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If you are using a Raptor as it was intended to be used, there is nothing poor quality or cheap about it. If all you care about is mirror finish paint and panel gaps, then yeah, you will be disappointed. A lot of people in this thread would be much better off in an entry level X5 and should...

Fit and finish, performance, price; pick any two. As with everything in life, you get what you pay for. An entry-level X5 starts at $60k and is far less capable than the Raptor. You get a lot more performance for your money in the Ford and you get a lot better fit and finish in the BMW...

Many of you seem totally oblivious to the fact this is a $25k work truck with extensive performance upgrades. It is made by the same employees and on the same production line that builds those orange DOT trucks you see on the side of the highway picking up garbage. If you demand impeccable...

You should check out the Bentayga. Definitely more appropriate given your expectations.

no. shocks do not support weight, only slow movement.

Ford and BFG worked really hard on the updated KO2 tread pattern to increase mpg and lower road noise, yet retain full offroad capability. No doubt they put a lot more time and energy into optimizing the design for MPG than other manufacturers, so it isn't a surprise changing tires hits MPGs...

Raptor assault is tied to the VIN, so you should be good to go.

Ford uses the extang 2.0 mentioned above. Although if you order after the fact, I think there is another brand in the accessory catalog.

Same in the Denver suburbs. My high is five at a single intersection. It's to the point no one does the "Raptor wave" because you'd get carpal tunnel syndrome. That and there's so many of us it stopped being special a long time ago.

Everything is relative. My buddy had the back-flip and hated it and was always commenting on how much he liked my extang. His biggest complaints were of the build quality. The painted thin metal cover scratched and dented super easy and faded badly in the first year. Plus the rubber seals warped...

Sounds like you have a setup problem. I've driven through monsoons and not had problems like you describe. A few oz of water might have dripped in under the worst conditions, but nothing that bothers me when it comes to suitcases, bike or ski gear. And if I was motivated, it would be easy to fix...

https://extang.com/solid-fold-2-0

FYI, I believe the middle seat belt is not an airbag belt, so that might be the best place to put your kid.

I thought the hardpoints were mandated by the govt, but I guess I was wrong. Our old car didn't have the anchor points, and no matter how tight I got the seat belt, there was always movement in the car seat. Using the anchor points, that thing is rock solid and not going anywhere. I would...

I like the hardcover that came from Ford, a rebranded Extang Solid Fold 2.0. Shockingly simple to install and remove. Just two wingnuts and it is free within 30 seconds. Pretty light too and something I can remove and install by myself. More secure to intrusion than a backflip, but it won't flip...

All modern car seats have the hard point buckles and are a 1,000,000x more secure than using a belt. If yours is ancient and doesn't have the hardpoint buckles, I highly recommend upgrading the car seat. Bad things will happen if you try to use an airbag seatbelt to secure a kid's car seat.

What you're failing to appreciate is the live shocks are dialing in a custom tune for every condition. On the street, it stiffens up to greatly reduce lean and dive. High speed offroad? Has a custom map for that too. Rock crawling, yep, got that covered. And jumping, all 13" are dialed in to do...

It's almost as if Raptors are built on the same line, by the same employees, and painted in the same paint booths as $25k work trucks. If fit and finish are critical, those people should be buying luxury brands and paying that markup, not buying a truck and then being surprised when it is built...

You haven't been here long have you? We have waaaay too many trolls claiming they'll get $9k off a raptor because they are master negotiators and others who try and convince people the V6 is an unreliable POS and depreciation whacks $20k off as soon as you drive it off the lot. Lots of haters...

I haven't confirmed it personally, but several posters have reported that the tool is unnecessary to reprogram the tire location. Move them and after five minutes of driving, the truck figures it out.

Having put a flat spare on a car before, I'm definitely annoyed Ford cheaped out and doesn't include the ability to monitor the spare along with the other tires. But on the other hand, I am impressed it is a matching tire and wheel. Not something you see very often, but definitely nice to have...

There is a previous thread on here that shows the difference if you dig into the forum deep enough.

The radar cruise sensor is under the plastic part of the bumpor on the driver's side. If you offset the license plate, move it to the passenger's side.

In the 90s BMW ranked up there with Honda and Toyota in terms of reliability. BMW was teetering on the verge of bankruptcy in the 80s because they were spread too thin and as a result, they dropped everything except the 3, 5, and 7 series and focused on making those the best and most reliable...

Funny you say that. Boeing makes the 737 fuselages in Kansas and ships them by rail to Washington for final assembly. Those make an irresistible target and they are always patching bullet holes after they arrive.