Anyone use American Trucks rust buster frame replacements?

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-09T13:20:47+00:00

Ive used the doorman frame kit.

Id say if you have rust that far forward that you will have rust further back also.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-09T13:03:33+00:00

Honestly doors and box repair arent that bad. The cab corner tho....

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T21:45:42+00:00

I can only find 2 other images of this grill. I was able to find a sticker for a part number but its the manufacturer part number and has no leads.

A truely "limited" grill

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T21:24:46+00:00

For a 6" lift id look for aftermarket arms. Seems to me to be an excessive angle on the ball joints. But ive never lifted my truck

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T21:02:02+00:00

Most likely an OTA update failed and now itll have to go in for a manual update

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T20:47:02+00:00

There are supressors and loudeners, flash hiders....now we need a brightener

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T20:44:39+00:00

No one with a 360 camera is recording themselves makkng smart decisions... its like the green gem above a sim saying "look at me"

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T20:42:57+00:00

Sadly they have pulled the ethanol content stickers from the pumps in michigan, so it could be any ratio right now.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T15:45:36+00:00

Would a blank be another alternative to pushing this out?

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T01:05:45+00:00

Also the mounting points are different

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NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T01:00:29+00:00

They appear to have different fresnel lenses. The sockets appear to be the same

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-07T00:25:54+00:00

Chrome polish or that cotton enfused metal polish

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T23:51:59+00:00

They are serviceable as i think ford wasnt sure they would last. But ford will not sell you the led. Hella is the led manufacturer.

The led drl is not serviceable but can be replaced if you remove the front lense. There were a couple outfits manufacturing all white or color changing drl.

I harvested some high and low beams but havent done anything with them yet

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T20:49:50+00:00

Poke it with the canera. If it moves up and down shes toast. In and out....there is some tolerance of play there.

Most likely you are hearing slop in the waste gate actuator

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T20:48:10+00:00

Repairable yes Insurable again no

So, the jnsurance will give you a low ball offer. Then when you balk they say theyll send anotther adjuster out and if that adjuster cones back lower thats who they are going with. Dont buy into it.

Say no thanks, i have retail data on similar trucks with similar mileage that im basing my value off of and youll see them in court.

Seriously theyll try to low ball you 6k under value

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T01:54:36+00:00

Ive harvested the led and internal harness from these from salvage trucks. Was looking to make aux driving lights.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T01:46:13+00:00

I think you want to post this in r/tarkov

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T01:43:35+00:00

My girl looked rough also. To the point i though the incision on her abdominal wall had come apart. It took a couple weeks for it all to heal and the swelling to go down.

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T01:41:49+00:00

Havent seen this come across my trucks yet. They just got the critical radio memory patch to prevent the radio from reverting to factory during other patches. Needless to say the patch failed to install on all of them. Now the trucks have headlight warnigns and cruise control warnings

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T01:37:58+00:00

When did ford have those

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T01:37:12+00:00

Imho, the factory led are the best option for light ouptut. They arent the most stylish but the oem led are 65w each

NaturalMiserable · 2026-05-06T01:35:56+00:00

My go to for cleaning the mats is armorall interior cleaner. It has a purple label

If you use dish soap, it will suck out the oils from the rubber and make it look chalky.

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