What did you do to your Raptor today? (Gen2)

[Burr55]

Just cleaned her up a bit before flying out tomorrow to head to Raptor Assault on Wednesday.

 

[Greg Kaltenbach]

Removed my bedrack and rtt in preparation for winter then mounted the tonneau. Also got new meats. Downsized from 37s to 35s.

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Truck looks great! Out of curiosity, what made you downsize to 35's?

 

[desertfox73]

only mod to the rear (so far) is the Icon leaf springs on option 2. Still haven’t actually measured it but I’d guess it’s maybe half an inch to an inch higher in the rear with the tent etc. worth noting I went with the kB voodoo aluminum rack to save some weight

Awesome info - thank you.

 

[Oldfart]

My newest mod is Race Red and has added about 37 horsepower while greatly improving handling!

 

[CoronaRaptor]

My newest mod is Race Red and has added about 37 horsepower while greatly improving handling!














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I like!! Where did you buy? Do they have the faster color in black?

 

[GCATX]

I like!! Where did you buy? Do they have the faster color in black?

It's after Easter, after all...

 

[OICNW-Rob]

Just cleaned her up a bit before flying out tomorrow to head to Raptor Assault on Wednesday.

See you there!

 

[Oldfart]

I like!! Where did you buy? Do they have the faster color in black?

I found it on a site called Alexlnd.com, a Chinese site I never heard of before. I think it's like a Chinese eBay. I was looking to buy a cheap wife and came across the site. They have red, white, and gold in that one, and green, blue, and black in a pretty similar skull that I thought also looked pretty good. It's actually an ABS shift knob that I modded. It was some work, but I was bored this weekend and it was raining. It comes with a heavy bushing epoxied in to the knob that would attach to your shift lever.

I covered the skull with thermal insulating compound I had and hit the bushing with an acetylene torch for a few seconds and I was able to separate it. The compound keeps the heat from wrecking the paint. Then I drilled it out from the bottom about 90% of the way to the top with a 3/4" bit to take most of the weight out of it. It feels similar to a billiard ball. Drilled the top just slightly larger than the antenna. Taped it up with painters tape and shot the hole with "Great Stuff" expanding foam for windows and doors. Let it cure and size the hole it to what ever antenna you have. The foam is nice because it has some give. Once I sized it, I just hit the little bit of foam that was visible with black magic marker and it blends right in.

Insulating compound comes in handy with guns, jewelry, and similar things where you have to watch the heat gain of the piece you're working on. It's good stuff and reusable.

https://www.riogrande.com/product/E...2MrVyljeA0uhtcF10mRoCV78QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Alenlnd skulls

https://alexnld.com/?term=&s=UNIVER...LL+CAR&post_type=product&taxonomy=product_cat

 

[90yota]

Truck looks great! Out of curiosity, what made you downsize to 35's?

I tow often and replacing 37s is quite a bit more than 35s

 

[GCATX]

I was looking to buy a cheap wife and came across the site.

Those are over on aisle 5, between the cheap boats and grateful kids.