New to me raptor owner here (2018 with 40k miles) and had a question about the drive quality you experience with yours.
Took the truck for the test drive before I bought it and thought it rode great. Completed the purchase and headed home.
After driving it for a few days though the novelty has worn off quickly. The ride quality does not seem that great, and when on the highway I'm feeling some vibrations in the steering wheel, accelerator pedal, and driver seat at speed - even when going slow around town.
The tires are the first place to start but vibes through the steering wheel and accelerator pedal and seat could mean more.
Took it to get road force balanced, aligned, and rotated the other day and that seemed to help a bit, but I think the (now rear) tires are already cupped and may need replacing.
Did you check the tire pressure when you test drove it?
The larger bumps and ruts the truck handles like a champ, but the ride quality of vibrations into the cabin is not something I expected in a Raptor on all types of road.
at 75-80 mph, on pavement of average quality you should be able to have a full cup of coffee in the cup holders and it won’t vibrate out or spill.
I've owned F150's before and never had a thought like I do now.
that’s helpful, because a lot of Gen2 buyers in the first year were trying to replace their lexusinfinityhyundaimercedesbmw suvs and were similarly ... nonplussed.
If you have had previous trucks, this legitimizes your concerns a bit more.
I have the BFG K02's. These seem relatively new - they have about 12/32" of tread depth left on them. That said, the front tires did have some pretty bad cupping along that inner edge.
if you have 40k on the truck with that much tread depth, chances are they’ve been replaced. KO2’s are notoriously difficult to balance. You’ve addressed that, but, it’s not unheard of to have out of round / run out in the KO2 line.
If you have cupping on the inner edge, check the wear between center of the tire and tire edge at each corner. It sounds like you didn’t have a good alignment on the truck before you just did it.
Also, as previous posters have opined, the placard pressure of 38PSI is fine when you’re hauling a half ton of cargo, but it’s not optimal with no cargo. People who have run 38PSI diligently have reported the center of the tires wearing out before the edges.
Issues like these can be nettlesome to troubleshoot. you need to have a glass smooth surface to compare the truck to another vehicle on, preferably a known, good one.
Have you inspected the truck for crash damage?