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

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Badgertits

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Can you do my truck next?

With the AMSOIL, did you have to clean/prep area before spraying it on?
Lol - yeah $50/hr hahaha

I pressure washed the undercarriage pretty good @ a car wash bay couple days prior, then took some rags & soapy warm water wiper everything down (didn’t soak it- just enough to get residual dirt off) then waited a bit for it to air dry & wiped any wet spots w/ dry rags & then did a quick blow down w/ compressed air. There was plenty of breeze too.

I hit up the diff/axles w/ wire brush & sandpaper then wiped down the residual dust/rust w/ tack cloth. Protected shocks/wheels w/ cut up paper grocery bags & drop cloths & sprayed the rustoleum.

Only thing I protected were the insides of wheels & shocks & lower A-arms when I sprayed the Amsoil- unless you’re 6+ beers deep you shouldn’t have a problem getting onto exterior paint/door panels, I got a little overspray on the wheel wells but wiped it up.


Also- found out the Amsoil HDMP is AWESOME @ cleaning/polishing the black exhaust tips & recovery hooks- sprayed a rag down w/ the Amsoil & wiped me down like I was using metal polish- check it out!

Lastly- when everything else was done I hit the shocks up w/ automotive clear coat to keep em from getting pitted/oxidized badly. I didn’t really care about overspray w/ that stuff

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Lol - yeah $50/hr hahaha

I pressure washed the undercarriage pretty good @ a car wash bay couple days prior, then took some rags & soapy warm water wiper everything down (didn’t soak it- just enough to get residual dirt off) then waited a bit for it to air dry & wiped any wet spots w/ dry rags & then did a quick blow down w/ compressed air. There was plenty of breeze too.

I hit up the diff/axles w/ wire brush & sandpaper then wiped down the residual dust/rust w/ tack cloth. Protected shocks/wheels w/ cut up paper grocery bags & drop cloths & sprayed the rustoleum.

Only thing I protected were the insides of wheels & shocks & lower A-arms when I sprayed the Amsoil- unless you’re 6+ beers deep you shouldn’t have a problem getting onto exterior paint/door panels, I got a little overspray on the wheel wells but wiped it up.


Also- found out the Amsoil HDMP is AWESOME @ cleaning/polishing the black exhaust tips & recovery hooks- sprayed a rag down w/ the Amsoil & wiped me down like I was using metal polish- check it out!

Lastly- when everything else was done I hit the shocks up w/ automotive clear coat to keep em from getting pitted/oxidized badly. I didn’t really care about overspray w/ that stuff

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That was a bit of work but it looks great.

Thanks again.


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Started to install the Baja Design S2 rear lights and after I mounted them, took them right off. Don’t love the look, too close to the exhaust and def takes away from the dual exhaust look. a9d7fb60d62d07f97decab7bbd3d098a.jpg


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Started to install the Baja Design S2 rear lights and after I mounted them, took them right off. Don’t love the look, too close to the exhaust and def takes away from the dual exhaust look. a9d7fb60d62d07f97decab7bbd3d098a.jpg


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Gonna flush mount them in the bumper instead? Kinda wish I thought of that before but I’m still very happy with mine in the place where yours are


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... that does raise a question tho... do larger exhaust tips interfere with the S2s mounted next to the exhaust pipes like it was shown in the pics ??


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Kashoggio

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Not sure what I’m going to do but I can’t see myself adding them there.
 
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