New Raptor owner in Atlanta

Have had the 2019 ingot 800a with forged wheels and front diff for 1000 miles and two weeks now. I have a small occasional squeak in the instrument cluster area and I found the finish scraped off about a six inch area of the step. I found the bolt in the attached photo today. It is the hood hinge bracket. The front bolt is cross threaded and not even touching the bracket. I am going to fix it myself. I love the Raptor so far. I am still avoiding full boost and WOT until I get 1000 miles and a pcv catch can. I know I am being stupid careful with it but it will probably be my last daily driver that I buy if they still sell gasoline 20 years from now.

Welcome and congrats, yes that's one of the hood hinge brackets. Perhaps it just needs to be tightened. Good luck

Welcome aboard! Im a noob too, the forum is great!

Welcome to FRF.

I went with the UPR full catch can system including the $69.00 breather which replaces the oil cap in the wintertime.

I installed it myself @ approximately 2,700 miles and the hardest part was removing and reinstalling the passenger side intake tube due to the coupler's diameter but just take your time and work it back and forth to remove and reinstall it.

No codes, zero issues.

I purchased it from and online Vendor here.

I do get a small amount in about 1,000 mile but I wouldn't want any of that blow-by going into my intake, intercooler or getting on my mass air flow sensors etc.

Welcome to FRF.

Thanks guys. The hood hinge bolt is cross threaded. I will need to remove it and try to straighten the threads and get it to screw all the way down. I am sure the factory had a torque sensing wrench and it hit the specified torque early because it was cross threaded.

If you don't mind my asking, what dealer did you get it from? I just started looking. Did you get a good deal? Thanks.