What did u do to your raptor today?

Backinblack said:

I had a ding removed by a paintless dent repair guy. He works it out from the inside with special tools. Mine was on the drivers side, and he went in with a wedge between glass and door. Turned out 95% perfect.

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I had a ding removed by a paintless dent repair guy. He works it out from the inside with special tools. Mine was on the drivers side, and he went in with a wedge between glass and door. Turned out 95% perfect. It was $100.

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Thanks, good to know! Will see if I can find one in Northern VA.

Tried out the chemical guys waterless wash and wax product and was very impressed. I have tried out equivalent products from Megs as well as Adams and both left me looking for more. The adams cleaned well, but it didn't feel like it lubricated the surface as well as I would like. The Meg's stuff did everything fine, but was a bit streaky and required a qd wipe down afterwards. I know lots of people really like the Meg's stuff and I can see why, but gc just worked better for me. I sprayed some speed wipe on the wheels and just wiped them down and then applied Cg natural shine to the tires which is a long time favorite of mine. Just need to remove my hood graphics and I'll be fairly happy with my truck.

TXRPTOR37 said:

SVC bump kit

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Nice I have mine coming in soon also. Can't wait

Backinblack said:

I had a ding removed by a paintless dent repair guy. He works it out from the inside with special tools. Mine was on the drivers side, and he went in with a wedge between glass and door. Turned out 95% perfect.

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siooss said:

Thanks, good to know! Will see if I can find one in Northern VA.

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LOL, I looked up paintless repair here in Jacksonville to see if they can repair a dent on my wife's SCION...I click on the link for their home page and the first picture on their page is a white raptor...

Meyercord said:

Tried out the chemical guys waterless wash and wax product and was very impressed. I have tried out equivalent products from Megs as well as Adams and both left me looking for more. The adams cleaned well, but it didn't feel like it lubricated the surface as well as I would like. The Meg's stuff did everything fine, but was a bit streaky and required a qd wipe down afterwards. I know lots of people really like the Meg's stuff and I can see why, but gc just worked better for me. I sprayed some speed wipe on the wheels and just wiped them down and then applied Cg natural shine to the tires which is a long time favorite of mine. Just need to remove my hood graphics and I'll be fairly happy with my truck.

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I've used ONR on my E55 (it's a pure black) and liked it but do feel it lacks some lubricity. I'll have to try this. A waterless wash is the only way to keep the water spots off that car. It's a PITA to wash. Thanks for the review.

Went to ford dealer service department about the bottom drivers seat cover coming unclipped in the front all the time. Service lady first tried to tell me it fine and that it was because of how I had my seat angled, so I told her if she was not going to do anything then I would just call ford Customer Care. She then wanted me to leave it there all day. Left with an appointment for tomorrow at 8am (and once again wanted the car dropped off)

Drove to another ford dealer about 8 miles away and talked to one service guy who asked one of the other guys to come take a quick look and sure enough before he even looks at it he mentioned that he thinks ford had a TSB on the issue. He looks and they take the truck for about 30 minutes while I wait in the waiting area (Which had fresh hot cookies for free as well as bottle water and the normal coffee/tea). Lets me know they need to order the part and should have it tomorrow and will be a job I can just wait on, no need to leave it. (Guessing they are replacing the lower seat cover with one that has better clips).

Needless to say not going back to Sarasota Ford again and found my new service department. Well worth the drive up to Bradenton for a service team that actually wants a happy vehicle owner.

Also just sent in my tune sheet for the SVC tune. Just waiting on the invoice for the tune and rear bumper. Soon as I have the rear I can take the truck for its Line-X.

SterlingE55 said:

I've used ONR on my E55 (it's a pure black) and liked it but do feel it lacks some lubricity. I'll have to try this. A waterless wash is the only way to keep the water spots off that car. It's a PITA to wash. Thanks for the review.

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I'm kind of surprised to hear that. Onr is some really good stuff.

@Meyercord I know its off topic, but your truck is looking pretty level in those recent pics...did you end up getting bigger drop shackles on?

Are the drop shackles affecting ride at all? Did the more drop shackle affect the ride any more than the one inch shackle?

siooss said:

Thanks, good to know! Will see if I can find one in Northern VA.

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Depending on what part of NoVA you're in there is likely a Dentmasters somewhere close and they do great work.

Dentmasters Paintless Dent Repair

Finally hit 15,000 miles over Labor Day weekend. I've never put this many miles on a vehicle in a year...and I've never enjoyed them more either! I also put LED puddle lamps in about week ago. Pretty please with the result.