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Ford's part numbers are horrible. You are getting Ford numbers from some, and Motorcraft numers from others. Then both of those original numbers get revision numbers that may or may not be properly listed. It's a mess. Don't forget the part number you'll find on the part itself is an...

It is. Rock Auto aggregates various auto part suppliers, so that's why you see the same thing described 3 different ways.

The more expensive one says "USA remanufactured". Most parts go to Mexico to be rebuilt these days, so I'm guessing that's why one is expensive and one is cheap.

Spray paint them then. Works for about 25K miles and you'll have to respray. I just do it if it looks needed when I rotate tires every 5K.

Get new Centric discs with the black coated hats.

The one I saw blew the top off, and the schrapnel and acid mostly went up. I do stand to the side when working on them.

Running a non-deep cycle battery down even once can kill it. It's not always just a matter of charging it back up as you saw. I'd recommend trying to avoid making sparks around batteries that are full of acid and venting hydogen as they are being charged. I've seen the aftermath of...

I'm shocked the Raptor R didn't bring a set of beefed up factory brakes to the F150. They didn't even change the pad compound from the base Raptor. Maybe next year...

The #1 purchasing priority early in my life was a house with a big garage. I drove a 5 year old F150 XLT Scab at the time. I drove it for another 10+ years too, replaced rusted out doors, fixed all kinds of shit keeping it going so I could pay off my house. After being house poor for a...

I'm sure you did. :) I bought my house because it had a huge garage. Back when mortals could access the full MLS, I could serach for houses with 4+ car garages and found this one. It had the typical original 2 car garage, with a oversized 2 car added onto that later by the PO. I just...

Parking your vechiles inside a garage that you own is the best way to prevent this. I won't buy a vechile I can't put in my garage(s). Leaving a $50K+ vechile parked outside 100% of the time is insane IMO.

It's not what I'd call "easy". You need the right conditions, lighting and materials to do it right and you have to prep the car first. On the other hand- it is as simple as just smearing some liquid around and buffing it off one panel at a time, so with a little effort and research anyone can...

Still no explanation on the disabled trucks after driving through water?

It's hard coded in the BCM. I was suprised when you said the dealer could do it. I figured they were talking out of their ass and only thought they could do it, but gave them the benefit of the doubt thinking maybe Ford has changed something in that regard over the years. Apparently not...

I have a huge garage and all the tools. Nobody touches my vehicles in general other than me. Other than tires, I can do anything that needs to be done on a passenger vechile. Wheels and tires go to the tire shop by themselves, and get installed by me at home. It's been nice to own nearly all...

It's a $250 part, quit acting like the sky is falling and you are owed something.

You modified the truck's front suspension, changing the angle that the CV joints operate at. The leaking CV is on you, even if it was a defective part. It's a matter of ethics. Are you ethical or not?

Cooled seats don't use the A/C system. There is a TED (thermo electric device) under the seat. When you put power to it, one side gets hot and the other gets cold. There is a fan under the seat that blows the air across the hot/cold surface, depending on wheter you want heated or cooled seats.

Given the Rpator R is a guarantee sell at nearly any price- I highly doubt the acccountants were against it. Production, last time I saw anything regarding the production line, they like making bad ass trucks- even if it takes slightly more effort. Marketing always just says "give me...

Funny the whole "Ford didn't want to build that truck" thought. I don't know exactly which person "Ford" actually represents in that sentence, but I guarantee every engineer in the company was chomping at the bit to build the Raptor R. Letting a Ram truck stomp their halo F150 into the ground...

I thought you just wanted to factory code, yeah there is no changing the deault code without getting $$$$. Note to self- take the keypad code card out of the truck!

https://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/catalog/owner_guides/13f12om3e.pdf It's in there- you need both keys and some sequence of events and it'll flash it up on the radio screen. I tried it on mine and it worked, even though I had the card with the code on it.

I've thought about swapping mine if the slider fails or if the glass explodes from defrost- so I tend to notice the 09-14 trucks w/o a slider on the street. From straight behind, they look good. From an angle though, the sheer size of that flat piece of glass looks- cheap? Odd? Something...

Best thing is the OEM offset.

Most of the guys buying a new 37 package Raptor aren't exactly hurting for money. Getting rid of 5 wheels laying around in the garage, likely making his wife unhappy- was probably way more important than the extra $800 he might have been able to get if he had asked for more and had to hold on...