Keep those intake air temps down! With Mishimoto’s Performance Intercooler for the 2015+ Ford F-150 EcoBoost, your engine will reach a better level of cooling from the help of both an increase in core volume by 77% over stock and external fin surface area

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[Expedition Dave]

Just ordered extended studs and .5 inch spacers to replace my .25 wheel spacers all around. My setup does not rub to the best of my knowledge--but it is awful close. Punching the poke out another .25 will barely be noticable but the increased track may have a few stability benefits that I hope to never need to explore.

Additional wear & tear should remain reasonable considering my tire size and carcass are still a lot lighter than most.

 

[litaz1]

Finished the vinyl wrap. LOVE it! Here’s the before and after.

 

[GixxerJasen]

Nothing much done yet, had it about two weeks now. Just out and about with the family running errands today and needed to grab this photo.

 

[zak99b5]

Broke out the forscan to allow the fogs to come on with parking lights, but I didn’t find the right thing I guess.

Installed the HIR bulbs in the lows and yellow LEDs in the fogs. HIRs are brighter than the stock sylvanias, but nothing crazy. I’ll probably upgrade to HIDs.

 

[GixxerJasen]

When I bought the truck, the dealer said they did an oil change in preparation for selling the vehicle. Checking the FordPass app it showed the vehicle was almost due for an oil change. I asked my sales guy about this and he checked and came back saying "Oh, they forgot to do the reset in the vehicle." So, they are competent enough to do the change but not the simple reset? The filter looked shiny and new, but I couldn't tell about the oil as it had already browned.

I've never trusted a previous owner on a used vehicle purchase and always do a pretty prompt oil change anyway, and no way I'm taking their word and driving it till the next change, so I did my first oil change. If they did indeed do the change, they must have had a gorilla putting on the oil filter because I was hanging on my filter wrench to get it to budge. Got it done, doubt I'd take it back there for an oil change again, just keep doing it myself, it's not that hard if it's done right.

 

[MattG]

Swapped out stock SPP wheels with my set of FP 22s.

Still have to tint front windows and vinyl black out the chrome belt line along doors but been too busy messing around with my other ride and the wife's car has lacked attention.

 

[GixxerJasen]

I swear someone on this site recommended these floor mats, which is how I found out about them, but I've searched to no avail and can't find the post.

I did a LOT of research on the various floor mats out there and came to the conclusion that the 3D MAXpider Kagu All-Weather Floor Liners would work best for me. They look nice, fit well, and are easy to clean. They won't hold a gallon of water but this is Texas and we don't get much snow here. When we do we stay home, or at least the smart ones do, because we get more ice than snow. I do go over to our local MTB trail a lot as I am one of the trail volunteers and I'm always tracking mud, dirt and rocks from the gravel lot into my trucks so I need to be able to clean easily.

The big box they come in. The large ones are folded in there, but I imagine putting a book on them and letting them sit in the Texas heat will flatten them out quickly.



Liners that came with my Expedition, forgot to snap the other side for the photo after vacuuming.



The drivers liner.



Second row liner for the bucket seats.



Third row that'll probably stay covered up most of the time as I keep the third row folded very often.



Super happy with the fit of these, third row could be a smidge better but the front row that counts is spot on. I'm pretty happy with this purchase.

 

[JohnSC]

When I installed my Weathertech flaps I drilled a hole towards the inside through the fender liner. Then installed stainless fender washers and fasteners to stop them from flopping around. Much more secure now.

Just reading this entire thread as my 2023 is on order… Have you noticed any corrosion on the aluminum panel with the stainless hardware? Those two materials cause some issues.

Can Stainless Steel And Aluminum Be Used Together?

Corrosion develops when two dissimilar materials are combined in a corrosive electrolyte. This can occur when certain materials such as aluminum are in contact with stainless steel. When aluminum makes contact with stainless steel fasteners, corrosion can occur. However, the two metals can be...

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[MattG]

Corrosion Free rustproofed the truck. Still need to get around to front tint and the chrome belt line delete, maybe before it gets cold.