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You are right with the parking here in Germany. It's a challenge always parking the Raptor somewhere downtown in cities or even small towns or shopping centres. As we say, who owns a big 4x4 car in Germany needs to walk a lot ... I clearly recommend to keep small car for daily driving.
Concerning finding help with a mechanics guy for your mods, the are a couple of experienced guys for offroad racing cars, mostly they do Mercedes G class mods or Toyota Landcruiser mods. But they do not have experience with a Raptor. US trucks typically are not used for offroad driving in Germany, just street queens. If you need some advise here, let me know.
There are also some good events to drive / race your Raptor. Just google for "Baja 300 Mitteldeutschland" which is the most famous offroad racing event (was just a few weeks ago), organised by the "4x4 Club Leipzig" where I am a member - you are welcome to join! I was racing there with a Mercedes G class proto, did not take my Raptor.
Hope to meet you soon with your Raptor to have some fun together!
Just googled it. We should definitely do this next year.