What did u do to your raptor today?

[cbcgeneral]

The ford emblem was painted by custom truck solutions. The other emblems are from rappy. They were a bit of a pain in the ass since they were a little large. Installed them and then used a sharp exacto to cut the access off. My truck is a 2010 so don't have the 6.2L emblem although it is a 6.2L. I still have the vinyl in red for the 6.2L. If you want it PM me your mailing address and I will send it to you for free. You can test it out and see if you like it that way, can always peel it back off.

I know rockstar 2's get hated on but I like the way my truck is coming together

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Thanks bro that is really cool of you I'll PM it now. Those headlights are sweet too. A set of retrofits is definitely on my list of mods.

 

[Buckeyesvtraptor]

No problem CBC. I was thinking of buying the emblems but $100 is just not worth it. Plus there was only like 6000 6.2's built in 2010. Might as well be proud of it. Haha.

SVT decals for the calipers today.

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[Yukon Joe]

Well today was a 1 step forward 2 steps back kinda day. At lunch I went and installed the camburg steering rack spacers, on of which I machined yesterday. After that I pulled the IWE's and bearings from the knuckles, and while doing so found that I had a failed IWE as the gear split away from the rubber diaphragm also found a couple of cracks in the welds for the gusset set that need repairing. Once I get the knuckles back from the media blasting shop I will fix the welds and drop them off for powdercoat. Pictures of the failures can be found here: More broken shit - Album on Imgur

This evening I cleaned up the old crummy paint and rust on the LCA mount doubler plates and prep'd them for some fresh paint, I also removed the stock headlights in preparation for my retrofits going in. I also ordered some stock to machine some new spacers for my Icon 3.0"s that should fit a little better with the camburg LCAs, they need to be a little thinner, and the icon ones are a little messed up after removing them from the LCAs.

How did you crack your spindle?

Received:

2-ton HF jack
Powertank Mount
Quick-fist clamps to hold axe and shovel to chase rack
ARB tire repair kit
ARB recovery bag @RSiWORKS @IRONMAN hooked me up with a kinetic energy rope (I've named it Tyrone...) and 2 soft shackles

Still waiting on:

C4 Fabworks skid plate (should ship out Friday)

Nice recovery gear. That ARB tire kit is the best I've seen. I've carried it from day one and have to used it once.

Started turning some new spacers for my front icon coil overs that should be a better fit in the camburg lca. Still have to size them and put a bevel on the to make putting the shock in easier.

Facing to stock


Center drilling preparing for the undersized drill:


Boring out to size

Turning down to size

Parting off the first spacer

First spacer before facing

Turning down the next section for the last to spacers

Old and new

Where did you get the dimensions?

Yukon Joe

 

[t_j]

How did you crack your spindle?


Where did you get the dimensions?

Spindle cracked weld is a stress fracture from the casting pulling. Probably happened at snoball from the temperature drop.

I used the originals for the dimensions. They got a bit mangled when took them out. They where hand ground to fit and not a great finish so I decided just to make up new ones the correct thickness!

 

[The Macf]

Did this.

 

[The Macf]

And met up with @NorCalRaptor to pick up an XRD rack. Score.

 

[NorCalRaptor]

Thanks! Great to meet you.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Decided not to do chores today and convinced the gf to go to the woods and have a campfire and drink beer and cook smokies!

 

[Buckeyesvtraptor]

Had my wheel wells line-x'd

Pics?


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[Ramathorn178]

Yesterday: Brought it home