California Raptor Price Fixing

-Ryan- · Apr 6, 2019

Can you post a picture of the sticker under your hood? Maybe something changed and people shopping for Raptors need to know. This is what the sticker of every raptor i've seen that has been discussed here looks like regardless of what emissions option it has on the window sticker.

ddpt · Apr 6, 2019

-Ryan- said:
Can you post a picture of the sticker under your hood? Maybe something changed and people shopping for Raptors need to know. This is what the sticker of every raptor i've seen that has been discussed here looks like regardless of what emissions option it has on the window sticker.

That's the sticker

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outofurgourd · Apr 6, 2019

mike s said:
I bought my 18 in october from Armando at Ken Grody Ford at MSRP. Buena Park CA

They gotta ton of them and it was a good experience

Those guys are cool and easy to deal with

Armando is the man! I bought my raptor from as well

-Ryan- · Apr 6, 2019

ddpt said:
That's the sticker

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Cool. You have the same CA legal sticker that all other Raptors have, regardless of state of origin or window sticker emission option.

Trackar · Apr 6, 2019

ddpt said:
Dealer name?

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Zumwalt Ford, very small dealer, only get about 6 Raptors a year. Not sure how many of the remaining 4 are accounted for.

MarkG · Apr 6, 2019

ddpt said:
Make sure it has California Emissions on the Window Sticker and emissions sticker under the hood. Also be prepared when registering the vehicle with California DMV to have a smog certificate. Take it to a Ford Dealership locally that does SMOG and ask if their SMOG technician knows how to drive the vehicle to get it to pass SMOG. When I did mine, I took it to a local garage (not a Ford dealership) and it did not pass. I ended up taking it to a Ford dealership. The truck needs to be driven at a speed of 25 mph for a mile or two then stopped with it idling. Have the Ford Technician attach his emissions handheld tester to the OBD II Port while driving. There are 5 tests that the computer will do on the emissions. Once all lights are green, it will pass SMOG. Mine did not pass originally because the computer self-check had not occurred because the truck had not been driven. If you are in SoCal, Orange County, I can tell you which Ford dealership helped me get mine to pass.

Thanks ddpt!..I have 3 friends who bought from the same dealership which is how I was referred to them who all bought/ordered 19’s and all were CA SMOG compliant. Same friend buys all his work trucks from that dealership and best part is salesman gets it shipped to SoCal for free as well as not having to go through any SMOG issues.

traxem · Apr 6, 2019

18-19 states including DC require California emission. It would be strange for Ford to release vehicles that can only be sold in only 31 states.

RivRaptor · Apr 8, 2019

I hate to be negative but my experience with Grody was not good, stopped by there a couple of times because my business takes me all over SoCal and was not impressed (being nice). Never called back and I had informed them that I had just sold my 12' Raptor. The best they would do was 8K over sticker and they had at least 100 Raptors between all their Dealerships. They did try to sell me on a Roush Raptor that just came back from a demo ride & you could smell the brakes from 20 feet away for a measly 125K. I said no thank you. I hit almost all SoCal dealers & they were the worse. Bought in AZ for sticker and am very glad I did! Maybe they have had a change of heart since I was there and they got tired of storing all those Raptors. Hope all who have purchased got a good deal, I tried.

Blkz06 · Apr 9, 2019

-Ryan- said:
ALL raptors are CA legal regardless of what the window sticker says. As far as smog, if it doesn't pass just go drive it around for half hour and come back. That's all I had to do. Bought mine out of Louisiana without the CA emissions option, had no problems registering it. And yeah you'll have to get it weighed, shipping companies offer the service as well as truck stops.

There's tons of information on this site regarding all this. Don't pay CA ******** ADM. It's too easy to just buy out of state. Shipping from the south to CA only cost about $1000.

I was just quoted 6k off sticker on a new 2019 Raptor. Was thinking of getting out of my 18 and made a couple calls within 100 miles of my location in SC.

And you are right. My Raptor was delivered to SC and has CA emission stickers on it.

Anyone who buys these trucks with an ADM is foolish.

Driver · Apr 9, 2019

You will pay well over unless you have a connection

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