🛠️ What have you done to your F150 Tremor this week?

[Dbn23]

I got a new toy and made myself a sweet key fob cover.

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How long before these go on sale???

 

[PNWTremor]

What did I do to my Tremor today?
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Well, today I saw my truck off to what may be its final resting place.




On 10/30/25, I was driving home from training on use and repair of North American Rescue's ToMManikins (these are high-fidelity manikins used to train military, medics, police, et cetera on trauma response. We manage several of these for the state and we also train people using them). It was raining, slightly, but I came to a stretch of road where the right lane was blocked off by road crew vehicles and personnel, with road flares and amber flashing lights. (I recall being impressed that they were using actual road flares.) Traffic was at a standstill in the fast lane. To my left was a bit of shoulder with a concrete barrier between us and the opposing lane. My turn-off was just about 1/4 mile from me. I sat there for not very long, then looked up in my rearview as I do when sitting in traffic and saw headlights coming at me, and fast. I remember thinking that they were coming fast and didn't seem like they were going to stop, then bam. Fortunately I left enough room in front of me that I didn't hit the car in front of me, and was pushed over into the shoulder. But there was no where I could go to get out of the situation. The car that hit me somehow continued around me, coming to a rest in front of me, against the concrete barrier. I also recall hearing the Tremor tell me that an accident had been detected and that it was contacting the authorities, (I thought to myself, "Interesting- I didn't know it would do that!") but then I think I also remember it saying it was cancelling the call, which I thought was kind of odd...

Anyway, I got out to survey the damage, and some of the road crew, who were on the phone with 911, were saying that the other driver wasn't responding. I went over to check on him, and we still couldn't get any response, so I went back to the truck to find something to knock on his window, or to break his side window so we could get to him. The road had been blocked off because of another accident just a short ways ahead of us, which meant police, fire and EMS were nearby, so as they responded pretty quickly, and after I spoke to the state trooper, we agreed I should move my vehicle off the road, so the fire guys helped me get the SmartCap back on (it had fallen most of the way off the back) and I gathered some of the stuff that had fallen out of the back. When EMS came to check on me, they informed me that they had found my jump kit and used it on the patient, which was pretty funny for all of us. I'm certainly glad to have been of assistance! I got the truck off the main part of the road (fortunately there was a parking area just across a small grass strip just beyond the slow lane) and continued gathering stuff off the road so I didn't lose anything.

So, over the past few days I've stripped most everything off of it that I could, Decked Drawers (damaged), RSI SmartCap (damaged), removed all the rescue and medical stuff from it. My new Stihl chainsaw is damaged, my ceramic ballistic plates are damaged so I can't trust them any more, I'm concerned about my ballistic helmet... now insurance will probably give me half of what that vehicle is worth, let alone the stuff I maintain in and on it to rescue others. If it's going to be totaled, then I'm going to try to get the shocks out, the winch and winch mount out, my off-road lights out, and some of the wiring that I put in there, if possible- if the collision company lets me get to it.

As far as the truck is concerned, the rear passenger wheel is shoved forward (bent axle?), the bed is trashed, the hitch is facing the ground, the spare tire is held in place pinched between the hitch and the axle, the exhaust on that passenger side is pressed up against the tire, the leaf spring suspension broke... so not a great day for that truck. The driver's seat is reclined and won't come back up and the rear window is gone (I've accounted for some of the glass- in my fingers...
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So, yeah... my truck will probably be considered a total loss, but I will say that, had I left a few minutes earlier or later, my truck would probably still be intact, but if that guy had hit a smaller vehicle, there likely could've been a fatality. As it is, all I know about the other driver is that he regained consciousness in the ambulance. I hope he's okay. I'll post more photos soon, if I can.

My question is whether anyone knows of any good deals on used (or new, depending on how much money I get) Tremors. Is Granger the way to go?

@Machine I am very sorry to see this. I carry a heavy heart for you. I hope you (and others involved) are ok. Sounds like you were a prepared man, love to hear they found your jump kit! Mine is mounted behind the passenger seat and has seen lots of use.

How is insurance handling all of the accessories etc?

 

[Machine]

@Machine I am very sorry to see this. I carry a heavy heart for you. I hope you (and others involved) are ok. Sounds like you were a prepared man, love to hear they found your jump kit! Mine is mounted behind the passenger seat and has seen lots of use.

How is insurance handling all of the accessories etc?

Thanks, I appreciate it. I'm doing okay, but I still don't know how the guy who hit me fared. I hope he's okay, but I haven't heard anything about him.

I try to keep as much as I can in the bed so it's not easily visible to the casual thief, but I've been looking at the seat-back-mounted options as well. This jump kit is a bit big for mounting in the cab, though. Fortunately the rope rescue stuff wasn't damaged as far as I know.

According to the adjuster, he recommends I leave the suspension and winch/winch mount installed since they are permanently installed components, which should be covered by insurance. I think the SmartCap and Decked stuff should also be covered, but those had to come off so they didn't fall off while it was being towed.

