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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve been on the forum, nice truck @Gharri30! I love how that turned out.

Ouch...

These trucks pull like a dream! Did a 3.5 hour tow this past weekend like this and the truck didn’t even blink with this trailer on the back. So happy I ordered this truck!

Not gonna lie, that looks awesome!

@FirstFord22 You are a bad influence on my bank account!! ?

I ordered the sport but wanted the black emblems so I made my own hybrid sport/BAP and I love how it turned out! The red grille is one of my favorite things about the truck.

I freaking love the color, it looks so damn good! Crossing my fingers for some good news for you this week!

Got the tint done today! Just need to put on my diamondback tonneau and it will be the last of the accessories for now! Smoked cab lights were installed yesterday.

My tracker worked all the way across the country. I enjoyed see what towns it just passed through as I would call every hour at least. The tracking process was exhausting...glad it's over for me!

I have mentioned this in previous comments but thought it might be a good idea to start a thread to highlight specific dealers/salesman that are honest and try to help to bring them more business/customers for doing things the right way. I kind of got lucky with my experience but it seems like a wildcard these days. Please post your personal dealer experiences, good or bad! I will start with mine. My dealer was Ken Garff Ford in American Fork, UT and the salesman was Kris Talbot. I ordered on 9/7/21, and didn't get any movement until I dropped the BAP and fifth wheel prep on 1/27/22. Like a miracle, I received my vin number on 2/1/22 for a production week of 3/14/22. The rest of my timeline is in my signature so I won't bore you with the rest of the details. At the time of ordering, they told us that we could get the family discount because my uncle works at the Ken Garff Honda Downtown store ($4800 off MSRP). From the time we ordered to about a month and a half before the truck was supposed to arrive, the manager that offered this price to us, went into a different position within the same dealership. I had my concerns that we would still get the discount, but they still honored that handshake agreement we had (nothing was in writing) and just applied it to our purchase agreement. I also mentioned price protection to Kris previous to the truck arriving since it had been almost 8 months from order to delivery and he said that they were working on it weeks before the truck was supposed to arrive and that they would make it happen, not a fight at all about it. They also offered to give us employee pricing on accessories and threw in a year of free oil changes that we didn't know about until we were in finance signing our paperwork! They filled up our tank of gas (which Ford reimburses them for) and sent us on our way. If you are looking to order a new Ford in the Salt Lake valley in the future, go see my guy Kris in American Fork and he will take care of you!

Got to take her home today! So purdy!! Made my sport package into a sport/BAP hybrid and love the way it turned out!

Time will tell, she's still trying to get to 1000 miles so she can do some towing. I really like the vapor wheels. Throw some pics of your setup on here, I would be curious to see it. I don't think I will add flares to mine but I do like the 20x9 +1 offset look a lot.

My MIL got her wheels/tires put on today, I think it looks awesome! 35x12.5/R20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers with 20x10 -18 Fuel Vapor wheels. Side lighted emblems are next!

It is your truck, do it the way you want. I will say though, if you do get them run at least a 10" wide rim to make it look like they were supposed to be there and not an afterthought.

1 out of the 3 trucks my family ordered that just came in had the sleeve. Mine and my MIL's didn't. Hoping it is somewhere in the truck because I will need it to tow my camper.

It is so hard to be patient while it gets ready, I just keep telling myself that at least I’ll have it this week. Once I get the mods done I’ll post some more pics!

Here is my MIL's truck with the black in lay quad beams. Mine still need to be swapped. Hopefully it happens tomorrow. I love the look of it this way though.

Can't wait to pick it up Monday or Tuesday! Ford builds such nice trucks, glad I stuck with it and waited for this thing.

Thank you so much for all your help @cyberdman! My truck has arrived at the dealer and I am hoping to pick it up on Monday or Tuesday. I love how it looks, absolutely perfect IMO.

Here she is!!! I freaking love this truck! Hoping I get to bring her home tomorrow or Tuesday.

I’ve not picked her up yet but PDI is done and I’m ready to sign on Monday. I have some pictures but the stupid website won’t let me upload! I absolutely love it!! I’ll get some uploaded tonight when I’m back in town.

Nope, just a SRW loaded lariat.

I had three different scheduled days before my truck was actually built. It does mean you’re getting closer though.

I had three different scheduled days before my truck was actually built. It does mean you’re getting closer though.

You dodged a bullet for sure! This crap is starting to happen more and more unfortunately.