My first Raptor! - Meet YETI

[SS308]

Nice looking Raptor! Congrats and Welcome to FRF.

Just be warned. Watch these bastards on this site, they will spend your money (disguised as mods)...LOL!

 

[Codyw]

Nice looking Raptor! Congrats and Welcome to FRF.

Just be warned. Watch these bastards on this site, they will spend your money (disguised as mods)...LOL!

Hahaha...truth be told I recently sold my 2016 F150 XLT, I had wasted about 20k on that thing. Its fun tinkering...a LOT of fun! The bank account doesn't see much love tho!

 

[Codyw]

Looks great. I bought mine new, with 17 miles on it. Next month (September) will be two years, and I just hit 95,000 miles. Proper maintenance is the key to long life. I had an issue with some long shifts, hard shifts, and had my dealer reflash my PCM and it fixed all the issues. There's a TSB out for that, just in case you notice anything funky around the 3-4-5 or in and out of 8.

The issues you had sound very familiar! Will have the dealer reflash... thanks for the comment, very helpful!

 

[OffroadAlliance.com]

Welcome and congrats on the raptor. We have deavers in stock

 

[Codyw]

Welcome and congrats on the raptor. We have deavers in stock

Thanks! I'm really close to Camburg, so I'm picking them up from there this week.

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

Thanks guys! yes definitely all highway miles, until now ..LOL.

yes it seems like its running like new, although after scrolling through common issues, it sounds like i have that Cam Phaser rattle on startup.
This is also probably the reason it sometimes shifts rough on the lower gears and low revs. Rattle only lasts 2 seconds, and shifting doesnt bother me yet, so im not worried about it.
Will get it taken care of in the coming weeks.

Upgrades in mind are as follows:
New Shoes
3.0 Fox upgrade front and rear (with deaver leaf kit)
Fog light kit and behind the grill mounted bar.

Will just keep it simple and clean!

What light kit behind the grill did you go with?

 

[Codyw]

@04Ram2500Hemi Went with the rough country kit! Yes I know its the "budget" option. But damn this puts out a serious amount of light! Install was very easy and it looks great IMO.
I also did the rough country fog light kit with amber DRL..same thing, puts out a crazy amount of light and install was simple ...and looks killer...

I saved myself well over a grand, by going this route... thanks fully i did go this route, because I have the ADD stealth bumper coming with a rigid 40 and some baja 10in...
lucky I didn't spend 1k on a fog light kit.

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

@04Ram2500Hemi Went with the rough country kit! Yes I know its the "budget" option. But damn this puts out a serious amount of light! Install was very easy and it looks great IMO.
I also did the rough country fog light kit with amber DRL..same thing, puts out a crazy amount of light and install was simple ...and looks killer...

I saved myself well over a grand, by going this route... thanks fully i did go this route, because I have the ADD stealth bumper coming with a rigid 40 and some baja 10in...
lucky I didn't spend 1k on a fog light kit.

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I appreciate the response. I went with Rough Country fogs too, and I’m happy with them. I may have to look at the Rough Country behind the grill light as well. The Baja Design is pricy!

 

[Codyw]

Update...
Added a few mods last weekend and tested them yesterday

- Fox 3.0 front and rear
- ADD stealth Bumper with rigid 40" and BD 10" ambers..
- Relocated the roughcountry lights from the fog light pocket to the A-pillar using SDHQ brackets.

The 3.0s make a fairly huge difference in comfort offroad...for all those on the fence about getging them, I say do it... go all in!

RPG is installing the following mods this week:
- deaver +3
- Aluminum billet shackles
- RPG bump stop kit with the Fox 2.5 bumps
- 17in methods with BFG KM3 rubber.

This was yesterday...Excuse the pic of my brothers little taco.