Hi

[Jimbo]

quite being a wimp. put your foot down and........



ask your wife in the nicest sweetest voice possible, "honey, can i please get a raptor."

LOL! Oh I've pulled out all the stops!

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

Welcome to the site, always good to see another local join. Let me know if there's any way I can help.

What part of Illinois you in? There's plenty of us locals around.

 

[Jimbo]

Libertyville

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

Cool about 1 hour 30 from me.

I think this Chicago area group needs to get togethor more....

 

[Jimbo]

Once I get my truck, I'm sure we'll be doing some business.

 

[HAYNES OFFROAD]

Sounds good to me, let me know if you ever want to meet to check out products in person.

 

[ESRaptor]

Welcome!

 

[WyoStorm]

Welcome! I'm sure you'll still find a few new ones around the country in a few months but they are diminishing by the day! GL!

 

[Yukon Joe]

Welcome. What happened to your last truck? Roll over?

So if you're waiting to pull the trigger, doesn't mean you can't stock pile mods! Got any in mind?

Yukon Joe
www.RUNRAPTORRUN.com

 

[Jimbo]

The F250 was a cold December morning on my way to work. Hit the on-ramp and could see traffic coming so I goosed it (still had the boost up) and the grade changes on a slight left to right sweep before entering the highway. I was probably up to 75-80 and the rear end came out. Tried to drive through it, but I finally entered the highway, taking up both lanes completely sideways and the truck was hopping. I had two choices, keep going and end up in the center ditch and risk continuing momentum and going into the on-coming lane or jack it back and end up in the shoulder ditch. I opted for the shoulder and ultimately resided like that. Funny how it all happened in slow motion and I pressed myself into the back of my seat and walked away without a cut or bruise.

I'm a Terrain fan, but not too many low mileage used ones out there cheaper than new. Found a nice silver one with side graphics and beadlock capable wheels which pull it together. My wife also likes silver, "so our cars match."

I've already got a few things in mind: black cap mirror reflector delete (thanks to the $100 mod thread), JLT oil separator (my drive to work is 1.5 miles), and a tonneau cover. Later mods include: LineX wheel arches/front grille, likely an ADD or SVC front bumper, and train horns (mostly for the awesomeness, but also nice to have an on-board compressor).

EDIT

and lots of lights!!