I'm hoping that those things will be covered, though I really doubt the chainsaw and ballistic plates/helmet that I use for disaster deployments and "work" (all volunteer stuff) will be covered, which sucks as those aren't cheap items. I don't know why I should be stuck having to pay for them considering the accident was 100% his fault, but we'll see how it goes.

 

[CrankCase]

I got a new toy and made myself a sweet key fob cover.

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Yeah, I need this. LOL

 

[CMar]

Battery replaced, oil changed, tire rotation, coolant flush, brake flush, differentials and transfer case fluids changed. Inverter replaced under warranty. Ramen for a month now

 

[JPH]

Swapped my 22 for a 25 last Friday, did 2" leveling kit in the front, added the lights in the grill and the Baja Design Squadron on A pillars. Pretty happy with the new rig with the exception of the headlights not being LED anymore, steering wheel is now manually adjusted and the code is some shit sticker. Winter is going to be long until I can put the summer shoes on!!

 

[teamroper60]

Swapped my 22 for a 25 last Friday, did 2" leveling kit in the front, added the lights in the grill and the Baja Design Squadron on A pillars. Pretty happy with the new rig with the exception of the headlights not being LED anymore, steering wheel is now manually adjusted and the code is some shit sticker. Winter is going to be long until I can put the summer shoes on!!

Congrats on your new truck! FYI, your headlights are LED.

 

[JPH]

Congrats on your new truck! FYI, your headlights are LED.

Thanks! As you can see I am no expert ! So why is everyone saying they are not anymore?

 

[CMar]

Thanks! As you can see I am no expert ! So why is everyone saying they are not anymore?

They're not adaptive/dynamic bending (levels and points in the direction of the turn).

 

[Skeeter]

Thanks! As you can see I am no expert ! So why is everyone saying they are not anymore?

They are LED Reflectors in a reflector housing; although, they still look like the old halogen headlights. It's a shame Ford did this to the Tremor. You don't even get LED tail lights in the base Tremor. A truck of this stature should have the LED Projectors on the Lariat and above. I love the Tremor, but this was a deal breaker for me. I decided on a '25 Lariat 502A. I'll give it a few years and see what Ford does, but it seems like you pay more for less nowadays.

 

[Brynn2023Tremor]

Color matched emblems agate black with magnetic metallic J7.

 

[mcbagpiper]

Installed a new muffler! I like the look of the stock exhaust on my 5.0, but wanted a bit more depth and volume to the tone. I didn’t want something overly loud and droning, so opted for the Flowmaster F/X direct replacement option. Allows you to bump the sound a bit while keeping most of the OEM system, and the cost is relatively inexpensive.

The muffler itself is quite a bit smaller compared to the stock one, maybe ½ the size. Install took a little over an hour start to finish, it helped watching the video from fifty nation garage on youtube in advance. I will also note, as others have before, if you have a 2025 the bolts for the two exhaust clamps on the backside of the muffler are facing the bed of the truck, not down towards the ground like most videos show. It does make it difficult to fit a deep socket, however I found using a 15mm wrench was easy enough to loosen the bolts.

The sound of the new muffler is just about perfect, nice and deep without being too loud in the cabin. I say “just about” b/c, as noted by other owners who’ve installed this muffler it does make something very obvious…cylinder de-activation. When the truck drops into cylinder de-activation mode it creates a very deep and flat sound – almost like it’s bogging down. You then give it a bit of gas and it's back into V8 mode and that bogging sound is gone. Kudos to Ford for creating something that’s relatively seamless from a feel perspective, but when you can hear the change it’s annoying how frequently it happens.

For the past week I’ve been switching to sport mode just to avoid the cylinder de-activation, but when you’re just cruising along it’s also annoying to have the truck sitting in a lower gear for now reason. Wondering if there was a way to fix that one downside, I started looking at the OEM muffler and noticed it had a feature that wasn’t replicated on the FlowMaster. The stock system has 3 vibration dampers, one located in front of the muffler and one located towards the exit of each tailpipe. The rear ones remain b/c nothing is changed on those as a result of this muffler swap, but the Flowmaster muffler doesn’t have a mount for the front damper.

Figuring it couldn’t hurt to try, I used an angle grinder to cut the damper off the stock exhaust at the base of it’s mounting bracket (can always be re-welded later if needed). That left me with the large rubber damper on a small metal bracket, which I then drilled so I could thread the bolt from a 3” exhaust clamp through it. I then positioned the clamp and damper as close as I could to the front end of the Flowmaster muffler, similar to its position on the OEM version.

It made a big difference! The deep growl of the new muffler is still there, but that flat booming base tone during cylinder de-activation is now gone. You can still tell when the de-activation happens b/c the tone is slightly different, but nothing like it was before. The muffler is ½ the size of the original so I think you’re always going to hear more of what the engine is doing compared to the OEM setup, but I doubt a passenger would notice whereas before it had that obvious bogging noise.

I’ll probably keep experimenting with placement of the damper to see if there’s an ideal position, it’s easy enough to loosen the bolt and slide it along the length of the tubing to see where it’s most effective. Even if this is as good as it gets, I’m happy with the new setup!