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

[vk35]

Finally completed front and rear diff fluid change. Also swapped out transfer case fluid on a new to me truck. Surprisingly the rear diff fluid was clean while the front and transfer case fluid was dark.

Painted my rear diff cover while I was at it.

 

[ThePaintPirate]

Used Cerekote's Trim Coat Kit to restore the faded black on the windshield and hood vents. Wish I would have taken a before/after pic, really brought it back.

 

[91Eunos]

Installed the JDS tie down rings I picked up a couple weeks ago.



Removed all 6 bed bolts to clean and lube them since I was in there, but only put tie downs on the middle two, and the two rear-most bolts since that's where I’d almost always be strapping stuff down.



These will be very useful on the 2K+ mile road trip to CA I have coming up to have some fabrication work done for the rear suspension, and then up the left coast to visit some friends in WA State, then home by way of the Willamette Valley in OR where my wife will fly in to join me for an Anniversary getaway for a couple days, before heading back to Tejas.

Only had one of the washers stick to the bed, but it popped right off with a flat-head screwdriver inserted into the center/hole and gently prying up.

 

[localbrew]

Washed her, new shoes are about a week old now, and replaced two of the bed bolts today as well.

 

[mbarrios213]

paint correction + PPF + ceramic coating. Will be a long weekend haha

Nice! Looking to do mine soon, quick question when you did the paint correction and ceramic did you tape off the graphics or ceramic right over?

 

[mbarrios213]

New to me 2020 Raptor, love it so far. Washed and hit with a quick spray wax before full paint correction and ceramic.

 

[vk35]

Nice! Looking to do mine soon, quick question when you did the paint correction and ceramic did you tape off the graphics or ceramic right over?

I actually didn’t have any graphics on mine but if I did, I would tape of the graphics to make sure the polisher doesn’t ruin the graphics. If you are careful, you could polish close to the graphics but not near the edges or on top of the graphics. I highly recommend taping all the plastic pieces since they are prone to getting discolored or white if any of the compound touches it and dries.

Depending on the ceramic coating, you could apply the ceramic coating on top of graphics for the most part. I recommend to check with the ceramic coating MFG to make sure.

 

[mbarrios213]

I actually didn’t have any graphics on mine but if I did, I would tape of the graphics to make sure the polisher doesn’t ruin the graphics. If you are careful, you could polish close to the graphics but not near the edges or on top of the graphics. I highly recommend taping all the plastic pieces since they are prone to getting discolored or white if any of the compound touches it and dries.

Depending on the ceramic coating, you could apply the ceramic coating on top of graphics for the most part. I recommend to check with the ceramic coating MFG to make sure.

Thanks for the advice!

 

[Venti Raptor]

Finally got around to adding some bling to the rear end. Overall not a bad job just a PITA to get that diff housing clean enough to my liking before install. Also that spare tire security cable caught me off guard lol.

 

[SCAR911]

Finally completed front and rear diff fluid change. Also swapped out transfer case fluid on a new to me truck. Surprisingly the rear diff fluid was clean while the front and transfer case fluid was dark.

Painted my rear diff cover while I was at it.
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