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That's all hogwash. Ford didn't build them to accommodate window cleaning for short people. That sounds absolutely ridiculous. You have that in writing anywhere? If anything, the holes in the sidesteps would line up with the doors in order to do their job for the occupants. And the larger side up front to stop more debris like rocks, dirt, sand and mud....if anything. And the logo is in the front...if you switch them around.
The correct way is probably the way they came from Ford. I highly doubt they messed that up but it is possible. There are several legit reason to have the larger part up front like I mentioned. To aid in catching more debris so it doesn't hurt the truck. However....I think the logo looks better up front and the cutouts look perfect IF you reverse them. It's pretty crazy and wouldn't fault anyone for going one way or the other.
Maybe hogwash in your mind simply because the company doesnt publish their compliance requirements or standards doesnt mean it doesnt exist. There is some truth to the concept in principle in some federal vehicular codes that may had been carried over to cover some requirements on the safe side.
Based on logo placement for the raptors my thinking is the raptor designation labeling went on the rear and they kept the ford name toward the front and back. Ford loves to place their name everywhere they can but preserve the raptor name probably from avoiding diluting the sub brand all over the car. Similarly to how they began using mustang on other cars like the ev i can see how theyre trying to use raptor across different lines like the ranger and bronco. The last thing they want is to enable and encourage people into faking their fake raptors so make a standard that makes it obvious to those who know a real one and not.
Because it benefits someone in one aspect doesn't mean it was designed in mind for that aspect. It's a Side "STEP". Why are grooves cut into the side STEP? Why do they align with occupant entry WHEN REVERSED much better? That aspect IMO is the largest single aspect that says they should be the other way around. Larger cut outs, larger door, medium cutouts smaller back door, even two little ones I assume for the rear of the cab. You have admit, it looks retarded stock in terms of the cut-outs. Maybe the best case would have been to reverse the cutouts and leave the board with the larger end stock orientation. Although, I like it with the logo up front like a fender badge would be and the narrow end up front so I'm set just reversing them.
As i mentioned before the original cutouts are from the piece designed for the original f150 based on mounting points and length fit to the truck. This piece was already made before the raptor was released. They contract out an oem supplier make several batches of them, why create a brand new one when it's already mass produced. Stamping the logo is always an easy thing because thats just a custom request to an already manufactured part. When a high volume truck like the f150 is produced, parts bin availability is prioritized first to maximize margins but my suggestion of why they flipped it most likely is one of the first reasons they did it. People who want to think they know better than ford want to argue they made a mistake in flipping it. I rather practice less hubris and consider the arguments of why they probably flipped it on the raptor for a purposeful goal than say it was a simple mistake.
The argument or debate only continues when one refuses to consider the true possibilities. I simply stated a logical conclusion that a few refuse to accept and continued to state my reasons why it makes sense.
So your argue....discussion is that on a 75K truck they were lazy and cheap? If that is the case I would be disappointed even more in Ford than a design or stamping flaw.
