Did you know the 2021 Hood and Front Fenders are Fiberglass?

[Azholley]

How do you post this and not give us a story…. Cmon OP!!!!!

 

[Broken Wrench]

They have always been fiberglass composite. That is the weight savings that brings some of the performance in the raptors. Aluminum bonded panels and fiberglass make for a much lighter truck.

 

[Rick at FMS]

Year of Raptor that have had fiberglass hood, fender, valance from factory.
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Don't see it changing for the years to come either.

 

[BadRapMT]

You’re going off the pic? Doesn’t really tell one way or the other but if you’re talking bout the white looking spots when these aluminum panels crease the paint flakes right off showing bare aluminum beneath that looks kinda white

Believe me it’s fiberglass

 

[BadRapMT]

How do you post this and not give us a story…. Cmon OP!!!!!

Well some guy was stopped at the edge of highway waiting to cross to the other direction and he was looking right at me then when I was about 8 feet away he darted out in front of me. He said he got the pedals mixed up.

 

[tabvette]

Well some guy was stopped at the edge of highway waiting to cross to the other direction and he was looking right at me then when I was about 8 feet away he darted out in front of me. He said he got the pedals mixed up. View attachment 349788View attachment 349789

Man, So sorry to hear this, absolutely terrible. Hope everyone was ok. And hope you get the truck back on the road quickly.

 

[murphyraptor]

Figured a deer or Elk ! Had quite a few close calls heading up to Big Sky

 

[Badgertits]

Aluminum isn’t cheap, fiberglass is…maybe trying to reduce costs or maybe they didn’t want to do a new press just for Gen3 raptor hoods?

 

[BoostCreep]

My G2 fenders are also fiberglass but the hood is definitely not.

 

[DFS]

This thread has left me very confused, so apologies for the stupid question. I assumed Gen 2 fenders and hood are aluminum, is that not the case? Are they really FRP?