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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Big_Smokey
Did you ride your bike up there to get it? or is that an extra option for the ecoboost to get fuel mileage.?
Hey, you did see the Ford memo about increasing MPG's... "ride your bike"
Yeah, thats my mountain bike I rode to the dealer when I went to pick it up. They are only 2 miles from me.

KGSloan, I'll try to get some up after this week. Really nothing special. Just the matching piece to the non-plate holder. Unfortunately, I had to buy the pair (right and left sides). So now I have a smooth right side extra piece and the Left side plate piece I removed.

Thanks again guys!!
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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Thanks for holding onto my truck, but feel free to drop it off sometime this week. Just park it in the driveway
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 12:02 PM
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looks good... dunno that I would waste money having stock tires turned around though... Can't even really see the letters in the pictures anyway..

Sharp looking truck though.
 
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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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Leave the white letter facing out. Its looks good.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 4thf150
removed Ecoboost Left side license plate holder and replaced with the matching insert from the 5.0L

What do you mean by that? Is there different badges for the 5.0?
Here's what the regular insert looks like on the EB.





Tires were flipped white letters inside for free at the dealer, front windows now tinted to match the factory & FX4 stickers removed

 
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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Looks great! You will have to let us know how your MPG's do
 
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 07:09 PM
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Nice looking truck! The tires look much better.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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Very nice truck. Love the color
 
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 10:34 PM
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Looks great! You will have to let us know how your MPG's do
Thanks again guys! I'll update this post whenever I add mods.
My first fill-up occured today.... A whopping 13.7 hand calculated MPG . Lie-o-meter said 14.7. It only has 315 miles on it and I don't know how high the dealer topped the tank off. My routine will be to click it twice after the first trip (hopefull it will be reasonably accurate). My driving was 50/50 mix and about 10 full throttle punches (basically my normal driving style). I live in SoCal so there are no hills on any of my commutes. I'm not judging anything off the first tank or the first 1000's of miles. We'll see where she settles in in about 6 months. We also have lousy MPG gas here in "EPA" land. The fuel burns ultra clean, but requires more of it (nice job enviro-****'s). I signed up at fuelly.com and will link it in my signature.
I didn't buy it for the MPG, just hope it improves a tad
 
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 11:25 PM
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I'm really liking the silver in the new body style, truck looks awesome
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 07:56 AM
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Great looking truck! The tint looks great!!
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 11:40 AM
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Congrats!!

truck looks great..............Nice color choice
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by hydro1
we firefighters can usually talk the cops out of that "fix it" ticket
Unless they stroll though the parking lot somewhere and write you up when you're not in the truck. Speaking from experience. It's an $80 ticket if you don't fix it, $10 if you do.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by hydro1
We also have lousy MPG gas here in "EPA" land. The fuel burns ultra clean, but requires more of it (nice job enviro-****'s). I signed up at fuelly.com and will link it in my signature.
I didn't buy it for the MPG, just hope it improves a tad

Because Cali doing their part on everything from emissions to mpg's while the other 49 states do nothing will make a world of difference... I have never really gotten Cali's backward state epa/regulations stuff... One thing is for certain, everything is know to cause cancer in California, 99% of products say so

I love to visit that state, but could never live there myself.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 11:54 PM
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I love to visit that state, but could never live there myself.
x2!!
 
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