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  1. Dabblin

    Mobility without front shocks?

    To those interested in the solution.... I bought a new set of fronts. To any one in South West Illinois/St Louis area, I have a set of workable but tired fronts. I would be open to lending them, renting them, letting someone else use them..... for a few weeks at a time while theirs are getting...
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    Mobility without front shocks?

    Sounds like a day trip to Galesburg. Hey RubyRed, clear your in box so I can pvt-msg you some contact info, please I have been looking for at least a spare pair of fronts. The rears are no problem. I just haven't seen a set of fronts at a reasonable price for dust collectors, ie, sitting on...
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    Mobility without front shocks?

    50K and the fronts shocks are soft, rears have been rebuilt. I am in St. Louis and no one has 250 PSI nitro to air up the fronts so I need to remove the fronts and send them off. --Question-- Can I remove a shock, reassemble the suspension without the shock/spring assembly, turn the truck...
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    One and ONLY gas mileage thread please

    Not yet. My truck, wife is predominate driver. She would never think to fill and hack the odometer. So the instant/trip meter onboard is the mileage I am able to track. The surprise was the quantum leap at about 10K. I have been changing oil at 3k intervals, its been dark/discolored, being full...
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    One and ONLY gas mileage thread please

    Just went on another trip aprox 250 miles. St louis to Columbia Mo. and back. Elevation 600-700 ft ASL. 20 MPH cross winds, 80 MPH avg hit the limiter once, Wife was close to apeshit.. Had a ton of go for itttttt left (aprox 3000K rpm) when things stopped getting more better ...
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    One and ONLY gas mileage thread please

    At 9500 miles, 2012 6.2 Screw, was at 12.2 for eeeeever. Went on trip from St Louis to Oklahoma and back. Avg speed around 75 a few passing events 90+ with plenty of umph left... And all of a sudden the little AVG widget started moving. .. .. Up. its at 13.9 now and as I said that's at 75...
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    White FORD letters on grille?

    Jaundice mod?? on the lights?? STD vents?????????? Any one thought of a white grill for the Tux Black truck? Although black is very thinning Black hood, Grill, Vents, Fenders,Flairs, etc is a little (oxymoronic) Monolithic, IMHO The other colour schemes (white/orange/blue-truck) the grills are...
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    Belt shift on tires

    Except, the experts aside, Crossing truck radials in my experience with several different brands CAUSES belt shifting. And more tire sales. The sooner shifted side to side the sooner you are in the shop looking for an alignment, and further down the road balancing and witch doctors to cure the...
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    Rotating Tires

    I only go front to back. Never side to side. I have had problems with radial's, for lack of a better term, delaminating/running out if rotation is shifted to side to side. Had Dunlop, firestone, and coopers all go at between 10 to 15K on an Explorer. It would be fine then after having a...
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    New member, Illinois

    Just west of you, Belleville
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    2012 5.5 SCREW Bed gaps etc

    Adding Pics 1st is the primed and grey underside of the bed. Shows the side gaps. I guess its normal. I still say its the nose of the camel as far as to a starting point for bed rust. Plus the Line-x will probably fill it in. I would have liked an engineered hole with a rubber plug over the...
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    What is everyone paying for an off the lot Raptor?

    After 3 bloody Mary's and 2 Pepper Vodka shots my wife gave our local Ford dealer a bad phone number and the wrong email. The next day while nursing a hangover she answered the phone when it rang, it was the dealer wondering when she was going to come out and look at it. She was there the next...
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    What is everyone paying for an off the lot Raptor?

    2012 Sitting on the lot. 54,5K MSRP paid 51,5K with free money (zero interest 60 months) Dealer had calls from Ca and Tx.
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    2012 5.5 SCREW Bed gaps etc

    Before he goes in for a bed liner spray I was looking around for other places that might need a bit of protection from salt, gravel, sand, grit, debris, and the etc's. The inside of the rear fender wells need protection, as well as the portion aft of the wheel-well where the tires sling...
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    Another FNG

    Great, we are at 30 this year.
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    Door Sill Protectors

    The sill dimension should be similiar to the Expedition?? Would the sill guards from an Expedition fit? I am picking up my 2012 Friday. Sill guards sound like a smart idea. I will check..
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    Another FNG

    Was driving past a local small town Ford dealer and caught the Raptor grill out of my peripheral vision. Talking to my wifge I asked her if she had seen it. "Nope ,, What?? Where, Why are you asking me about a truck... 2 years ago while dropping my son off in Moscow Idaho we had seen one...
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