Did FORD mean to leave this here?

[Hootbro]

Looks like brillo pad material. All I can see is that becoming a grimy, grungy dirt attractor you cannot access to clean.

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[fordtrks4ever]

I took a thin aluminum yard stick and popped out the two plastic push pins and removed mine
I could just see leaves and other organic items getting caught there.
There has been no changes or sound issues since removing

 

[Critical Habitat]

Can @Ford look into this and tell us all if this white piece of junk between the bed and cab is supposed to be removed?
This is just going to be an area where leaves and debris will accumulate, and it does not dry out right way after getting wet.

 

[willy]

I took a thin aluminum yard stick and popped out the two plastic push pins and removed mine
I could just see leaves and other organic items getting caught there.
There has been no changes or sound issues since removing

did you go over the top to remove? i can get at one underneath the truck. looking to see what i have on hand to pop these pins out. i have trim tools, but don’t want to scratch anything.

 

[Jason B]

My WAG. May be protection so as to not to bang the bed against the cab at assembly.

 

[CherryCoke]

I have it on Mine as well. Oh well, it's not bothering anyone so I let it be ?

 

[Wayfaring Ranger]

With as many people still have the material present, it seems likely that it's supposed to stay there and it's not just a temporary shipping material. The chances that 1-2 dealers forgot to unpack the truck right is one thing, but when we have seen nearly every truck on this forum with it in place after purchase, it's likely it was never meant to be removed. Also the fact that it is riveted onto the body and not just a free-floating sheet of material adds to this.

We've had like 3-4 large threads about this on the forum, and the consensus with almost everyone is that it's there after taking delivery and their dealer said it's supposed to be there.

 

[fordtrks4ever]

did you go over the top to remove? i can get at one underneath the truck. looking to see what i have on hand to pop these pins out. i have trim tools, but don’t want to scratch anything.

Stood in the bed and removed both pins.

 

[willy]

Stood in the bed and removed both pins.

thx. i went underneath and popped the two outer ones with a trim tool. mine had four.

 

[fordtrks4ever]

thx. i went underneath and popped the two outer ones with a trim tool. mine had four.

You are correct there are 4
Been about 2 1/2 months since I removed them but I did them all standing in the bed.

 

[willy]

With as many people still have the material present, it seems likely that it's supposed to stay there and it's not just a temporary shipping material. The chances that 1-2 dealers forgot to unpack the truck right is one thing, but when we have seen nearly every truck on this forum with it in place after purchase, it's likely it was never meant to be removed. Also the fact that it is riveted onto the body and not just a free-floating sheet of material adds to this.

We've had like 3-4 large threads about

You are correct there are 4
Been about 2 1/2 months since I removed them but I did them all standing in the bed.

i removed it and out of curiosity wet it with the hose. it holds a lot of water.

 

[fordtrks4ever]

With as many people still have the material present, it seems likely that it's supposed to stay there and it's not just a temporary shipping material. The chances that 1-2 dealers forgot to unpack the truck right is one thing, but when we have seen nearly every truck on this forum with it in place after purchase, it's likely it was never meant to be removed. Also the fact that it is riveted onto the body and not just a free-floating sheet of material adds to this.

We've had like 3-4 large threads about this on the forum, and the consensus with almost everyone is that it's there after taking delivery and their dealer said it's supposed to be there.

Mine had 4 plastic push pins no rivets. They were easy to remove.
Holds a lot of water when wet.

 

[TigerLilly]

Piece of white fabric that feels like underlayment or insulation between the cab and bed . I saw it when I was changing the bulbs in the cargo lights to LED’s

Definitely don’t have that. Build 1/29, delivery 4/10

 

[PARangerRaptor]

Piece of white fabric that feels like underlayment or insulation between the cab and bed . I saw it when I was changing the bulbs in the cargo lights to LED’s

It's on mine as well.

 

[fordgt]

My friend’s build/delivery date are similar to yours and he has them. Interesting.

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