Fastest way to waste a grand

[Spartan1]

The people who paid a $5k ADM are only a slightly more foolish than the rest of us that still spent $70k on a ******* pickup truck.

I love my Raptor, but it was definitely an indefensible splurge. I take my Raptor offroad a lot and love the capability, but I doubt I went anywhere an XLT couldn't go. (for reference, my cousin took his XLT rental on Hell's Revenge with only minor underside scraping.)

Everyone on this forum is foolish, it is only a matter of degree.

(FYI, I got mine 2017 for MSRP early last year)

So true. I give myself a 5/10 on the foolish meter. I found MSRP back when the 2017 came out at my 3rd dealership after getting kicked out of 2 others. Then I special ordered the stickers. I think that they look good on the white truck. If I went with the black then I probably would have went without. I would say this guy is at least 7/10. Does anybody have a Raptor tattoo that has the sticker tattooed on as well. I guess that would be 10/10 foolish.

 

[WhatExit?]

I had the Raptor's stickers taken off before I got the truck - all of them including the hood decals. Not only are they hideous and cheap looking but once they're baked on by the sun you're stuck with how they'll look forever.

 

[IDontDoUrban]

When I was hunting down a new 2018 there was a local dealer who couldn't figure out why I wouldn't just buy the truck with the stickers. Had most everything I wanted except it had side and hood stickers. Now it's pretty easy to explain...I'll have a nice array of Baja Designs lights instead of throwing away $2K for stickers I would have removed. I'm happy, Nick@apollo is happy, life is good. Oh, and the dealer wanted to charge me $500-750 to have a detailer remove them!

 

[TXRaptor]

I bought mine off the lot, so it had the $1075 bed graphics. Instead of removing them entirely, I trimmed the outer edges and left just the "Raptor" on both sides. It looks much cleaner and I get some use out the pricey stickers. I trimmed the black square out of the middle of the "O" after taking these pictures.

Here is the thread where I explain the process of trimming them down.

https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/has-anyone-modified-the-factory-raptor-stickers.62079/

 

[Loufish]

I ordered my truck because I was going with the 802b and almost all came from the factory with the moon roof which I didn't want...but I really didn't like those stickers and frankly if you don't know it's a Raptor, I'm not paying $1000 to let you know...

 

[mamula]

I bought mine off the lot, so it had the $1075 bed graphics. Instead of removing them entirely, I trimmed the outer edges and left just the "Raptor" on both sides. It looks much cleaner and I get some use out the pricey stickers. I trimmed the black square out of the middle of the "O" after taking these pictures.

Here is the thread where I explain the process of trimming them down.

https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/has-anyone-modified-the-factory-raptor-stickers.62079/

I have to admit it looks better than the default

 

[pastorwug]

It's just amazing to me that Ford charges $2K for these cheap stickers! If you have to have them (identity issues?) they can be purchased on Ebay for just hundreds!

 

[jerkstore]

First thing I did after I took it home was take those side stickers off. I actually got a little money off since I was adamant, I didn't want them and would look for another truck that didn't have them. I still ended up paying some for them.

 

[mamula]

It's just amazing to me that Ford charges $2K for these cheap stickers! If you have to have them (identity issues?) they can be purchased on Ebay for just hundreds!

For authentic OEM it is $350 hood,and $450 bed graphics

 

[pastorwug]

For authentic OEM it is $350 hood,and $450 bed graphics

Well then it's a good thing that Ford charges $1200 labor to put those decals on. ;>)

It must take a true professional to apply them!