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<blockquote data-quote="rkneeshaw" data-source="post: 1950327" data-attributes="member: 24122"><p>Well, it's been a while. </p><p></p><p>This year the truck really started showing some wear. 106k miles on the odometer, hundreds of miles of offroad smiles, and at least 7 northern michigan winters were taking their toll. Shocks were leaking, rust was forming, deaver spring snapped, and something had to be done. So this is going to be the summer of the truck project(s).</p><p></p><p>She's a good looking truck and we've had a lot of fun.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424950[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Rust began forming on the rockers, both sides. Also a rock chip above the windhield had formed a rust spot as well, and I need to get ahead of that before it gets more serious. Rear bumper looks awful.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424951[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424952[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424953[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424954[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Truck will have to go into the body shop to address this. New rockers, windsheild needs to be replaced to repair the roof, its going to be pricey. Shop needs the truck for 6 weeks to get this work done. Could replace the bumper with stock.... but I have another idea.</p><p></p><p>Also, either due to corrosion or a big hit offroad or both, top spring in the deaver pack snapped, so need to get this addressed too.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424955[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424956[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424957[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So before the truck goes under the knife for the rust repair, I decided to tackle the bumper problem. And this seemed like a real good time to not only address the rear bumper, but also the stock skid plate I smashed in on a whoop. So to fix these issues, I did a thing.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424958[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Really like the look of the <a href="https://khcoap.com/collections/khc-off-road-ford-raptor-f-series-and-other-gen-1-ford-raptor-bumper" target="_blank">KHC frame cut front and rear bumpers</a> for the Gen1. Great clearance, but not too aggressive to make the truck look like it has an overbite. And I really like working with the KHC guys, good dudes.</p><p></p><p>I was surprised to find the rear bumper required a little frame trimming too, but not a big deal.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424959[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424960[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Had to do something about that exhaust....and I had a sawzall, so...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424961[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Trimmed up the rear frame, and ready for dove tail.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424969[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424970[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Installing the front bumper wasn't too bad, but did find I had to disconnect and reconnect the transmission cooler lines during the process. Made sure to use some Por15 liberally to make sure things seal up good for the winters too.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424962[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424963[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424964[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424965[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424966[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424967[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424968[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424971[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Decided to have the body shop handle the dove tail cut since they'll have the bed off the truck and it all tore apart anyway for the rust repair. Turned out real nice.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424972[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Since I'm all in, I decided to make a few other minor touches as well. </p><p></p><p>Driving during snoball really had me missing paddle shifters. Its super helpful to run the truck in manual mode, but such a pain to shift on the side of the shifter. So seemed like a good idea to retrofit the Gen2 steering wheel using the kit from <a href="https://www.ecopowerparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=161" target="_blank">Eco Power Parts</a>. I'm really impressed with the design and thought that went into this kit, very good stuff.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424973[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Had to change the diff fluid for maintenance, and everyone can see under my skirt a bit more with the frame cut rear bumper, so decided to dress up the rear diff cover a tad</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424974[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>KHC hooked me up with these at Snoball this last year, so I finally got around to installing these sexy bed supports</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424975[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The one other thing I tackled, but didnt take pics of, was the tailgate torsion rod. What a PITA. Tailgate was creaking and popping as I opened it, and the old torsion rod was seized in the end of the tailgate. Took a few hours and finally a trip to the shop but got it out and replaced it, and the tailgate opens so nice easy and buttery smooth now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rkneeshaw, post: 1950327, member: 24122"] Well, it's been a while. This year the truck really started showing some wear. 106k miles on the odometer, hundreds of miles of offroad smiles, and at least 7 northern michigan winters were taking their toll. Shocks were leaking, rust was forming, deaver spring snapped, and something had to be done. So this is going to be the summer of the truck project(s). She's a good looking truck and we've had a lot of fun. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20220731-140632351.jpg"]424950[/ATTACH] Rust began forming on the rockers, both sides. Also a rock chip above the windhield had formed a rust spot as well, and I need to get ahead of that before it gets more serious. Rear bumper looks awful. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20220606-182853623.jpg"]424951[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20220606-182820689.jpg"]424952[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20220606-182747617.jpg"]424953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230527-214116729.jpg"]424954[/ATTACH] Truck will have to go into the body shop to address this. New rockers, windsheild needs to be replaced to repair the roof, its going to be pricey. Shop needs the truck for 6 weeks to get this work done. Could replace the bumper with stock.... but I have another idea. Also, either due to corrosion or a big hit offroad or both, top spring in the deaver pack snapped, so need to get this addressed too. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230525-122728588.jpg"]424955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230526-214720207.jpg"]424956[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230526-214800729.jpg"]424957[/ATTACH] So before the truck goes under the knife for the rust repair, I decided to tackle the bumper problem. And this seemed like a real good time to not only address the rear bumper, but also the stock skid plate I smashed in on a whoop. So to fix these issues, I did a thing. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230530-123912683.jpg"]424958[/ATTACH] Really like the look of the [URL='https://khcoap.com/collections/khc-off-road-ford-raptor-f-series-and-other-gen-1-ford-raptor-bumper']KHC frame cut front and rear bumpers[/URL] for the Gen1. Great clearance, but not too aggressive to make the truck look like it has an overbite. And I really like working with the KHC guys, good dudes. I was surprised to find the rear bumper required a little frame trimming too, but not a big deal. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230528-011928270.jpg"]424959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230529-122210937.jpg"]424960[/ATTACH] Had to do something about that exhaust....and I had a sawzall, so... [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230529-152120111.jpg"]424961[/ATTACH] Trimmed up the rear frame, and ready for dove tail. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230610-224920267.jpg"]424969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230613-234306520.jpg"]424970[/ATTACH] Installing the front bumper wasn't too bad, but did find I had to disconnect and reconnect the transmission cooler lines during the process. Made sure to use some Por15 liberally to make sure things seal up good for the winters too. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230603-003608058.jpg"]424962[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230603-003618782.jpg"]424963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230603-112821597.jpg"]424964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230603-112907354.jpg"]424965[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230609-000337674.jpg"]424966[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230609-000211339.jpg"]424967[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230611-130948416.jpg"]424968[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230613-234319876.jpg"]424971[/ATTACH] Decided to have the body shop handle the dove tail cut since they'll have the bed off the truck and it all tore apart anyway for the rust repair. Turned out real nice. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230825-182225902.jpg"]424972[/ATTACH] Since I'm all in, I decided to make a few other minor touches as well. Driving during snoball really had me missing paddle shifters. Its super helpful to run the truck in manual mode, but such a pain to shift on the side of the shifter. So seemed like a good idea to retrofit the Gen2 steering wheel using the kit from [URL='https://www.ecopowerparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=161']Eco Power Parts[/URL]. I'm really impressed with the design and thought that went into this kit, very good stuff. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230826-155347388.jpg"]424973[/ATTACH] Had to change the diff fluid for maintenance, and everyone can see under my skirt a bit more with the frame cut rear bumper, so decided to dress up the rear diff cover a tad [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230609-004506753.jpg"]424974[/ATTACH] KHC hooked me up with these at Snoball this last year, so I finally got around to installing these sexy bed supports [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL-20230604-163017252.jpg"]424975[/ATTACH] The one other thing I tackled, but didnt take pics of, was the tailgate torsion rod. What a PITA. Tailgate was creaking and popping as I opened it, and the old torsion rod was seized in the end of the tailgate. Took a few hours and finally a trip to the shop but got it out and replaced it, and the tailgate opens so nice easy and buttery smooth now. [/QUOTE]
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