2014 Race red raptor from Estonia

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So the title says it all. I bought it new in 2014. Now it has more than 173k miles on it. https://imgur.com/ym2UlEl

I have bent few rear axles, broken rear diff, destroyed few radiators(had a puncture from factory), gearbox was rebuilt, heat exchanger near oil filter was leaking, transfer case has been repaired, powersteering pump desintegrated (the "supercharger" noise is coming back so soon I need to replace it again), both front axles have been replaced. Just had to repair rear u joint (still had original on there).

Fom everyday stuff there has been 1 set of brake rotors, many sets of brake pads and tires(i have lost count). Some shock refurbishments too(thank god I found a local guy who can repair fox socks). Maybe I missed something but those are the main things.

I'm Estonia we have no factory support, so no warranty, but the car is awesome :)
 

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You’ve enjoyed the hell out of it at least. Sounds like a rough country to drive in! Keep having fun.
 
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Estonia is beautiful. Google it :D I am a farmer so Raptor is a work truck. And the best one. Sure the list what has broken over last 6 years is a long one, but any other car would have been destroyed. Before Raptor I had Jeep Grand Cherokee(2010) which I had to sell with little more than 100k miles on it, because it started to ramp up a huge repair bill.

My Raptor is almost stock. I have Ford Performance Sport exhaust, had drilled and slotted rotors, but they developed some cracks near the drill holes so I put the original ones back. Also because gas is quite expensive in Estonia (1,3 euros per litre, so you can do the math to dollars per gallon) I have fitted LPG kit on the engine. It costs me like 0,3 euros per litre of LPG but engine uses almost 10% more of it than gas. also i lose like 1% of engine power... so i still have enough :)
 

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Estonia is beautiful. Google it :D I am a farmer so Raptor is a work truck. And the best one. Sure the list what has broken over last 6 years is a long one, but any other car would have been destroyed. Before Raptor I had Jeep Grand Cherokee(2010) which I had to sell with little more than 100k miles on it, because it started to ramp up a huge repair bill.

My Raptor is almost stock. I have Ford Performance Sport exhaust, had drilled and slotted rotors, but they developed some cracks near the drill holes so I put the original ones back. Also because gas is quite expensive in Estonia (1,3 euros per litre, so you can do the math to dollars per gallon) I have fitted LPG kit on the engine. It costs me like 0,3 euros per litre of LPG but engine uses almost 10% more of it than gas. also i lose like 1% of engine power... so i still have enough :)
Where do you keep the tanks? Any pics?
 
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I don't carry a spare. Haven't needed one yet. Damn now I have probably jinxed it :) The extra tank holds about 100 liters of LPG. 20200820_155912.jpg
 

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I don't carry a spare. Haven't needed one yet. Damn now I have probably jinxed it :) The extra tank holds about 100 liters of LPG. View attachment 150256
A little rusty back there, do you guys have a product like "fluidfilm" or comparable. You spray it on your undercarriage and it protects the metal from rusting, mostly. I use it every fall before the salt, etc gets put on the highways.
 
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Yeah it is rusty. Before I got it I figured I will cover it with linex or some other spray on polyurethane material, but when I took possession of the truck then I just didn't want to waste time. So now I am thinking of sandblasting and powder coating it...

I mean cover the underside not the whole car...
 
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