A build 13 years in the making

[FordTechOne]

Welcome, nice truck!

 

[LF LandShark 2818]

Such an awesome build already! Congrats on the truck and I can’t wait to see more pics with the other mods

 

[Who_tf_is_Bernard]

I appreciate all the replies so far! I absolutely love this truck, Its everything I ever imagined it to be! Not much has happened since my original post as I've been extremely busy with work. Being a restaurant owner has been great for many years but honestly right now it sucks. Running at 25% of my pre-covid staff means I have to pick up all slack. I come home every night and step over my SVC mid travel kit as I walk through the garage to go into the house. I honestly wish there were more hours in the day so I can finish my truck. Like I mentioned before, i grew up going to the desert.. My wife on the other hand had never been. I took her on a date night out to the the desert and she fell in love with off roading. We traded in her Mazda SUV for a new Bronco which she already has big build plans for. She keeps giving me shit about all the money i'm putting into my truck because i haven't done anything for her Bronco lol. I decided to try and calm down her complaining by focusing on her build for a little bit. I ordered Fox Coilovers that will hopefully be here towards the end of the year, got her some 17" Method rims, 37" BFG K02s and a 2" spacer lift. She wants a Baja Kits prerunner front end for it too, but hopefully what we already have will satisfy her for awhile. Ill post picture of her Bronco here if anyone is interested, if not, ill keep it Raptor specific. As for my truck, I put some Baja Design XL80s with SDHQ mounts on the A pillars, SPD trombone resonator delete and have some new injectors that @GooseTuned suggested for e85 ready to be installed once I get some free time. Thanks for following my build!

 

[Nex]

Always down for some cool build pictures. Raptor or not!

 

[Who_tf_is_Bernard]

I think it turned out pretty good, the wifey loves it! Ordered a Baja Kits +3 setup and billet trailing arms today as well. Now we just need @COBB Tuning to work on this platform so @GooseTuned can work his magic!

 

[crc]

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Nice

 

[Roscoe968]

Mas pictures please.

 

[Reaper308]

Semper Fi brother! Welcome and congrats on the Rap and a cool wife that lets you build the truck! Also welcome to our mod addiction, don’t look at the receipts later you’ll just shake your head at how much you’ve spent!

 

[Who_tf_is_Bernard]

Installed the Deaver +4hd, RPG +2 billet shackles, RPG bump kit and RPG RST18. Just need to weld up the shock tabs/ bump plates on the axle then i can install the Fox 3.5x16 5 tube bypasses! Love the stance now.

 

[Who_tf_is_Bernard]

Finally got around to installing my bypass shocks. Unfortunately, they sent me one grey and on silver. By the time i opened the boxes i had already removed the stock shocks, cut off the mounts and welded in the new tabs/ bump plates. The shop I ordered the shocks from offered to have the silver one refinished if i mailed it to them but I was already past that point. Once the time to rebuild the shocks rolls around I will have them refinished in the same color. also installed a GJ third brake light with baja designs lights and a rugged radios shorty vhf antenna.