‘24 Raptor — Graphics, keep or delete?

[ThePaintPirate]

You look like you are 5 years old with decals on your big boy truck. I supposed people keep them so that everyone knows their truck is a Raptor "Yessir, this is special forces off-roading vehicle." But anyone who doesn't know what a Raptor just thinks you have dumb stickers on your truck or are a Jurassic Park fan. Anyone who knows what a Raptor is will recognize a Raptor without the big boy stickers.

 

[Space Ghost]

im personally not a huge fan of the gen 3-3.5 graphics besides the FP and the topographic on the 37 package
Gen 1 had my favorite and fell in love with having some graphics on ever since.

Its obvious these are raptors but i always love a simple Raptor on the side, it just fits it in my eyes. Just like how id never take the Lightning badge off my SVT, or the Ninja stickers off my ZX10.

They do look nice naked with nothing on though.

I took off the border on the gen 2 bedside and kept the Raptor and it looks better to me.

Loved the SE graphics the gen 1 had the best, big but blended in well

My wife reminds me that I'm a man. My truck let's me know I'm still a big ole kid at heart. As long as it fits your style. That's all that really matters.

Exactly how i feel, this is just a big ass tonka truck toy to me and why i bought one.

 

[Andrewalker7]

When I ordered my 2025, the salesman wouldn’t even let me do the decals. He said you definitely do not want them because they will destroy the paint eventually.

Regardless of opinion, this shit doesn't sit right with me... I'm all for suggestions, but it's not up to him whatsoever.

 

[Tx Tiger]

FWIW, I took a phased approach going a few days between each to se how I felt about the changes. I still have the raptor on the side, at least for now. Mostly so it's different than the other Aves I see.

They came off with a little effort... I would say the best solution for ease of removal was starting after sitting in the Texas heat for a while then pulling it in the shade.

 

[Menace]

FWIW, I took a phased approach going a few days between each to se how I felt about the changes. I still have the raptor on the side, at least for now. Mostly so it's different than the other Aves I see.

They came off with a little effort... I would say the best solution for ease of removal was starting after sitting in the Texas heat for a while then pulling it in the shade.

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Looks good! Looks exactly like mine as it sits right now. Never thought I’d have this much trouble going back and forth removing that last decal on the bed lol

 

[CoderRaptor]

FWIW, I took a phased approach going a few days between each to se how I felt about the changes. I still have the raptor on the side, at least for now. Mostly so it's different than the other Aves I see.

They came off with a little effort... I would say the best solution for ease of removal was starting after sitting in the Texas heat for a while then pulling it in the shade.

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Good job. I think it looks better off the hood. You might have convinced me to take mine off.

 

[shank_guru]

I was out with my son running errands today. Drove by a Ford dealership and they had a new Raptor out front and it had stickers on it. My 20yo says “what’s with the decals on the bed? Your truck looks better without that crap!”.

 

[CoderRaptor]

Regardless of opinion, this shit doesn't sit right with me... I'm all for suggestions, but it's not up to him whatsoever.

I had something similar happen. After I bought the truck I reached out to my sales rep about "the snipe" joke that is out there. The truck has sat a lot as I've been busy and waiting on my power jacks to arrive. Less than 300 miles in a month. I kind of knew already just wanted really to know the why. Especially when those are going to be my first real mod.

Now I get the joke exists and not against that. However, If I ask directly and you intentionally lie to me. That's not really a joke anymore but dishonest. With that said, I'll never buy a car again from him or that lot. Which is funny to me, because I'm really loyal to my car guy. 12+ from one guy in the past 15 years. So the joke is now on them.