What did u do to your raptor today?

[CoronaRaptor]

Continued, then painted the springs and bump stop frames, the Raptors frame wiped off pretty clean so didn’t need to touch that up, painted the center hub as well.

 

[Irregular F150]

Heck yeah. Put in a little extra time now saves a lot of time and money later.

If and when the paint wears off check out stuff called waxoyl hard wax black its a protective like woolwax/fluid film but dries on as a hard wax.

I just used some on the front end bumper brackets, and all the metal around the radiator, and the metal support that goes across the bottom of the grill, many front end bolts, tops of the shocks in engine bay. I also hit up the place where the tool kit is under the rear seat. Front and rear tow hooks and trailer hitch. Oh and wear a respirator its not good to breath in lol.

Im looking to pick up the waxoyl clear to hit the shocks with.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Heck yeah. Put in a little extra time now saves a lot of time and money later.

If and when the paint wears off check out stuff called waxoyl hard wax black its a protective like woolwax/fluid film but dries on as a hard wax.

I just used some on the front end bumper brackets, and all the metal around the radiator, and the metal support that goes across the bottom of the grill, many front end bolts, tops of the shocks in engine bay. I also hit up the place where the tool kit is under the rear seat. Front and rear tow hooks and trailer hitch. Oh and wear a respirator its not good to breath in lol.

Im looking to pick up the waxoyl clear to hit the shocks with.

Post some pics of this stuff and what it looks like on your truck.

 

[Irregular F150]

Post some pics of this stuff and what it looks like on your truck.

Theres the bracket and partial bolt covered lol and the rear. Its been raining the couple days so excuse the dirty pics. It matches the oem frame color and look.

Forgot to mention, we got this as a demo to try so thats why its just a few small spots.

 

[SKS]

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[Irregular F150]

never heard of it but it does sound pretty interesting.

 

[FiveOsvt]

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Was going to put fluid film on, but once I took the wheels off, I kind of shrugged at the surface rust on the springs and bump stop kit, decided I would try to clean them up a bit first, will do the fluid film next week or so.
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Then I sprayed degreaser on everything
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On my to do list!, fluid film has been good to me so dont feel the need to change it up.

 

[bubblehead93]

Gen II paddle shifter in a Gen I complete... Just need to re-touch some trim and then a test drive ..View attachment 327477

first drive to work this morning post install... paddle shifters plus traction bars... where have you been all my life?

 

[kuuzi]

first drive to work this morning post install... paddle shifters plus traction bars... where have you been all my life?

How much for the steering wheel set up?

 

[bubblehead93]

So EcoPowerParts has a great web page for this kit with all the oem p/n's you need as well as multiple videos for different parts of the install. When I emailed on Sunday night with a question, he got back to me in less than 30 minutes...

Its not cheap because OEM raptor stuff is rarely cheap...

EcoPowerParts Raptor Steering Wheel kit $355.00 (two ckt bds for the switch packs you buy below, steering harness, console harness)
FPP 17+ Raptor Steering Wheel $525.99 (from Summit w/ free shipping, I think this can be found for $100 less than what I paid for it, sometimes getting it quick, i.e. in stock, costs more)
Drive Inflator Module (FL3Z-15043B13-AB) $187.87 but with shipping => $318.79 (hazardous/dangerous material)
Clock Spring (HL3Z-14A664-A) $90.84
Switch Pack (HL3Z-9C888-BA) $48.36
Switch Pack (HL3Z-9C888-EA) $48.70

So all in... $1,387.68

So a bunch of money... at work I talk a lot about ROI, return on investment. Many of us spend about this amount on leaf springs, bumpers, traction bars, etc...

First time I took off from a stop paddle shifting with my right foot pressed to the floor board... grinning ear to ear... money well spent... and its a better looking steering wheel than the Gen 1 wheel...