After driving the beach for 20+ years. I have a cardinal rule, never drive below the high tide line. Odds are nothing will go wrong, but if things go south, you become an eternal internet legend.
I guess I should have shared this last week.....oops.
not a bump stop, that would be external to the shock tower to limit travel of the body of vehicle against the suspension
That looks like a rubber grommet to hold the shocks boot in place
I'll get my price protection when supply exceeds demand in a couple of years and easily acquire one for less tahn MSRP and has a few more bugs worked out...well at least they hire some QC folks. LOL
Maybe one of the option packages Ford should introduce is the "Quality Control Package"......pay extra for them to actually see it was assembled correctly.....