Recent content by pbtjrlmrt

You so missed the point. It's not about doing Baja it's about having a truck reliable enough and made well enough to run baja then drive home. If you never drive baja you can rest assured that whatever you do The Raptor is far superior to the TRX in every way except the 0-60 time on the street...

Nope...code orange as a throwback to earlier Raptor.

They were never in the same class and the R changes nothing in that regard. Don't know how many times they have to say it but Raptor was designed to be competitive off road not the mall crawling on road glitz of the TRX. 0-60 means nothing. Raptor and now R have always been steps beyond the TRX...

The bailout program was called The Automotive Industry Financing Program(AIFP) and Ford didn't receive a single dollar from that program. They did indeed borrow 6b to help adhere to government mandates. The government mandated certain fuel standards and electrification. Borrowing from the person...

Yes...every single day of the week. It doesn't sound as good or have as much HP but it's Baja proven and comes from a company that has never taken any tax payer bailouts and ranks much higher in the overall reliability rankings. WOuld only own a Dodge or Chevy(except corvette) if you gace it to...

The TRX engine is great. It's just that all that HP is not necessary off road. I'd take it if it was available but don't miss it at all. The TRX fuel mileage is so bad it gets worse mpg unladen than I get with my fully loaded out overland rig. The TRX transmission is very good. You are factually...

It's a mystery why the doors locked in the first place. Unless the truck is moving the doors don't automatically lock. Something else is at play here.

I put mud flaps on all 4 corners. Loved em. extremely tough durable and helped a lot. Several commenters talked about how they didn't use mud flaps cause they ripped em off and for the life of my I couldn't figure out how that was possible......Until I did. On roads they are awesome but when you...

I think you need to figure out first what your going to do in front. Work with a reputable suspension shop specializing in raptors. Front end mods are tricky at best. If you mess with the geometry your asking for trouble down the road as it will change the wear points on front end parts. Collars...

Don't use local mechanic, back yard wannabe dudes, passionate sky is the limit tin foil hat guys or anyone else other than a reputable paid professional suspension expert specializing in Raptor or at least F150. In case you haven't noticed you get a lot of memorized canned answers and they may...

I wasn't going to reply but you are getting so much bad advice I couldn't help it. The absolute worst place to get suspension advice beyond maybe brand name or peripherals is any kind of forum. There may be some who know their stuff but you have no way to know who that is. Most who propose mid...

Why does it matter that the Raptor is Baja tested? Stock truck runs the toughest 1000 mile race in existence and you don't know why it matters? TRX is probably more your speed if you don't care about capabilities beyond 0-60 times.

Talk to us after TRX runs BAJA as Raptor did. TRX has absolutely no cred until they run Baja then drive it home.

The stocl suspension is considered a 2 stage rear spring wheras the Deaver prepacked kits are single stage. I can't equate the end result to a Deave +3 or +4 because the way they did it I retained the 2 stage spring and by adding additional leafs it is stiffer. I'm sure if it's stiffer in the...

You mean this where the TRX was totaled on the same jump that the Raptor survived? https://www.thedrive.com/news/38727/do-it-for-the-clicks-youtuber-trashes-his-ram-1500-trx-with-huge-jump compared to this where the Raptor takes TRX to school...