Fabtech makes it - Outlaw is offering it! 4" SUSPENSION LIFT (WHAT?! RUCRAZEE?!)

[Kytann]

my post is a fail?

no, a lift kit for a raptor is a fail.

its a raptor. its built for a pretty specific purpose. if you're going to spend the money on a raptor, why ruin it with a cheap drop bracket kit.

it will be slower offroad, will not go over any larger obstacles than a stock raptor, and it will just look wrong.

is there more ground clearance and better approach departure angles? sure. but that front diff is just as low as stock. you wont drag it over anything larger than a stock one will.

if you want a lifted f150, get a f150 and lift it.




but wait, sorry. I dont own a raptor so obviously i dont know that lift kits are what the cool kids all want.



be right back, gotta go tell robby gordon he needs a lift kit so he can fit bigger tires and look cool.

You never have done much off-road have you?
Clearance under the diff is a secondary consideration, because you put the wheels on the highest points whenever possible. Then when you're over the obstacle with one axle, you need that clearance until your back wheels can start on an obstacle.

Also, most of the obstacles aren't straight across like a friggin log on the road. It's rocks, and dirt piles, and often one wheel goes up while the opposite wheel falls into a hole. When that happens you need the clearance to keep from smashing the side of your door on the rocks. Just two weekends ago I was doing exactly this, and the rocks came within 2 inches of the bottom of my door. Any closer, and I would've had to back up and try a different line.

About the only instance I can think of when you need clearance under the diff is when you're going so fast over rough terrain that you do not have time to respond to the obstacles in front of you. And in that case you better hope that they're either small obstacles or soft.


Edit: Not my truck, and not a Raptor, but this picture shows some of the clearance issues I've run into many times.

And why its always a balancing act between height for clearance and keeping a low center of gravity

 

[ntm]

No, if you ever pissed on my tire.

Well shoot, next time I'm in New York I'm going to make a point of it now...

 

[MagicMtnDan]

there isnt enough time in one day to call everyone who makes junk for the raptor.

people who buy something for the looks or status symbol are posers.

OK, so do tell us who is "making junk for the Raptor." I can't wait for you to tell us what you're talking about.

And "people who buy something for the looks or status are posers" - is that something you've learned from your 22 years of life experience?

Most products are designed to be attractive and be perceived as having a look that people want. (This is about marketing so it might be over your head). Products are designed to have LOOKS and STATUS. What the **** do you think companies like Apple and Oakley and Ford (the Raptor has a "LOOK") are doing when they design products?

Putting down people who buy products based on their look or the status that observers give to the products (people like you) is what marketing is all about.

Just what exactly do you do up there in Canada (besides post on this forum)? Did you finish Canada high school?

 

[6.2]

In this thread we learn MMD secretly wants a fab tech lift and hates Canadians.

Just another rajuncajun with a different username.

 

[Bigg50]

Might as well pile on with my thoughts. The only concern I see would be the increased center of gravity. Other than that it allows you to run larger tires which is good and provides new spindles which they claim are stronger. I would probably have some custom supports welded in on the cross member as the stock ones bend already under consistent hard offroading.

This kit could actually allow for increased travel for those running 37's by keeping what ever shocks you have at bottom perch equivalent instead of having to be at top. By doing so you would have more up travel.

 

[johnniewalker]

In this thread we learn MMD secretly wants a fab tech lift and hates Canadians.

Just another rajuncajun with a different username.

I'm not saying I liked rajuncajun, but I'm saying I dislike you equally.

Can we ban 6.2 as well? He is just as annoying and doesn't even drive a raptor. That's like me saying a certain airplane handles terribly, even though I'm not a pilot and only jump out of the back

 

[MagicMtnDan]

...and doesn't even drive a raptor. That's like me saying a certain airplane handles terribly, even though I'm not a pilot and only jump out of the back

 

[6.2]

And here I thought opinions were meant to be expressed.

And yet again, people bringing up the fact I dot have a raptor. That makes no difference. I can still not like lift kits for it.


And I'm just as annoying as rajuncajun? Really. News to me.

So glad I have so many haters. You guys should form a group and have a petition thread to get me banned. I'd love to see how that one goes.

Oh, in case you missed it before. I think a lift kit on a raptor is a terrible idea.

 

[MagicMtnDan]

So glad I have so many haters. You guys should form a group and have a petition thread to get me banned. I'd love to see how that one goes.

If you have "so many haters" it's not because of the "haters" (look in the mirror).

As for "forming a group" - we already have one - it's this website and you're a guest here. If you act like a guest in the FORD RAPTOR FORUM website you're welcome here.

As for a "petition thread to get you banned" - I'm not into the banning shit. I've seen that crap done on forums for quite some time (before you reached puberty which was what, maybe 6 years ago?) and it only makes the website suck.

If you can't play nicely with people who own Ford Raptors then YOU SHOULD LEAVE especially if you're NOT WANTED.

I'm not advocating you leave (YOU were the one who said you were leaving) or that you should be banned. But you should play nice or ****.

 

[6.2]

Lolololol. Oh man. MMD and his little Oompa Loompa are hilarious.

So, since you guys like this kit so much, why haven't you gotten it?