A manager responded to this review
Jordan, I am sorry you are not happy with the brackets for the truck. With these brackets Gatorback does send them to Ford to install on every model year truck to have them certified. There should be no modifying needed. It is possible some of the hardware could have been mispacked. I see you are in Fargo. If you want to swing by our office we can take a look at them and see what is happening with those.