Well - its official...I am back in another Raptor this time next week.
I started off with a 2017 Raptor (Black/Black) - I added 20 inch fuel wheels, retrax, rigid lights, AFE intake, 5Star programming, and a few other goodies.
I was going to lift it and put 37’s on it but I had 33K miles on it and I did not want to spend anymore money on the same truck. I started looking for a 2019 and fell for 2018 Ford Shelby F150 instead.
Basically I stole it for the price I got it for and they gave me a solid trade number so I did it. I drove down to South FL to get it and within 20 minutes another guy who happened to be looking for a Raptor - saw mine and bought it on the spot.
Well we drove the new truck home and we hated it. It was not comfortable on the road, it was loud and droned, it kept going back and forth with 8th and 9th gear and frankly it was over the top.
The truck got a ton of attention though - and people were literally taking photos of it while I was driving it. I had it for 4 weeks and a lot of times I felt like a celebrity but it did not feel like it was for me. It is crazy fast in a straight line it felt it could take most cars on the road. By the way - the supercharger whistle is whistling the whole time and can drive a person insane.
So I called around and found a Black Raptor for msrp and jumped on it. I already bought some new wheels, a new retrax cover and bed rug, and will go with MPT tune for something different. I also got the new raptor recaros so it would feel a little different inside.
It’s really hard to beat a Raptor and anyone on the fence of trying something different I would try and talk you out of it as I should have just kept my 2017 and got a used gt350 if I wanted a Shelby.
I started off with a 2017 Raptor (Black/Black) - I added 20 inch fuel wheels, retrax, rigid lights, AFE intake, 5Star programming, and a few other goodies.
I was going to lift it and put 37’s on it but I had 33K miles on it and I did not want to spend anymore money on the same truck. I started looking for a 2019 and fell for 2018 Ford Shelby F150 instead.
Basically I stole it for the price I got it for and they gave me a solid trade number so I did it. I drove down to South FL to get it and within 20 minutes another guy who happened to be looking for a Raptor - saw mine and bought it on the spot.
Well we drove the new truck home and we hated it. It was not comfortable on the road, it was loud and droned, it kept going back and forth with 8th and 9th gear and frankly it was over the top.
The truck got a ton of attention though - and people were literally taking photos of it while I was driving it. I had it for 4 weeks and a lot of times I felt like a celebrity but it did not feel like it was for me. It is crazy fast in a straight line it felt it could take most cars on the road. By the way - the supercharger whistle is whistling the whole time and can drive a person insane.
So I called around and found a Black Raptor for msrp and jumped on it. I already bought some new wheels, a new retrax cover and bed rug, and will go with MPT tune for something different. I also got the new raptor recaros so it would feel a little different inside.
It’s really hard to beat a Raptor and anyone on the fence of trying something different I would try and talk you out of it as I should have just kept my 2017 and got a used gt350 if I wanted a Shelby.
