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Rear quarter panel support strut ?

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I have been wondering why Ford decided to leave the rear quarter panel area just in front of the rear tire unsupported. I chose to add a 1" x 1" piece of aluminum angle to mine. Installed with pop rivets. Wheel well liner covers this area. Anyone else notice this, or why it was left unsupported.
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Photo of where / what you’re describing?
 
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LH & RH looking from forward to rear. These are the aluminum strut I installed. If you have the new f150 go to the drivers side rear panel in front of the tire and down low, gently push inward. I haven't owned a f-150 since 1998. May be that's the way they all are suppose to be. But it really doesn't matter, because I really like this truck. I can't find anything to not like about it so far.
 
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Shouldn’t hurt anything but those panels welded perpendicular to the body panel that you attached to is the structural support for that panel. I don’t think those pieces you added are going to add any measurable additional strength.
 
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I can tell you that it did. If you would have been there and pushed in the area that I had mentioned, you would of seen the difference. Now may be down the road it will distort the whole quarter panel, if it does I guess that's on me.
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