Be Afraid of what your about to see.....SHOCK ****

[vanilla_gorilla]

Makes me want to put some belltech suspension in and lower my Raptor!

 

[INI]

 

[RPG]

Well everybody, Fox has finally joined the party in the hyper competitive market of high performance shocks. Lets face it, the vast majority of Raptor owner’s decision to purchase their truck was heavily based on those pretty blue Fox 2.5’ coilovers as standard equipment, thus leaving us to ask the question, is it truly a Raptor if it doesn’t have Fox Shox on it? I can’t say I blame those who went another route when looking for a high performance 3.0” upgrade. Before yesterday, you had no other choice. But now that Fox has joined the party, you can see why they have been dominating in the SCORE and BITD racing series for many years.

RPG is proud to announce that we received a set of pre-production prototypes for our own testing from Fox. This isn’t to say Fox, didn’t do their homework. They have some of the best tuners in the business that have been hard at work guaranteeing them to remain on the top podium in Raptor Land. Believe me when I tell you it’s not just a coincidence that 2009 Baja 1000 Champion Andy McMillin has one of Fox’s leading shock tuners sitting in the passenger seat of his trophy truck helping him lead the way.

This afternoon we spent over 9 hours pounding on the RPG rig to test, test and test some more in the proving grounds of Barstow CA. For those not familiar with Barstow, lets just say it’s has whoop sections the size of VW’s that swallow lesser vehicles whole. Today’s main objective for us was to see if Fox nailed the setup. We already know from having them on the truck the drive is amazing around town and on the highway. The tappets in the rear bypass tubes were virtually impossible to hear and the drive absolutely makes you fall in love with your Raptor all over again. Try to remember the day when you drove it off the lot and hit your first dip, or smoothly glided over your first speed bump waiting to feel the wheels softly rebound unlike any stock truck we have felt before. For many, it was a love affair right from the get go. Unfortunately as time goes on, the passion slowly dims and the once favorite dip in the road is now just another meaningless obstacle. Rest easy fellow Raptor owners; your shot of Raptor ****** has just arrived in the form of a Fox 3.0” front and rear bypass combo.

Lets get down to the nitty gritty and answer the question you have all been waiting for, how do they handle? In one simple sentence, these suckers are down right fast with the Stage 3 setup!!! Let me put it to you this way, section of course I use to cringe going 40-mph over stock, are now blitz at over 60-65mph. I’m not talking about little graded washed out dirt roads. I’m talking about the kind of section that would take a stock raptor and bend it like a wet noodle. Fortunately for us, we have been around big dollar racecars for a long time and have been spoiled. Today I can truly say it was the first time I have driven the RPG rig out in Barstow that had a bit of that race truck feel. This truck is now mandatory roll cage fast if you get ahead of yourself, but lets get back on track.

The primary objective for us this afternoon was to make sure the set up worked with our Stage 3 system. Fox obviously tested with OE leafs and set the shocks up accordingly. RPG’s main goal is to make sure everything we combine works as one unit and not just piecemealed together, and Fox understands this. What will be different about the RPG versions of the Fox 3.0 bypass units from the others is they will be tuned specifically for getting the most out of your Stage 3 setup. Luckily for us, the man behind the curtain at RPG was trained by one of the best in the business at Bilstein, and has an almost voodoo like magic when it comes to suspension setup, and I’ll be dammed if he didn’t work some of that magic this afternoon. By the end of the day the truck was staying on top of the whoops, sucking up holes with ease and was able to keep the back end down on the hardest of kickers. I can honestly say the one word that keeps entering my head as I type this is comfort. Typically the OE stock shocks have a tendency to get hot in a rather short period of time. Thus leading to a spongy ride with very little control of the travel. With the new 3.0’s the ride is simply comfortable and Sometimes its just fun to go out and run at 60 or 70% of your trucks capabilities and take it the sights. With these shocks, plus a Stage 3 setup, what use to be your 110% is now just cruising along at a comfortable 60-70% with out even breaking a sweat. We figure we have about one more day out there to make a few minor tweaks before we are 100% ready to go with the new setup, but believe me when I tell you we are putting in the time and miles on our vehicles, so you can safely and comfortably enjoy yours.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the RPG Stage 4 system is now here. Set it to wide screen and crank those ******* up.

RPG Stage 4 Is Ready For Takeoff - YouTube

 

[Nightrider]

So you bought the shocks? Then why middle perch?

Just to try and level the truck out. Cory said it' a more of a screw adjustment with the new shocks. You just screw it out till you get it where you want it.

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Ass hole.


On a side note, I will need to meet up with you to check out the stage 4 after the run.

Cool, anytime

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Haha that's awesome man I knew someone was gonna do it lol it was almost me today but my settlement check wasn't that big haha congrats man you're gonna love it

Thanks

 

[WickedPerformanceShop]

I just blacked out. Did something good happen! I must have them!

 

[pat'sRAPTOR]

Wow that's one hell of a write up great job guys man I want these so bad just like everyone else but I'm gonnahave to wait like 7 or 8 months I'll I can get the shocks for now I'm just gonna be getting the stage 3 kit with the race line UCA's

 

[treypal]

Just to try and level the truck out. Cory said it' a more of a screw adjustment with the new shocks. You just screw it out till you get it where you want it.

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Cool, anytime

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Thanks

I am familiar with coilovers, the middle perch wording threw me off.

 

[M1919A2]

Raptor________ $55,000 after tax, warranty, alarm
Whipple _________9,250 installed and warranty
Brembo Brakes ___5,000 installed
Stage 4 shocks ___7,000

.........................Equals 2nd Mortgage

Just have to figure out how to hide this from the wife.

Just shoot me now

Please excuse my ignorance but I would like to know more about this brake replacement you are going to do and why this brand? Are there others? Why, is Ford's OEM not up to par? Same with the Stage 4 Shocks, this is foreign territory for me. Thanks in advance.

 

[SOCOMech]

Please excuse my ignorance but I would like to know more about this brake replacement you are going to do and why this brand? Are there others? Why, is Ford's OEM not up to par? Same with the Stage 4 Shocks, this is foreign territory for me. Thanks in advance.

I know Brembo's are awesome brakes and will most likely make a difference but, I'm at 41k mi. now and I just looked at my brakes and the pads have an easy 15k-20k more mi. left in them. Considering the hard braking off road, I'm incredibley impressed with the stock brakes on this truck. Perform great too.

As for the original subject of this thread, fapping may insue.

 

[MTF]

I had brembos on my Tahoe with SS brake lines and loved them.
The stock brakes are OK but I've had the pedal to the floor a few times already and the hair on the back of my neck stand up a couple of times big time (with shaking foot)
80 to sudden stop is common here in New York. LOL
Now that I'm installing the Whipple I know I'm gonna need big 15" brakes with SS lines all around.
Don't forget this is New York the place of plenty but no space.