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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SilverGen1" data-source="post: 2105980" data-attributes="member: 72690">June 2023:I was at Silver Lake for a day trip with the girlfriend, and was fortunate enough to meet members of Midwest Offroad Expedition, where I finally encountered some other people who enjoyed Raptors like I did, and started opening my eyes to the offroad world. They suggest I do the dovetailing of the bed sides, and pull the stickers off, which I had already thought of doing, but just hadn't pulled the trigger. So that was my first modification to this truck! I ended up lopping the tailpipe off right after the muffler as I thought this looked goofy with the tailpipe hanging down awkwardly. Also picked up a freshy dirtbike at the time, a 2022 CRF450RWE, and boy she looked good in the bed!!![ATTACH=full]486825[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]486827[/ATTACH]July 2023:I had my first run in with your typical IWE experience. Clicking and grinding noises in 4WD. Coming from a FWD vehicle and not knowing as much about these trucks as I should have before purchasing, I was quite concerned. Ended up with new hubs from O'Reily's and actuators from Autozone. I would recommend these parts to nobody who does any off-roading. I'm sure they would hold only driving this animal on the pavement, but I ended up just continuing my IWEs until last week (Yes I bought RCV IWE delete sleeves, and yes it took two years for me to finally get them, I'll explain later)We also spent a week Silver Lake Sand Dunes, which was amazingAugust 2023:I don't have a ton of pictures, but I do know that this is when I bought a tune from 5star for this truck, paired with the SCT Livewire TS+. I got the 87 perf and eco, along with the 93 eco and perf tunes. This kind of woke up the truck, definitely not a huuuge difference, but noticed smoother shifting, along with increased throttle response, with higher revving, letting this thing eat a little more on the streets. I also did an Apple Car Play radio, which I now use during offroad events for OnX Offroad to help navigate the trails.[ATTACH=full]486828[/ATTACH]September 2023:I did my first lighting upgrade! I threw some Baja Designs S1 pod lights on my rear bumper, as it was a cheap first step for having some chase lights![ATTACH=full]486829[/ATTACH]December 2023:I had gotten the TYT-9800D 50W VHF/UHF mobile radio for Christmas, and used Rugged Radio's NMO 1/2 VHF/UHF pre-tuned antenna with the magnetic mount with it. I mounted the radio itself on the passenger side of the center console, and mounted the detachable face on top of the radio, where the old display was. I just put command strips on the radio at first, and eventually used screws with the bracket that it came with, and properly hard mounted the radio to the side of the center console. I really like this setup, and I think for how simple it is, it is very clean and sleek[ATTACH=full]486830[/ATTACH]Total edit here, but I had totally forgotten about this. My truck needed the lead frame, transmission control module, and the passenger side seat motor replaced. I racked up quite the heft bill at LaFontaine Ford of Birch Run, but luckily they are one of the M.O.E. sponsors, and they absolutely hooked it up. Shoutout them!! If you have a LaFontaine dealer by you, definitely go talk to them, great people, and even better service!!! I think my bill ended up being around $2500 for everything, warrantied. It was awesome.</blockquote>

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