Grumpycat
Veteran Member
Mine is a 4x4. Fiber panel.I'm actually surprised you haven't lost that fiber panel yet.
I've removed that panel off from every f150 we've had for managers and sales vehicles at the shop. From the lowly salesman up to our district managers truck.
Road debris (usually a chunk of tire) or a stick from a jobsite will catch it, crack it at some of the mounting bolts, then it will start hanging down and flopping. I'll remove them before they become a projectile.
I've always thought it was a poor design going to those panels instead of sticking with the steel skid plates on the 4x4's.
After doing the regional managers truck, our corporate fleet manager issued a service bulletin to remove them from any and all F150's company wide.
My off-roading has been limited to driving across grass, hayfield, pasture with manure from cattle. The kind of thing I'd rather not drive the pretty AWD Tesla through. Scratch the front bumper on tall grass...