What did u do to your raptor today?

[CoronaRaptor]

Took out the speaker grills and painted them flat black. They were starting to get a bit dirty and rusty looking.

Edit: adding the finished picture forgot to do a before pic lol

That looks good, another idea to keep in the back of my head.

 

[Irregular F150]

its been slow today I decided to paint my diff cover blue granite in homage to my tahoe i traded for this truck and its the only blue i had since my radiator hoses and plug wires are going blue also why not lol. Yeah theres runs in it, i put it on heavy cause i was tired of crawling under to do it… nothing a light wet sand and another coating wont fix lol.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

its been slow today I decided to paint my diff cover blue granite in homage to my tahoe i traded for this truck and its the only blue i had since my radiator hoses and plug wires are going blue also why not lol. Yeah theres runs in it, i put it on heavy cause i was tired of crawling under to do it… nothing a light wet sand and another coating wont fix lol.

When are those hoses going on? Have you bought a swear jar yet for when you do the lower rad hose?

 

[Irregular F150]

Been trying to get it done but crap gets in the way. All i need is the distilled water now. Im aiming for next Saturday.

 

[GWBush]

Yup, i made sure to get some with my order lol.

Well its now officially mud season here in the far up northeast u.s. this will be the style my truck will be wearing for the next month or so (all from driveway) ughhh

Love that color

 

[Jakenbake]

Took the airbag warning stickers off the visors. Got distracted with lunch and never went back to get the residue that was left over off. Probably take care of that tomorrow. The photos actually capture it better than the eye does in person.

 

[Keshka]

I drove the family over the mountain to visit sister whom has a nasty Sarcoma eating at her and she has just a few weeks left. On the way back I got drowsy and told the wife to take over driving when i get stopped. What do I get? The normal tease.. "oh, your gonna let me drive your precious?", "you better not! I might wreck it! lol!". (Such is married life). Off over the pass we go. I fall asleep for what? Maybe ten minutes only to feel all the air being sucked out of the cab they released back in as "OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD". My spider sense feels the Raptor moving at an odd angle in a slide.

Hat's off to that girl! She has been paying more attention than I though to the last 5 years of advanced driving school. She pulled 7000lbs of Raptor back into shape and slowing down the road to a stop. We pulled over and I said "it must be time for me to drive" and we traded places. Over the next 20 minutes you could hear a soft "I'm so sorry!" over and over. No worries love, no damage done and you did well.

What I didn't mention yet and bearing in mind we had just an hour ago left a picnic at 62 degrees out. Now it's 30 and as I made my way around the front of the Raptor I noticed I was having quite a time staying upright. I look at the road surface (asphalt)...stripes and all with a full 1/4 of crystal clear ice....oh and with a water film on top. I think only an air hocky table is slipperier. I don't think I drove more that 1/2 mile till back to wet pavement but she had a damned good excuse to suck up all the air!

All in all....memories were made.

 

[Irregular F150]

I drove the family over the mountain to visit sister whom has a nasty Sarcoma eating at her and she has just a few weeks left. On the way back I got drowsy and told the wife to take over driving when i get stopped. What do I get? The normal tease.. "oh, your gonna let me drive your precious?", "you better not! I might wreck it! lol!". (Such is married life). Off over the pass we go. I fall asleep for what? Maybe ten minutes only to feel all the air being sucked out of the cab they released back in as "OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD". My spider sense feels the Raptor moving at an odd angle in a slide.

Hat's off to that girl! She has been paying more attention than I though to the last 5 years of advanced driving school. She pulled 7000lbs of Raptor back into shape and slowing down the road to a stop. We pulled over and I said "it must be time for me to drive" and we traded places. Over the next 20 minutes you could hear a soft "I'm so sorry!" over and over. No worries love, no damage done and you did well.

What I didn't mention yet and bearing in mind we had just an hour ago left a picnic at 62 degrees out. Now it's 30 and as I made my way around the front of the Raptor I noticed I was having quite a time staying upright. I look at the road surface (asphalt)...stripes and all with a full 1/4 of crystal clear ice....oh and with a water film on top. I think only an air hocky table is slipperier. I don't think I drove more that 1/2 mile till back to wet pavement but she had a damned good excuse to suck up all the air!

All in all....memories were made.

Heck yeah hitting black ice and then saving it from a skid, great job. No need to be sorry. Living in a cold snowy state i can attest to driving in that weather often. This time of year can be more dangerous then it is in winter just because of that situation.

 

[GWBush]

Took the airbag warning stickers off the visors. Got distracted with lunch and never went back to get the residue that was left over off. Probably take care of that tomorrow. The photos actually capture it better than the eye does in person.View attachment 347021View attachment 347022View attachment 347023

Was just thinking of this today. Is it just “peel off” or anything special. Looks great!!

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

Took the airbag warning stickers off the visors. Got distracted with lunch and never went back to get the residue that was left over off. Probably take care of that tomorrow. The photos actually capture it better than the eye does in person.View attachment 347021View attachment 347022View attachment 347023

1.) I need a TV in my garage.... shit I need a garage again.
2.) I left those stickers but I've been meaning to pull the ones off my jetski, but I just dont have the heart to do it... shit I have stickers from purchase on the very laptop I'm typing on!