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    GEN 2 What else is in your garage?

    Mine was a "JK" 2-door. Not exactly a "Raptor killer" but it would go places that my SWB Raptor could never get!
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    GEN 2 What else is in your garage?

    I love how the roof of does not rise the fender of the other!
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    GEN 2 What else is in your garage?

    Love the real ones not just retro versions! This is only a low 12-second car, WAY more capable than when originally made, but cannot compete with modern hardware. Yet nothing I've owned, Cobra, Shelby, M3, or the Raptor gets as many thumbs-up and people approaching at a gas station to talk...
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    GEN 2 What else is in your garage?

    I might have posted this before, 100+ pages ago if so.
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    Diamondback bed covers and bike racks

    I'd put a backing plate on it to limit flex, but if you mean drilling into the top and bolting it on, yeah.
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    Did i just get lucky??

    Perhaps 50% is a local thing, Austin's economy is superheated. USA Today says 40%, and I did say over 2-years not annual as usually quoted. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2022/02/13/used-cars-cost-more/6778705001/
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    Difficult Decision

    It is just some really heavy trail rash, will buff out with enough elbow grease!
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    Ford engineers have sick sense of humor. Oil change

    I had a fumoto on my Jeep. My oldest son is an actual pro mechanic laughed at me and said he gets to repair/replace those all the time. But I'm tired of dropping the entire plate for oil changes, even considered allowing the pimply kid at the local lube-joint touch it. I think I'll eat my...
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    GEN 2 Raptor newbie looking at 2018 tomorrow - advice

    If you have the pano roof ask them to let you pour water heavy (use a squirter is better) on the corners to look for leaks. Just happy to see the SCAB love.
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    Did i just get lucky??

    it is 2022, any new car on any lot is going for sticker or better. Used car prices are up over 50% from 2 years ago, and all manufacturers are struggling to keep production lines open. I read that Ford and Toyota are considering seeling incomplete bvehicles where some component (like...
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    Jeep Wave, is there a Raptor Wave

    Former Wrangler owner reporting...I think it is roughly the same...about 50% of either would return a wave.
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    New sticky please GEN2 owners pics

    Nice, do not see many SCABs!
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    Purchased a sibling yesterday….

    Is it okay to say how much I hate you? This is my new sibling (the white thing)...
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    Just sayin - best looking FoMoCo in a long while!

    Added a new family member the other day. Now three vehicles with 400+ HP in my possession, but the three could barely be more different!
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