Recent content by Monstarapta

Long time gen1 owner. Bought Raptor in 2012 at invoice. cybertruck reservation on reveal date. Didn’t think I would be in the gen1 for this long, but cybertruck has been delayed. transmission finally gave at 150k in May. Wasn’t going to put money into a 11 year old truck with that many miles...

Thanks. I sent him a message.

Had a blow out. Non patch able. Need one good year duratrac 50% tread life or better. Located in Maryland.

Took my 12 in for service a few weeks ago and there were two 17's sitting on the lot. The sales guy came over while I was looking at them and said they were selling for 5-10k over msrp. Told him I would never pay more than sticker for a car. He left and came back a few minutes later and said...

2012 with 64,*** miles. Zero issues. Just new tires and wipers.

Lots of good choices. I was between KO2's and duratracs. Went with Duratracs because I found a better deal and Wilson's recommendation. They have been great. Much more quiet on the highway than stock. Can't go wrong either way

Thanks guys. Wilson you were right. Put duratracs on last week. Should have done it a while ago. Much better and a lot less noise than my worn ou BFG's

Thanks guys. How much did siping improve traction?

Thanks Wilson. You are right. They were bad in snow new, but are terrible now. I could live with bad. Now they are scary.

Anyone try this. I have 30-40% left on the original BFG's. They are terrible in light snow and rain. Has anyone tried ideal tire groover? Debating new shoes or siping my old ones and trying to extend their life to next fall.

2012 with 28,00+ miles. Zero issues.

How does a cage change on road safety. I would think cars and trucks would be caged if they were safer on road? I see the need off road where a single vehicle accident would be most common. Are any cages crash tested for common road accidents? Thanks for helping with my ignorance.

Amazed the door still opened. Speaks for the integrity of the cab. Pic could be moved to the bashed in skid plate thread. Might have a winner.

If you haven't read the book The Driver by Alexander Roy give it a read. I think he still holds the coast to coast record and won the 2005 Gumball. Talks about a lot of logistics and planning. Large support team. Even used a plane for part of the race to scout police. It is a good read.

It could be. Black crew everything but graphics. Not sure how long they had it. Bought early June.