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I have a floor jack and used the solid portion with the bolts just behind the fender well

Did you get a chance to do this?

Please take good notes on how you do this for future reference?

Unfortunately we have a front plate requirement. So the ugly mount is staying. ?

Yup, by the time I pay tax, pretty much the same

Not sure, I guess we’ll see. However, I had black lug nuts on black custom wheels for my Ford Explorer for 7 years and they held up, so I’m going with them.

One thing I have not been happy with are the chrome lug nuts on the black wheels. Well, after trying ones from Gorilla and McGard, I finally located ones that work very well. The issue with the others is that under the lug nuts Ford machined the holes to smooth the mating surface. This leaves a silver ring, and the Gorilla and McGard were too small in diameter and they allowed the ring to be seen. I finally found a company in California - https://veritekperformance.com/ lug nuts - VPE-1415FMFOEBK locking - VPE-NFD1415LKBK Looks like they are made for a Mustang, but they work incredibly well.

I was going back and forth between this and the blue, very glad that I picked this one

Gadgetjq beat me to it. But yeah everything you need is in that post!

Not sure what year you have, but my 19 ST had the single tone horn. I added a dual horn setup from a 2018 and it was an easy install. In the 19 you only have to remove the headlight, not sure about other years. It uses existing mount point and wiring.

Done with most of the modifications to my ST. Got some good pictures this morning with appropriate background.

Looks nice!

Thanks! Given the above information that the guards haven't been for any version of sport or ST, I am happy that I went ahead and tried it. As for the color, I love it!! Once I get my windows tinted next week, then I'll give a full car shot, as I think dark windows will really make the color look good.

See separate thread for my pics

I really like the look they provide, and as I said, hopefully they will produce ones that are correctly molded for our version. On the fronts, I had to drill one hole to create an additional push pin location, but all of the other connections are done with existing holes/hardware.

Ok, first things first, there is NO correct part for the 2019 ST, and these will not directly fit the 2019. I had to do some trimming on the bottom horizontal edge and the top most part of the guard to get them to fit on the rears. Also, note that the left and right side rears are DIFFERENT, this is by design and necessity. I wasted 30 minutes trying to figure out why Ford had mixed them up. Even with the trimming, they don't fit exactly, but from 15-20' away you really can't tell. Hopefully I can replace them in the future with a legit set that mates up perfectly. Here are the part numbers that I used: Fronts are - FT4Z16A550AA Rears are - KT4Z16A550AA Well, enough of that, on with the pictures!! more pictures in reply to this thread

I carry an 18" breaker bar with a six point socket in the correct size in all of my cars for breaking the lugs loose to change a tire. Don't want to have to try and break loose with a compact 4-way in a pinch.

Installed the JLT can today, very easy to install and looks like it belongs. Very well done product.

I wanted to update on my experience with these aftermarket lugs. I tried both the McGards and the Gorilla lug nuts. They are both thinner than the factory lugs which leads to the real problem. The factory lugs also have a large flare at the bottom that mates to the wheel. The part of the wheel that meets the base of the lug nut is unpainted. So when you install the black lug nuts, they expose the silver unpainted portion of the wheel. Ugh....

9mmbullitt - fantastic video. Made the dual horn switch in less than 30 minutes. I love the new sound, thanks!!!

Fronts are - FT4Z16A550AA rears are - KT4Z16A550AA Will have pictures after install.

I just got my ST last weekend and wanted the splash guards (had them on my ‘13 Explorer). The fronts did fit with NO issues. Took less than 10min per side to put on. The rears will arrive tomorrow and plan to install this weekend. I’ll let you know how it goes.