The Raptor has landed.

Congrats.

Thats the exact truck I have on order. Hopefully it doesn't take as long to get here.

knine - I didn't get the blue trim interior, I'm just one of those plain kinda guys I guess. Only got the luxury package as an option. The long wait boiled down to Ford withholding the dealer's allocation. I ended up dealing with the Ford rep over it and for awhile I wasn't even sure mine was gonna get built at all. Apparently some past issues with the dealer sending too many out of country and I was caught in the middle of that. With the wait time you had you know the frustration when things just keep dragging on and on.

x tacoma guy - You will be very happy with your color choice. Mine was the first silver I had seen in person and am EXTREMELY happy with how it looks.

And the performance is awesome. Now I have to decide whether or not to go to mid perch or not. Like the look of the mid perch but it sure rides good on the factory perch setting. Plus seems like none of the dealers or 4x4 shops around here have done one before.

I am planning on doing the Middle Perch on mine. As well as a 5 Star tune, CAI, and Line-X in the bed and rear wheelwells. Still on the fence on Bakflip F1, and various exhaust mods.

wac45 said:

Well the day finally came after 7 months and 3 days of waiting. I picked up my silver scab today. And yes it is as awesome as everyone says it is. The ride is fantastic (better than my 2009 FX4) and the performance puts a grin on your face.

For those of you still waiting you won't be disappointed !

I attached a couple of photos from today, scheduled for window tint tomorrow.

This forum was a great resource during my long wait and learning how to get updates from SVT and CSX was great info I learned from this forum.

Ordered 09-02-11
Built 03-08-12
Delivered 04-05-12

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I have been waiting 11 weeks in two days (April 11th). I don't know how you handled it, my 11 weeks have been hard. I even drove three on them from the dealers lots just so that I could get behind the wheel, but they were all crews and I wanted a supercab. Did you ever get any answers as to the reason for the wait? Enjoy.

Looks good, looks just like mine

9sword - The extended wait period was Ford holding back the dealer's allocation because of some previous issues regarding ordered Raptors by the dealer. So I just happened to get caught in the middle of that but I was really the one penalized. In addition when the Ford rep got involved they agreed to pull my order immediately to get it built. Guess what, they pulled the wrong order from the dealer and fast tracked another Raptor order so mine sat even longer.

All that being said it was sooo worth waiting for. At one point I got so frustrated I decided to go a whole different route and get me a new BMW instead. Went to the dealer and looked at them ready to buy. They were nice but didn't come close to motivating me like looking at a Raptor so I held out. No regrets absolutely love this truck. I'm sure your wait wont be as long but you can rest assured you wont be disappointed.

White608 - I'm really happy with the silver and havn't seen any other silvers around my area. There are a few black, orange and blue but no silvers yet. I almost ordered black but decided on silver at the last minute and am glad I did. All the colors look great though.

x tacoma guy - Once you do your mid perch I would be interested to hear how much you think it affected your ride if at all.

Thanks

looks really good. congrats