What did u do to your raptor today?

[Chiefapple]

Finished the bump stop kit by installing the strike plates tonight. What a pain in the ass.




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[laselvasurf]

Removed the old round lights that were pretty much useless:


Replaced it with a slim LED light bar that puts out a ton of light:


I noticed shortly after buying the truck that water would get into the back seat area. I checked the 3rd brake light as I know that's common but couldn't find any leaks from it. I did however find a leak in the upper drivers side corner of the rear window. The butyl tape had failed allowing water to stream right in. It took about 2 hours to remove the back seats to gain access to the bolts that hold the rear window on. It took another hour to gently loosen and break the tape the rest of the way to pop the window out.


Then came the fun part... Removing the butyl tape from the truck and the window. This took 3+ hours and I used everything I could find. In the end, WD40 seemed to break down the old tape the quickest.


After this I cleaned everything really good to get any remnant of the wd40 or googone out of there, layer in some fresh butyl tape and reattached the window. After tightening everything up, I did a test and found no leaks.

 

[BenBB]

Removed the old round lights that were pretty much useless:


Replaced it with a slim LED light bar that puts out a ton of light:


I noticed shortly after buying the truck that water would get into the back seat area. I checked the 3rd brake light as I know that's common but couldn't find any leaks from it. I did however find a leak in the upper drivers side corner of the rear window. The butyl tape had failed allowing water to stream right in. It took about 2 hours to remove the back seats to gain access to the bolts that hold the rear window on. It took another hour to gently loosen and break the tape the rest of the way to pop the window out.


Then came the fun part... Removing the butyl tape from the truck and the window. This took 3+ hours and I used everything I could find. In the end, WD40 seemed to break down the old tape the quickest.


After this I cleaned everything really good to get any remnant of the wd40 or googone out of there, layer in some fresh butyl tape and reattached the window. After tightening everything up, I did a test and found no leaks.

Right on!! I've been putting off replacing my rear window for years, previous owner siliconed the slider shut But didn't leak so wasn't a priority, but I appreciate the post and info! I'm hoping a new back window will come with the tape, if not did you just get a roll at like Autozone?

Now that you know how to release those rear seat backs, you can either mod the latches (there's a thread or few on here somewhere) or add Builtrite releases to use that space back there if you wanted to, I recommend it.

 

[Gary E]

Removed the old round lights that were pretty much useless:


Replaced it with a slim LED light bar that puts out a ton of light:


I noticed shortly after buying the truck that water would get into the back seat area. I checked the 3rd brake light as I know that's common but couldn't find any leaks from it. I did however find a leak in the upper drivers side corner of the rear window. The butyl tape had failed allowing water to stream right in. It took about 2 hours to remove the back seats to gain access to the bolts that hold the rear window on. It took another hour to gently loosen and break the tape the rest of the way to pop the window out.


Then came the fun part... Removing the butyl tape from the truck and the window. This took 3+ hours and I used everything I could find. In the end, WD40 seemed to break down the old tape the quickest.


After this I cleaned everything really good to get any remnant of the wd40 or googone out of there, layer in some fresh butyl tape and reattached the window. After tightening everything up, I did a test and found no leaks.

Nice write-up of the process.

 

[laselvasurf]

Right on!! I've been putting off replacing my rear window for years, previous owner siliconed the slider shut But didn't leak so wasn't a priority, but I appreciate the post and info! I'm hoping a new back window will come with the tape, if not did you just get a roll at like Autozone?

Now that you know how to release those rear seat backs, you can either mod the latches (there's a thread or few on here somewhere) or add Builtrite releases to use that space back there if you wanted to, I recommend it.

From what I saw, a new window does come with the tape. If not, I used 3M 08611 and got it from Napa. They actually didn't have it locally at Autozone or O'Reilly, so it's worth checking as you may need to order it.

Thanks for the info on the builtright release, I just ordered a pair.

 

[BenBB]

From what I saw, a new window does come with the tape. If not, I used 3M 08611 and got it from Napa. They actually didn't have it locally at Autozone or O'Reilly, so it's worth checking as you may need to order it.

Thanks for the info on the builtright release, I just ordered a pair.

Great, thanks! And now I know it's not a half-hour project lol!

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Removed the old round lights that were pretty much useless:


Replaced it with a slim LED light bar that puts out a ton of light:


I noticed shortly after buying the truck that water would get into the back seat area. I checked the 3rd brake light as I know that's common but couldn't find any leaks from it. I did however find a leak in the upper drivers side corner of the rear window. The butyl tape had failed allowing water to stream right in. It took about 2 hours to remove the back seats to gain access to the bolts that hold the rear window on. It took another hour to gently loosen and break the tape the rest of the way to pop the window out.


Then came the fun part... Removing the butyl tape from the truck and the window. This took 3+ hours and I used everything I could find. In the end, WD40 seemed to break down the old tape the quickest.


After this I cleaned everything really good to get any remnant of the wd40 or googone out of there, layer in some fresh butyl tape and reattached the window. After tightening everything up, I did a test and found no leaks.

I've never seen anybody post on how to replace/repair the back window. Great job there, you should start your own thread on it, would be helpful to a lot of members. Great to know its an actual "do it at home job".

 

[laselvasurf]

Great, thanks! And now I know it's not a half-hour project lol!

It's a much quicker job if you're just replacing the window, as you don't have to be nearly as careful while removing it and don't have to clean it. The truck cleaned up quickly and easily with some googone. Here's a video I found that was helpful:

 

[laselvasurf]

I've never seen anybody post on how to replace/repair the back window. Great job there, you should start your own thread on it, would be helpful to a lot of members. Great to know its an actual "do it at home job".

Thanks, I looked everywhere for a DIY writeup and found a couple videos but nothing that was that complete. I come from a BMW background(still have a couple) where just about every process has a DIY writeup out there already, so I was a little surprised I couldn't find anything on this. If I can squeeze in some time, I'll try and take a few more photos and create a new thread as you suggested.

 

[sj-CHI]

Got a few upgrades done throughout the year — just getting around to posting.

Cleaned up the mount for my Garmin and handheld radio.


Replaced my Rogue bumper with a new ADD Venom and changed out the front lighting.


Replaced winch line after last years SnoBall and added a backlight.



Added some RPG side steps/sliders.



And improved my air-down process with some Apex Design performance valves.



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