Madcowranch
Genetically Modified
Damn. My county guys just bring it all to the maintenance yard around the corner from me and burn it in a big pile.
Maybe that's what's wrong with me?
Fairly new Raptor owner in need of help!!!
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Damn. My county guys just bring it all to the maintenance yard around the corner from me and burn it in a big pile.
Maybe that's what's wrong with me?
Yukon Joe
FRF Addict
Welcome!!!
Where in the Southern Tier do you live? I lived in olean for 5 years. Do you race on that dirt track over Humphrey Hill??
Out of your mod list, you should be able to do the mid perch yourself. Read up on it, there are some good instructions here.
Knowing the awesome back roads of NY in your area and all the damn deer, I'd say lighting would be your best choice for the first major mod. It is very easy to add Whelen lights to the lower grill flanking the front plate. Or a 30" or 40" light bar below the grill with little to no modification to your stock components. The supporting vendors offer great prices.
If you don't want to do Whelens or a bar, hit up RSiworks or RaptorRetrofit for some aftermarket HIDs. You won't regret it.
Lastly, one thing you may want to consider if you haven't already, is rust proofing the truck. The NY salt will turn your beautiful truck into Swiss cheese, but I'm sure your well accustomed to the winters there, lol...
Have fun, and thanks for keeping drugs off our streets. You mentioned that it is a yearly thing, is there a wild patch that grows every year? Or you just bust that many people??
Good luck!
Oh, ps... you might want to check out WSI for his DIY bumpers.
Yukon Joe
GLRE Support Raptor
WWW.RUNRAPTORRUN.COM
Where in the Southern Tier do you live? I lived in olean for 5 years. Do you race on that dirt track over Humphrey Hill??
Out of your mod list, you should be able to do the mid perch yourself. Read up on it, there are some good instructions here.
Knowing the awesome back roads of NY in your area and all the damn deer, I'd say lighting would be your best choice for the first major mod. It is very easy to add Whelen lights to the lower grill flanking the front plate. Or a 30" or 40" light bar below the grill with little to no modification to your stock components. The supporting vendors offer great prices.
If you don't want to do Whelens or a bar, hit up RSiworks or RaptorRetrofit for some aftermarket HIDs. You won't regret it.
Lastly, one thing you may want to consider if you haven't already, is rust proofing the truck. The NY salt will turn your beautiful truck into Swiss cheese, but I'm sure your well accustomed to the winters there, lol...
Have fun, and thanks for keeping drugs off our streets. You mentioned that it is a yearly thing, is there a wild patch that grows every year? Or you just bust that many people??
Good luck!
Oh, ps... you might want to check out WSI for his DIY bumpers.
Yukon Joe
GLRE Support Raptor
WWW.RUNRAPTORRUN.COM
Soldier64
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As you will know and Macman has stated this damn forum will make you go broke... With that being said your ailities to manufacture parts seem to far surpass mine and you should be able to make some of the things you want. I personally like the small mods that make the truck look a little different than the rest. Good luck and your toys look awesome, I'm slightly jealous of you.
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No wild grows all of this comes through our Criminal Invesigations Unit and us road patrol guys excute the search warrants gained through helicopter and airplane spotters.
But I hear you on the rust dilemma we have here in New York. Any suggestions on this?? And I Live in Woodhull NY and the local dirt track here is my home track where i started racing. Here is a link:
Woodhull Raceway- Home Page
Retrofits are something that I have been looking at and OMG I am hooked just not sure what's the best option out of the packages he offers.
WSI for DIY bumpers I had no clue they offered this thanks a lot I will look at it and if I get into it I will Deff post a lot of pics of the build process!!
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Hey Brando... that white looks awesome with the hood graphic, woulda been my second choice after the always-dirty Tux Black I got.
The Raptor Retrofits are awesome, and his work is top-notch. I got them from him with just the regular HID the 2013's come with. Obviously they're not as bright as the upgrade options he offers, but they *blow away* the stock 2012 Halogens. Since I know you're counting your dollars, don't be afraid to just get the "cheap" version with stock 2013 HID's, you won't regret it over the 2012 stockers.
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