Goodby Gen 2->Hello GEN 3

[Jonesky]

Best color. Sweet ride. Ya, like julien, I’ll be hanging on to my scab for a while, too. Love how nimble it is. But the Gen 3 is very sweet.

 

[Donovan]

Welcome back.... ish lol

 

[combatninja]

Nice Raptor! Red looks great with those big tires.

 

[quadmaster922]

Found a Gen 3 37" PP and pulled the trigger. It was time...
Sold my Gen 2 for way more than it should have gone for... Paid more than I should have for the Gen 3 but here we are...

Ended up flying to Chicago to get it, only dealer with one at the price I was willing to pay. Picked it up and made the 1006 mile drive home.

First impressions? A surprising refinement over my Gen 2. The Gen 2 could get a little "busy" at speed on rough highway, broken/repaired concrete. The Gen 3 tracks better at speed. The combination of the extra sidewall and the new suspension makes the ride pretty plush. That said it feels "tighter". Truck is quieter at speed than the Gen 2. All the interior updates are pretty nice. Wireless Carplay is fantastic. Lane keeping is much improved from the Gen 2. The big display is really nice. Also the coupling of the center display to the digital cluster is nice. I was surprised to see navigation turn cue's coordinated with the digital cluster. Only "option" I didn't get that I would have liked is the auto start/stop DELETE. So I push the button... Recaro seats are nice and the heat and cool works really well. I was happy to see a button for Steering wheel heat. I'm really liking the look of the 37" wheels! Biggest change? RAPID RED.


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Congratulations Rango

 

[quadmaster922]

Found a Gen 3 37" PP and pulled the trigger. It was time...
Sold my Gen 2 for way more than it should have gone for... Paid more than I should have for the Gen 3 but here we are...

Ended up flying to Chicago to get it, only dealer with one at the price I was willing to pay. Picked it up and made the 1006 mile drive home.

First impressions? A surprising refinement over my Gen 2. The Gen 2 could get a little "busy" at speed on rough highway, broken/repaired concrete. The Gen 3 tracks better at speed. The combination of the extra sidewall and the new suspension makes the ride pretty plush. That said it feels "tighter". Truck is quieter at speed than the Gen 2. All the interior updates are pretty nice. Wireless Carplay is fantastic. Lane keeping is much improved from the Gen 2. The big display is really nice. Also the coupling of the center display to the digital cluster is nice. I was surprised to see navigation turn cue's coordinated with the digital cluster. Only "option" I didn't get that I would have liked is the auto start/stop DELETE. So I push the button... Recaro seats are nice and the heat and cool works really well. I was happy to see a button for Steering wheel heat. I'm really liking the look of the 37" wheels! Biggest change? RAPID RED.


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[MDJAK]

Sweet.

 

[Don Albares]

Man, it looks awesome! Congrats. I'll probably be holding on to my Gen 2 for a long time. The Gen 3's are Bad Ass no doubt

 

[Rango]

Man, it looks awesome! Congrats. I'll probably be holding on to my Gen 2 for a long time. The Gen 3's are Bad Ass no doubt

Man I LOVED my Gen 2!
Gen 3 isn't just newer, it's really better!

 

[Ox3721]

Found a Gen 3 37" PP and pulled the trigger. It was time...
Sold my Gen 2 for way more than it should have gone for... Paid more than I should have for the Gen 3 but here we are...

Ended up flying to Chicago to get it, only dealer with one at the price I was willing to pay. Picked it up and made the 1006 mile drive home.

First impressions? A surprising refinement over my Gen 2. The Gen 2 could get a little "busy" at speed on rough highway, broken/repaired concrete. The Gen 3 tracks better at speed. The combination of the extra sidewall and the new suspension makes the ride pretty plush. That said it feels "tighter". Truck is quieter at speed than the Gen 2. All the interior updates are pretty nice. Wireless Carplay is fantastic. Lane keeping is much improved from the Gen 2. The big display is really nice. Also the coupling of the center display to the digital cluster is nice. I was surprised to see navigation turn cue's coordinated with the digital cluster. Only "option" I didn't get that I would have liked is the auto start/stop DELETE. So I push the button... Recaro seats are nice and the heat and cool works really well. I was happy to see a button for Steering wheel heat. I'm really liking the look of the 37" wheels! Biggest change? RAPID RED.


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Something looks different to me. Either the truck has been lifted or something is holding it up higher than what it should be.

The giveaway is the gap between the top of the rear tire and the bottom edge of the inside of the bed. On my ‘21 37, the top of the rear tire is about flush with that part of the bed. The front looks higher as well, like it has at least 1.75” of collar.

Of course, I could be wrong?

OP, what say you? Lifted or no?

 

[Rango]

Something looks different to me. Either the truck has been lifted or something is holding it up higher than what it should be.

The giveaway is the gap between the top of the rear tire and the bottom edge of the inside of the bed. On my ‘21 37, the top of the rear tire is about flush with that part of the bed. The front looks higher as well, like it has at least 1.75” of collar.

Of course, I could be wrong?

OP, what say you? Lifted or no?

Bone Stock
...and it will stay that way.

I spent 31 years next to 3 million acres of BLM Desert (one of the places Ford tests) and have friends that race trucks. I know how much thought and testing goes into the stock setup.

'ole Blue the Gen 2 did 65K miles with nothing but gas, oil changes and tires. I'm hoping Red does as well!