What did you do to your Raptor today? (Gen2)

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sean1968

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Looking good! I finally did my Forscan mods today OMFG it’s so nice to finally get rid of that damn auto stop start ********. Hardwired my radar detector too


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There's an extensive post located here on the F150 forum about the swap. There's a little bit of trimming of the F250 housing and the cutout in our bumper cover. But it does address how upgrading to LEDs washes out the backup camera at night. I think this is the real reason why Ford didn't put LEDs and stuck with halogen. Cheaper to put lower lumen bulb in than to redesign/retool the bumper cover for all F150s. The added benefit is that the F250 housing comes with LEDs but you're in for about $25 for each side which is considerably more than swapping out just the bulbs. Plus, as mentioned, there's a bit of modding of the housing and bumper cover which a lot of people don't like to get into.

I ordered the parts on Friday and they should be here on Monday. Hopefully I'll have some time early next week and I'll post pictures on this thread. I already have taken the before pictures that show how the light casts up toward the camera due to the housing angle (or lack there of).


Ok finally got around to doing this yesterday. I swapped out the stock license plate light housings for the F250. The F250 comes with LEDs but they aren't that great. The main reason for doing this is to redirect the light at the actual plate and not up towards the backup camera so upgraded (brighter LEDs) don't wash out the camera. The after picture isn't all that great but you get the idea. Nassty posted a better "after" picture. All said and done I was probably spend about a 45 minutes on this. Take a look at the link in the quote, it will save you a TON of time.

Before (notice that upward direction of the light):

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After (light directed mostly at the plate, barely any on the tailgate):

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Finally got the call that the Tie Rods were in stock at RPG.

Stage 3, new upper A Arms, Steering tie rods, Deavers +3 with a shackle to get some articulation out of it. Plus installed some rear lights .ce4f80a955e47b37aefb3c1f367e02f3.jpg8a5e4f4d5f35c888281e15f616432d5c.jpg5d7063dc2815815d34d7c2c8d21967d5.jpg

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Finished up the exterior wrap with a few details...
Full XPel Stealth wrap
Shadow Black roof
Shadow Black hood stripes and FORD letters...
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Edit to add a few more pics of the Shadow Black lettering...

~10ft away under bright LED lighting
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~6ft away
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~2ft away
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~1ft away
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Super subtle most of the time, but a great look in my obviously biased opinion.


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