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    2013 Raptor - What is my suspension upgrade path?

    They were running front bypasses and bypass racks before they came out with mid travel. So it can be done and there are a few shops that can do it well. A new development is the 2nd gen conversion shock bucket which will add a bit more travel. I think the main reason why trucks go to your...
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    Any body elses raptor have special abilities?

    My 2010 has the ability to keep spinning the odometer up beyond 190,000 miles and even still putting down 11's on the road with just fluid, belt and filter changes. It's been almost as reliable as the 80 series Landcruiser I had.
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    Question. Interest in affordable brake caliper upgrade. Blue Collar BBK.

    I've seen a lot more than just Aluminum or steel machined 9 ways to Sunday and worked on a lot faster machines with brakes consisting of rotors and stators that look like a stack of pancakes. Basically. a small piece of steel just right to mount mass-produced rebuilt 6-pot front and rear...
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    Question. Interest in affordable brake caliper upgrade. Blue Collar BBK.

    The idea is affordable brakets to adapt affordable production brembo front 6p and rear 4p. Since it isn't a large part the weight savings of aluminum isn't that great of a difference, steel is going to be easier to produce and end up with a strong small part. Stock-thickness rotors will...
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    Question. Interest in affordable brake caliper upgrade. Blue Collar BBK.

    The alcon kit I have seen is radial mounted calipers. With Axial mounted calipers and a steel bracket it can be done flat with a counterbore
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    Question. Interest in affordable brake caliper upgrade. Blue Collar BBK.

    ABS just notices locked up brakes. It does not limit braking power at any other point. Lockup is caused by a traction condition and traction varies by terrain and road condition.
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    Question. Interest in affordable brake caliper upgrade. Blue Collar BBK.

    You can you tube too There is a back to back before and after test of a kit
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    Question. Interest in affordable brake caliper upgrade. Blue Collar BBK.

    It's probably best to just send out a blueprint to a waterjet house. Just like any good BBK, I have seen it will need shim washers to adjust or more specifically center the caliper on the rotor. Production tolerances on the spindles weren't loose but they weren't exactly tight for the...
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    Aftermarket fenders?

    I would not use trim clips. I would use body bolt clips and body bolts but also add fender washers. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334353460586?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&customid=link&campid=5338805043&toolid=20001&mkevt=1 I'm using nuts. bolts and washers. In some places where a...
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    Anyone else thinking EV swap?

    There are a lot of technologies being developed. If a lightning could go 1000 miles a charge I'd put on a 3g raptor long kit in the front, make a better trailing arm setup for the rear and then drive the &*( out of it.
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    GT500 dead - Predator production line dedicated solely to Raptor R?

    Not artificially inflate fuel prices and then not over-regulate, screw up and stand in the way of the development of green tech. Elected people who can't wipe their own ass, keep their son off crack or away from pedo island lash out against fossil fuels and then tell MIT grads they are...
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    GT500 dead - Predator production line dedicated solely to Raptor R?

    https://fb.watch/fPzjFuwG2m/ I think it's gonna be a rapid amount of change.
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    GT500 dead - Predator production line dedicated solely to Raptor R?

    Probably just a 1-2 year run. 5 years from now a Raptor E will be walking the R.
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    Aftermarket fenders?

    Regearing both differentials and the pinch weld mod helps. But... The luxury prerunner builds have long travel suspension that moves the front wheel forward for a reason. They also regear the diffs.
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    Wolo air horn kit install!

    Viking makes a lot of air horns with good reviews. That was my priority. They don't stand out through the grill. Mine point rear to front. I unscrewed the trumpets and put them through this hole and mounted the horn bodies behind on a bracket I made that piggybacks on the abs module bolts.
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    Wolo air horn kit install!

    They are not plastic. They are metal. Where I put them 75% of the horn is behind the radiator.
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    Do you see a deal breaker here?

    It's got different upper mounts and kings. Probably a brenthal under bed setup. Probably cycles 16 inches. A bypass rack could get to 21. EIther way OP. I'd watch these guys videos as they rehab a previously built up 1G They refresh the suspension and shocks and more.
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    Do you see a deal breaker here?

    The spring under rear is a little different. With a long front, I'd probably add a bypass rack and longer shocks to the rear.
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    Looking at a 2010 Ford Raptor SVT with under 100k miles.. how expensive to maintain them?

    Just get a MBRP turndown and put it in with the turn down pointing out the side not straight down.
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    Do you see a deal breaker here?

    Pulll the arms and shocks, send out the shocks, repaint the arms, replace the balls. Sand off easy spots of rust on the frame, wet medial blast other areas and then repaint. Anything that actually wheels needs touchup paint on the frame and running gear. I hit areas with just a...
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    Wolo air horn kit install!

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S9WR0UO/?tag=fordraptorforum-20 I went with this Viking air horn. I put the trumpets through the core support facing forward below my LEE PS res. Pics later.
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    DIY: Custom Removable Urethane Rally-Style Mud Flaps

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09D773VQL/?tag=fordraptorforum-20 A handy tool https://usaflap.com/product/polyrubber-mud-flap-blanks/ A source I found.
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    GEN 1 Can’t decide between rear bumpers

    I have the SVC rear. I ended up adding reinforcements. It looks the same from the outside but the underside ties into more of the frame. What they did to the backside of this one for keep it dirty is what I added to my SVC.
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    Do you see a deal breaker here?

    I'd look at the rockers and cab corners. The rest. Well shock rebuilds are a deal with stock trucks too. If it's just light undercarriage frame rust it can be removed and repainted. Even highly maintained trucks that get offroad a lot get shock rebuilds and repaint of the belly where...
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    What do you use to prevent light theft?

    With the two bars, ditch lights and the old school HID's for the long bomb it's pretty good.
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