Fairly new Raptor owner in need of help!!!

Hey everyone,

I have been a member to this amazing forum for quite a while now. I find my self on this site every hour on the hour even during work (Police officer). My post count does not reflect this I know but I am addicted. I purchased a 2012 white Raptor last September. Let me tell everyone this my dreams had came true when I left the lot with this brand new (9 miles on it) Ford Raptor and drove it home. But here is my issue. This site has made my truck become some what boring due the amazing transformations you guys have done. I guess you can say I am jealous. Selfish I know.

With my job (police officer) money is not the best. I had to finance the entire amount of this vehicle except 4,000 dollars I put down. So around 45,000 before taxes and 4.2 % APR. So my payment is nasty. Having rent, student loans and other various bills it leaves with very little amount of money to purchase the aftermarket parts I want. Here's a short list hahaha:

Retrofit HID heads
Wheels tires (after original tires wear out)
Mid perch
Exhaust (headers????)
5star
Color match or line x flares (already had bed Line x'ed which was 750)
Off road lighting still unsure of what I want yet.
And last of not least front and year bumpers.

This is the start of what I want to do. BTW if someone could inform me how to add pictures from an iPad two i will more the gladly show off my stocker haha. Maybe even a little ford crown Vic police car **** and my soon to be new police vehicle the 2014 ford explorer interceptor hell yea!! Sorry got off topic.

So I wanna try and do at least two of these things right out of my shop. I would love to build front and rear bumpers. I dont wanna copy any one design but would love it if you guys could show me in the right direction on where a guy could come up with a CAD drawing or blueprint of various bumpers so I could get an idea. I have all the equipment to bend tubing and breaks to make skid plates. Btw I also race a open wheel small block modified every Saturday at Woodhull raceway in the southern tier of New York State. As u can see I have two many hobbies. But any help would be amazing and before you guys tell me search tool I have tried it I swear.

I will look at how to add pictures to show off all my toys. STANDBY!!!!


Thanks in advance everyone.

Afternoon...

iPad Pic Post
1) tap "Post Reply" - or - under "Quick Reply" tap "Go Advanced"

2)Tap "Manage Attachments"

3) Tap Choose File - a Menu pops up -

4) Tap "Take Photo or Video" or "Chose Existing" -upload

5) Tap "Close this Window"

6) Tap "Submit Reply" or "Preview Post"

Frequenting this forum is the worst thing for your wallet haha

Tried that and when it opens the choose file tabs are not highlighted they are dark and don't allow me to choose a file or click them.

---------- Post added at 06:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:37 PM ----------

MacMan I Deff agree lol!!!

How's your credit? Should try and refinance with Penfed.... 1.99% for 60 months on a 2012.

https://www.penfed.org/refinance-auto-loan/https://www.penfed.org/refinance-auto-loan/

Went and used parents desk top enjoy the stocker!!!!! pictures of the patrol vehicle and the race car (s) to follow...

First picture is me of course i will get better patrol vehicle pics at some point. Take home patrol vehicle mine and mine only haha.

Race car pics coming next.

This is my very first open wheel car. This was 2012 season.

This is my first mustang built race car. It was a 2.3 4 cylinder built it in my parents shop back in 2007.

turned it from that to this!!!!