What did u do to your raptor today?

[SVTTrooper]

Just gotta say seriously loving the gen1 threads these days. Post like this are what I look to in this forum. Meanwhile the gen2 “what you did today” is just posts of stickers, floor mats and mudflaps haha F-yeah gen1s! Keep it up.

pretty much that, talking about ceramic coating, which Starbucks latte they had.. and which fog light kit is best lol.

 

[PorterW1111]

Be careful with a light bar that just attaches to the bed rails. Lots of off-roading will tear your bed up. I had the WSI bar and ended up taking it off. Its not just the case of his, any of them will eventually do it.

This is so mangled I’m not even sure what Part I’m looking at. Is this a bologna sandwich with Swiss cheese? Hold the mayo?

 

[Deleted member 12951]

This is so mangled I’m not even sure what Part I’m looking at. Is this a bologna sandwich with Swiss cheese? Hold the mayo?

The bed was taken off and flipped over. This is the passenger side near the cab. It was destroyed. This is after the repair. And we used an angle iron in the front rim on the bed to reinforce it. If you look close, you can see it. Liner material was applied to hide the damage

 

[CoronaRaptor]

The bed was taken off and flipped over. This is the passenger side near the cab. It was destroyed. This is after the repair. And we used an angle iron in the front rim on the bed to reinforce it. If you look close, you can see it. Liner material was applied to hide the damage

Can 2 guys lift the bed off and flip it upside down or do you need 4 guys, I'm taking mine off next spring, curious how much it weighs.

 

[RAPTORSCHIM]

A little rust repair on inside very back of the bed.

Had to cut the bed liner off to see just how bad it was. The 2 spots will get patches welded in, sealed, then new bed liner..

 

[CoronaRaptor]

A little rust repair on inside very back of the bed.

Had to cut the bed liner off to see just how bad it was. The 2 spots will get patches welded in, sealed, then new bed liner..

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WOW, need more pics of this.

 

[RAPTORSCHIM]

WOW, need more pics of this.

I didn't take a lot of pic's.

Let me know what question's you have and I will do my best to explain.

Thanks

 

[CoronaRaptor]

I didn't take a lot of pic's.

Let me know what question's you have and I will do my best to explain.

Thanks

Weird how it would rust around those bolt holes, but not the holes themselves. The rest of the metal looks good still.

 

[RAPTORSCHIM]

Weird how it would rust around those bolt holes, but not the holes themselves. The rest of the metal looks good still.

So it appears that water was getting between the rear cross brace and the bed. If you look close you can see the edge of the cross brace right at the top of my cut.

My truck was undercoated from new, but looks like they missed some spots right along that cross brace.

The other real shinny metal we think was contaminated while the bed liner was being sprayed in by water or sweat, and caused cracking in the liner ...

 

[Jdn]

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