March 2011 FRF Raptor of the Month Contest - Clean Raptors

[swoop1156]

I had so many to pick from, I had to think of the one that showed the best angles and the best lighting. Might as well include the RIGID lighting as well!

Thanks for all the comments on "...being the one to beat" and the like. I love cleaning vehicles and driving them is even better.

I won't claim to have the cleanest or anything like that -- but I would love to think she is in the running!

Oh, let's extend the date. No need to get all crazy about it. Let people get the time to get out there and make our Raptor community proud!

 

[BIRDMAN]

Here is my entry:

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Bring it, BIRDMAN!

Been there, done that. Love it.

lookin good Swoop! A little light on the tire shine, but not bad . u got my vote.

 

[swoop1156]

lookin good Swoop! A little light on the tire shine, but not bad . u got my vote.

Haha, thanks! You know, I get that all the time, but I guess I am a bit different on that. I used to use tire shine all the time on all my vehicles, but I have found on the Raptor with the deep side lugs, that a nice matte finish works best for my eyeball. On the Mustang, however on the Drag radials, the nice, sleek lines of the sidewall look best with a nice gloss.

I've experimented with the shine, but I just couldn't get into it.

[The following picture is not an entry into the contest -- just showing tire shine when I did it.]

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[JP7]

That's 3 YES votes and 0 NO votes thus far.

Hey Scotty, just FYI Brothaman, we'll need you to choose 1 of those 2 as your official submission. I'm assuming you want the top one with the new shoes, but it's your call. Let us know man.

Yes - maybe things won't be so frozen here when I drive those poor ******* girls through the wash...

 

[peppercorn]

Yes sir.

 

[swoop1156]

Yes - maybe things won't be so frozen here when I drive those poor ******* girls through the wash...

But frozen ******* is awesome!

 

[IRONMAN]

Yes.

 

[BOJANGLES]

Ok, the people have spoken.... The submission deadline has officially been extended to 12:00AM on 3/7/2011

Keep the submissions coming fellas, we've got some solid entries thus far.

 

[Raptor62]

If this weather would ever cooperate around here I might be able to get something done. When it was warm, it rained. Then it turned cold and now snow by the end of the week. Maybe this should have been an April contest.

 

[BOJANGLES]

If this weather would ever cooperate around here I might be able to get something done. When it was warm, it rained. Then it turned cold and now snow by the end of the week. Maybe this should have been an April contest.

You're probably right 62. The same thought didn't occur to me until after I'd begun this contest and we'd already had a submission or two. It was too late to change it by then. In hindsight, I should've been more considerate of the constraints that you guys in cold weather would have, my bad.

For what it's worth, if your Raptor is dirty, you guys may wanna snap some good pics anyway....***hint hint hint.

....and there WILL be another Clean Raptors contest someday down the line. Maybe next year, maybe sooner.... We'll see.