Ford Raptor Forum

So it was about 3 weeks ago that i finally got my 2012 flame blue screw with a leer XL shell on it. The first thing i thought when i saw it was "damn i like that blue" followed by "damn i like the way it looks with that shell on it".

Since i picked it up in redlands, ca and decided to take delivery in AZ (3 hours away) the first day with it was pretty much all driving. (6 hours to redlands, 3 hours to AZ, 9 hours back to sacramento).

After the first drive all i could think about was how nice the interior actually is, how comfortable it was to drive it for that damn long. Well that and the mild chuckling/crying at the first fill up's cost at socal gas prices (4.29 for supreme.. glad i dont live near the bottom of the grapevine!).

After the first drive all i could think was what mods needed to get bought next, that of course meant a volant intake and a sct tuner. The tuner was ordered the 2nd day i had it, the intake was already at the house. Once the tuner came in (yeah 5star!), it was reflash time before my first real drive (9 hours isnt enough!) up to seattle.

Now that drive was nothing short of fun, the damn truck rides like a dream on the open highway. Nothing but smooth ride, nice rumbly power, and lots of gas being burned. I wont lie, it was also fun watching people follow me on the highway checking out the truck.

I will say this, after the reflash + volant the truck is a bit more of a beast then before. My only issue is the volant intake is not exactly as quiet as i would like, this may of course be resolved once i get headers/exhaust but until then its a bit annoying. All said and done this is my first domestic, first truck, and well im glad i made the purchase.

This thing is an amazing combination of luxury, performance, technology, and capability. oh and its FUN AS FUCK to go bombing down dirt roads in! (or paved ones for that matter..)