is anyone running a brush guard on 2019 F350 with adaptive cruise control?

[Unit88]

Got a new truck to pull our 303RLS.....Truck is equipped with "adaptive cruise control". Information I have read says that the cruise will not work.....when a brush guard is mounted. You also lose the front camera I read........wondering if another member has this same problem. My truck is a 2019 Ford F350 CC SB Platinum Trim level.

thank you

[Txfivver]

The adaptive cruise radar is in the little black square box next to the driver side tow hook. The camera is in the grill below the Ford oval. I can see where if either is blocked by the bumper you would lose that function.

[Unit88]

The adaptive cruise radar is in the little black square box next to the driver side tow hook. The camera is in the grill below the Ford oval. I can see where if either is blocked by the bumper you would lose that function.

thank you for the response.... I was hoping to find out clearance parameters (top/bottom, both sides, and front) that need to be achieved for the AC to work properly. I was thinking of Ranchhand and Westin as acceptable..... but neither of the two indicate they work with Ford's adaptive cruise. I really like the AC feature on my truck.......but since we live in an area that seem to have an abundance of suicidal deer, I'm seriously considering a "deer smasher" on the F350.
Westin looks like it clears the frontal area of the AC, but I am not sure if the receptive angle of the AC would activate/alarm.....I guess more research is required.

[Txfivver]

Have you asked the vendors for the ones you like? They should know. We see a lot of them on the road here, Texas imagine that, and on hi line trucks that have AC. That radar box is pretty small so if the bumper has a hole for it they may be able to move it into the bumper and it'll work. Sorry for the guessing as I don't have an aftermarket bumper but have thought about it due to deer as well. Ranch Hand is the biggest brand here, I would try contacting them directly. Nice truck by the way...Platinums are gorgeous!

[Txfivver]

Got my curiosity up so a quick google search shows a few promising ideas to keep the AC working...this one is kind of cool.
https://www.rogueracing.com/bumpers/...017-super-duty

[howson]

Got a new truck to pull our 303RLS.....Truck is equipped with "adaptive cruise control". Information I have read says that the cruise will not work.....when a brush guard is mounted. You also lose the front camera I read........wondering if another member has this same problem. My truck is a 2019 Ford F350 CC SB Platinum Trim level.

thank you

I didn't consider the Adaptive Cruise (ADC) when I installed my front hitch. Installed a bike rack and went out for a test drive to see how I liked looking at a bike while driving. Turned on cruise and she nosed over--I immediately knew what had happened. Bike rack blocked the ADC's radar. I switched to normal cruise control and it worked, but I really like ADC so no bike rack on the front.

[Bamaman]

We've got one car with the adaptive cruise control, and I really don't like it. It will slow me down to the speed of the vehicle in front of me and then floor the accelerator when I pull over into the left lane. And that lane change alarm that beeps every time I cross a white line is annoying. At least I can cut it off.

I long for the old simple times where cars and trucks were simple and bumpers and cattle guards were big.

[Unit88]

Have you asked the vendors for the ones you like? They should know. We see a lot of them on the road here, Texas imagine that, and on hi line trucks that have AC. That radar box is pretty small so if the bumper has a hole for it they may be able to move it into the bumper and it'll work. Sorry for the guessing as I don't have an aftermarket bumper but have thought about it due to deer as well. Ranch Hand is the biggest brand here, I would try contacting them directly. Nice truck by the way...Platinums are gorgeous!

Yes....and the two companies I contacted say their guard will cause the camera to not work.....I knew that because my friend also has a 2019 and he installed a Westin.....and it rendered the camera pretty much useless......his truck does not have AC, so I cannot speak to whether the AC would work with a Westin..... The factory said they thought the AC would work.....

[Unit88]

Got my curiosity up so a quick google search shows a few promising ideas to keep the AC working...this one is kind of cool.
https://www.rogueracing.com/bumpers/...017-super-duty

great info..... I am pretty sure I'm going to put a deer smasher on the front, and was thinking I might have to fab a bracket up to do it...I'll give those folks a call.....
thank you

[Unit88]

Got my curiosity up so a quick google search shows a few promising ideas to keep the AC working...this one is kind of cool.
https://www.rogueracing.com/bumpers/...017-super-duty

found another guard that looks appealing on an F350 and appears to have some space to allow the AC an unobstructed view.....here is the linkhttps://realtruck.com/p/go-industries-rancher-grille-guards/