How many of you already have dings?

[myothercarizahearse]

Almost a year in... door dings galore(ball bags at work drive junkers and don't care) tail gate has a few dents(inside and out) from loading stuff, that lame wind damn thing hanging down from bumper got hit in the cold and exploded, that's now gone for good. I want FX4 skid plate anyway...so if anybody near me wants to sell.... the bed has bunch of good size dents. you think almighty Ford would make that steel just a hair thicker. in the end it's a truck,, it gets used like a truck and works great for the truck stuff I need it for

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[t4thfavor]

Almost a year in... door dings galore(ball bags at work drive junkers and don't care) tail gate has a few dents(inside and out) from loading stuff, that lame wind damn thing hanging down from bumper got hit in the cold and exploded, that's now gone for good. I want FX4 skid plate anyway...so if anybody near me wants to sell.... the bed has bunch of good size dents. you think almighty Ford would make that steel just a hair thicker. in the end it's a truck,, it gets used like a truck and works great for the truck stuff I need it for

589fab sells a really nice set of skid plates. They are pricy though...

 

[Hounddog409]

My truck has 700 miles on it. Ceramic coated and garage kept.

Looked at the hood yesterday, and there are two very fine dings on the front of the hood where the closing mechanism is under the metal. Makes me kind of curious if this is a widespread issue, but I haven't seen any others to verify.

At least make me feel better, lol.

26k miles. My only ding is a nice one on the tailgate. No clue how it got there.

 

[myothercarizahearse]

589fab sells a really nice set of skid plates. They are pricy though...

they are nice but I don't really rock crawl and the price

 

[JohnnyO]

Had my truck for three weeks and hit a turkey on my way home from work. 2" crease in the leading edge of the hood. My cousin owns a used car lot and gave me the number of his paintless dent removal guy. Turkeys do not fly very high or fast.

 

[Trigganometry]

Lookin in my bed yesterday and the scratches were all over the place. Massive amounts of them too! I'm scratching my head wondering where they all came from. I let it go because for the life of me couldn't figure it out. Then later on it dawned on me. Open bed and a New England snow storm. You drive around and eventually it sloshes back and forth in the bed. At some point it packs pretty hard and you got to drop the turd. Well that's what scratched the hell out of my bed! It's ok though, less prep work for bed spray liner and then the MX4 top.

 

[Toytec]

I would expect Krylon rattle can paint to hold up better than what Ford used. But yeah,
scratch all you want, future LineX anyways.

 

[Eric]

I’ve noticed little dime size minor divots on the pickup passenger side only seen in just the right light from the side but they’re there. Aluminum

 

[Hounddog409]

Had my truck for three weeks and hit a turkey on my way home from work. 2" crease in the leading edge of the hood. My cousin owns a used car lot and gave me the number of his paintless dent removal guy. Turkeys do not fly very high or fast.

I have a little ding on my tailgate. Some assbag in a local parkin lot.

 

[Cabose-1]

This vehicle has the thinnest cheapest paint around. At least the aluminum panels are made from good ipa beers, i hope. Worst bed ever, weed eaters, gas cans, tools make easy work of the cheap bed. Tail gate full of scratches too. Paint chips off the hood and front just driving down the road. Already have dents in the bed, Still love this truck and wouldnt trade it for a coupe deville. Mabe a 250 with the 7.3 Godzilla windsor engine!! Bought it with 24 miles. It is a pick up!

 

[Hounddog409]

This vehicle has the thinnest cheapest paint around. At least the aluminum panels are made from good ipa beers, i hope. Worst bed ever, weed eaters, gas cans, tools make easy work of the cheap bed. Tail gate full of scratches too. Paint chips off the hood and front just driving down the road. Already have dents in the bed, Still love this truck and wouldnt trade it for a coupe deville. Mabe a 250 with the 7.3 Godzilla windsor engine!! Bought it with 24 miles. It is a pick up!

Must be the blue. Hehe. I dont have any chips. Hell not even in the bed after numerous firewood hauls.

my last truck's bed was far worse as far as chips go. I've been impressed with the durability of the paint on mine.

 

[Cabose-1]

Must be the blue. Hehe. I dont have any chips. Hell not even in the bed after numerous firewood hauls.

my last truck's bed was far worse as far as chips go. I've been impressed with the durability of the paint on mine.

Well the good part is, once i get the bed sprayed, it will be scuffed already!! The hood and front just get sand blasted on the expressway. Dealer did give me a one year warranty on the paint. I raised an eybrow when i was told this. Now i know why. Glad to hear your pickup is holding up. Especially with wood!! Still the best midsize out there!! Ford F$+&*#? Ranger!!

 

[CO2Ranger]

Lookin in my bed yesterday and the scratches were all over the place. Massive amounts of them too! I'm scratching my head wondering where they all came from. I let it go because for the life of me couldn't figure it out. Then later on it dawned on me. Open bed and a New England snow storm. You drive around and eventually it sloshes back and forth in the bed. At some point it packs pretty hard and you got to drop the turd. Well that's what scratched the hell out of my bed! It's ok though, less prep work for bed spray liner and then the MX4 top.

Those are both in my future too. Just sliding in some cardboard boxes was enough to get down past the gray into the primer.

 

[TN Ranger]

Well I'm a little upset. not a dingy but scuffed a wheel on a rock at an offroad park yesterday. Made me a little sick when I cleaned it up. But the fun I had was a pretty good trade off. Did manage to keep from scratching the body. Shew wee

 

[AzScorpion]

Well I'm a little upset. not a dingy but scuffed a wheel on a rock at an offroad park yesterday. Made me a little sick when I cleaned it up. But the fun I had was a pretty good trade off. Did manage to keep from scratching the body. Shew wee

I'll take a wheel scar anyway before a body scar. I've got a few like that and the first one does hurt. While we were in UT last fall I came off an off camber corner over a rock and heard a loud scrape and then a thud. My gf looked at me and thought something nasty happened. All I could think of was I crunched the rear qtr behind the tire but luckily it was the skid plate over the tranny. I bent up and it was rubbing against the tranny so it was vibrating through the floor. It sounded so much worse! lol

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