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The auto retailers have had it with the EV mandate: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a45989334/auto-dealers-sign-letter-to-urge-president-biden-to-tap-brakes-on-ev-mandate/ It's getting more and more difficult to get the sheep to believe that anything the gubmint does is "helping".

F that. I'm sticking with older vehicles forever. This is just one more reason that future new car sales will plummet.

Is it fugly? Yup. Did someone pay full retail for it? Yup.

There's always the bus.

So.... longer UCA's, LCA's, shocks, tie rods, & axles? Then new fiberglass fenders? Plus longer brake lines, ABS sensors and IWE hoses? How many dollars (in 2023 funny money) are you budgeting for this?

My daily is a 2012 3.5 ecoboost 4wd SCREW, but it's not something I longed for. It was a better fit than the '96 Bronco it replaced. No more hauling trash in the cab of a 200hp brick.

That raptor has the wrong motor. Game over.

Their installation video:

These guys make billet UCA's (for the BRaptor) that are adjustable without removing them. https://automotiveperformancegroup.com/product/bronco-midrunner-uca/ They use a "double jam nut" design to align the heim joint ends while on the truck.

Rebuilding Fox shocks (when some parts were backordered forever) may have forced them to re-use the seals if new ones weren't available. It's shi tty and dishonest, and you might not find out right away, but this is 2023 and a lot of people just don't care anymore.

I was impatient too. Found out two weeks later that 6r80 had metal floating around in it.

I'd show up tomorrow with a pile of money, show it to them, then drive it to anybody with a lift so you can check for rust, crash damage, leaking shocks..... and pull a 4oz sample of engine oil & trans fluid. Send it to Blackstone Labs (or anybody else legit), and beg them to put your sample in...

These guys sell you the correct size drill bit & thread tap, plus the new Schrader values: https://www.shockseals.com/products/schrader-retrofit-kit-w-drill-and-tap-2-pair?_pos=3&_sid=725cf1c0e&_ss=r

Total Chaos gets $900 for theirs, which gets you better geometry and replaceable bushings & uniball. Blitzkrieg, Camburg, and all the others ask similar prices for their version of tubular steel/uniball UCA's. The OEM replacement cast steel/balljoint UCA's are about 1/5 the cost and work just...

That's kinda pricey for LCA's. IIRC I paid $730+shipping&tax (for the pair) from RockAuto in 2022

Might want to also swap out the UCA's too. They are NOT subject to "Raptor Tax" (and the balljoints aren't replacable).

Are you re-using the oem coils? Are you going to have the Fox valves replaced with Schrader valves so you can get them charged anywhere?

If I documented how long this project is taking on a build thread, the other kids would make fun of me or beat me up and steal my lunchbox.

On a factory-built, QC-checked shock, (from an "industry leader"), which retails for a grand? Maybe on a used set with unknown history, but if that came from Fox..

Don't forget the noise from all those coins rattling around in the console.

Besides, everybody knows my Raptor won't be finished before climate change ends the world. ;(

This is a good point. Anybody with Kings is familiar with the clickity click sounds from the bypass check valves, and you either get used to it or you don't. But...... in an actual race truck there is so much other noise that it doesn't matter. It seems as if the OEM shocks absolutely had to be...

Did someone say that was a factory error? IIRC that was determined after a LOT of time & effort..... yet Fox hasn't addressed the problem?

Short answer: my local store; (friends from my racing days), had them in stock. The bling finish is "available", but it's 90miles round trip.

Shopping Mall rated, too!