Yes! Finally back in a Gen 1!!

[Pacific Wheel]

@Big Blue you doing +3 on the GEN1 as well? Or the traditional +2?

 

[Big Blue]

@Big Blue you doing +3 on the GEN1 as well? Or the traditional +2?

+3s which is what I have done on all of the Raptors.

 

[Frogger22]

Great question and IMO, screws are too damn big and V6s should be for Broncos and Explorers, not Raptors. If I could make a Frankenstein, I would put the TRX engine in a Raptor scab and consider it a perfect truck. The closest to that will be my current Gen 1 with a whipple. Scabs and V8s rule. The TRX makes awesome noise and it's fast, but it does not excite me like my Raptors and it feels very big/heavy. The interior of the TRX is unmatched and in a class of its own. I think from an Exterior standpoint, the Raptors look better and more aggressive.

She's at the shop now getting Eibachs, Deavers and Exhaust installed. The wheels/Tires should be here next week. I am going with the Stage 2 JDM Whipple kit next and a 40" Baja Designs behind the grill light bar as the next mods. I just did the pass-through wire connections last night for the upfitters, I forgot how crappy Ford did with giving you no wire slack to work with and no labels on the wires.

To me, cause no raptor deserves the disservice of a V6, the only real options seem to be:
a) Keep the Gen 1 running forever
b) buy a TRX
c) win the Powerball to try to get an R

 

[Big Blue]

Post some pics of the truck once you get the deavers and Eibach's on please. I'm gonna do a little refresh on my G1 and I was thinking the same springs F&R. The Eibach's look to sit pretty tall in the front but I never see good enough pics to tell though.

Shop just texted me this pic. Eibachs and Deaver+3s installed. Methods and 37s should be here next week. More pics to follow.

 

[Pacific Wheel]

@Big Blue 37's will look a lot better than those 31's lol. Those Eibach do sit high!

 

[Big Blue]

@Big Blue 37's will look a lot better than those 31's lol. Those Eibach do sit high!

Looks like a bodybuilder that skipped leg day! From the pic, appears to be nice and level now.

 

[Gen1TillDeath]

Ha yeah. They will definitely settle though

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

Shop just texted me this pic. Eibachs and Deaver+3s installed. Methods and 37s should be here next week. More pics to follow.

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I'm laughing to myself because I'm day drinking and for no good reason whatsoever this reminds me of my old roommate who would always walk on his tippy toes. Calfs like a sumo wrestler.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

give him credit now, he did hop a curb. more offroading than most gen 2 and 3s

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

@Big Blue you doing anything to the exhaust?