Raptor to Shelby back to Raptor

[HoldenTX]

But think about this and why I originally bought the truck.

1. I hated that my once very rare Raptor now is on every street corner. I see one almost every other traffic light in Orlando. The Shelby is 1 of 500 and rare to see. It just took away a little of the uniqueness I enjoyed with my truck.

2. After reading about having a V8 more than a V6 and 2019 did not update the engine - thinking was it was going to be what the Raptor should have been.

3. I wanted to raise my Raptor - this was already done and done correctly with the Shelby *(BDS lift and fully adjustable fox shocks. Even has the Drag links for the crazy HP it puts down)

4. This is probably most important. My 2019 was 77K. Wheels, bed cover, programmer, other enhancements like lights etc will bring me up to 87K. I raised it up and did the Icon suspension it would be almost 90K+...So my thought process was for another 7-8K I get the supercharger and a V8 motor plus the exclusivity of a Shelby truck. I even convinced my wife with that explanation till my wife rode in it and was like WTF.

Well this is true - the Shelby F150 has many of the components that people wish the Raptor had...the V8 being the biggest one. The 2019 Raptor adds some modest new features that make the decision even harder for me (I have a Gen1 with supercharger so the noise is something I am used to and actually like). But it is interesting to hear that Shelby doesn't carry any weight when it comes to trading in - versus the Raptor which still seems to hold its value fairly well even though I agree that Ford has upped the number they are making.

 

[Wizo]

If you can buy a Shelby for around 75-80k you are golden.

Otherwise you will take a bath in it.

 

[Gdog]

All the shebys I've see are 100k plus

 

[Quaesta]

You can pick up a used 17’ in the 70-80 range but you forfeit 5hp...

 

[shrinky]

The Shelby F150 comes with a tonneau cover....

was talking about the Shelby raptor. Apologies for not being clear. It has the tire rack

 

[Buzzard2]

I didn't know folks drove trucks in MA. Is the shellbby raptor better than stock in terms of performance?

No your confused people in MA don't own guns not trucks.

 

[Wizo]

Got her tinted today!

Found some damage from the shipping company - so now I have to battle to get things fixed.

 

[Wizo]

Here is the damage I found

 

[Wizo]

More damage

 

[Wizo]

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