Ranger Raptor Suspension Travel

[Superdannyboy]

Hey guys, has anyone confirmed the total front suspension travel and total rear suspension travel?

Usually this is boasted on the F150 Raptor when they come out (each generation boasting another inch of front travel 12, 13, 14) but I haven't seen any numbers on the Ranger Raptor.

I saw a video of the Ranger Raptor off-road and tbh the rear didn't seem to have much down travel but I will say that it appeared to soak up jumps on landing nonetheless.

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[SGT Ranger]

I'm curious how those of us with heavy permanently affixed rear loads can compensate for pre-load. I admit this is the first truck I will have with rear coil overs/shocks. With leafs its fairly straight forward, replace leafs or add a helper leaf.

Different springs? Something like sumo springs to replace the existing bump stops?

 

[Superdannyboy]

I'm curious how those of us with heavy permanently affixed rear loads can compensate for pre-load. I admit this is the first truck I will have with rear coil overs/shocks. With leafs its fairly straight forward, replace leafs or add a helper leaf.

Different springs? Something like sumo springs to replace the existing bump stops?

Yea swap the springs.

I wouldn't want to change anything to the suspension since the shocks have electronics I'm just curious to total wheel travel.

 

[SGT Ranger]

Yea swap the springs.

I wouldn't want to change anything to the suspension since the shocks have electronics I'm just curious to total wheel travel.

Ok thanks, didn't mean to side bar your question, but I run a constant (roughly) 750lbs with my current setup which I will be transferring to the Raptor and it dawned on me I should probably check out it needs to be done. haha

 

[Superdannyboy]

Ok thanks, didn't mean to side bar your question, but I run a constant (roughly) 750lbs with my current setup which I will be transferring to the Raptor and it dawned on me I should probably check out it needs to be done. haha

For sure man and I run 450 pounds in the bed (bed cage 250 lbs and 2 heavy MT spares) and it rides like butter with the deavers leaf springs but it looks like the RR doesn't droop as much as my deavers in the rear.

 

[SGT Ranger]

For sure man and I run 450 pounds in the bed (bed cage 250 lbs and 2 heavy MT spares) and it rides like butter with the deavers leaf springs but it looks like the RR doesn't droop as much as my deavers in the rear.

Makes you wonder if the "tow" mode in the real time adjusting valves may already solve the problem. Guess time will tell.

 

[yoopercharged]

I think we're assuming the travel is the same as ROW. 9.8" up front and 11.4" in the rear. Pretty small numbers in the grand scheme of things but size isn't everything. Apparently the shocks are working harder/more efficiently in this application vs. the F-150. From the videos I've seen, the truck appears to soak up big hits quite well. Rebound damping also appears much improved over the big brother.

 

[goalieThreeOne]

I think we're assuming the travel is the same as ROW. 9.8" up front and 11.4" in the rear. Pretty small numbers in the grand scheme of things but size isn't everything. Apparently the shocks are working harder/more efficiently in this application vs. the F-150. From the videos I've seen, the truck appears to soak up big hits quite well. Rebound damping also appears much improved over the big brother.

You’re exactly right. I think if you’re looking and comparing this to its competitors, you have to bear in mind that it’s not an apples to apples comparison. Take the ZR2/Bison twins. They list longer suspension travel, however, those trucks are intended to excel at trail riding. While I have no doubts the Raptor can do it’s fair share on a trail, it’s not intended to excel at that. It’s intended to excel at high speed Baja-style off roading. They way they’ve set these up, it’s more than adequate for that purpose.

But really, if you want to have a good chuckle, take a look at what Toyota did with the new Tacoma TRD Pro. They’re literature states that the TRD Pro is 3” wider than the base Tacoma, but where is that extra width coming from? In the ZR2 and Ranger, you have upgrade control arms and outboard coilovers to improve motion ratio. In the TRD Pro, the suspension arms are the exact same length and build as the BASE model Tacoma. They achieve that extra width with wheel spacers and wheel offset. This is confirm directly with Toyota. So you’re looking at around the same front suspension travel as the outgoing model of about 7“. Imagine waiting in a long line, paying a huge markup, and then spending thousands of dollars in aftermarket parts just to make it competitive with the Raptor and the Twins on a stock setup. Pretty unbelievable!

 

[Superdannyboy]

I think we're assuming the travel is the same as ROW. 9.8" up front and 11.4" in the rear. Pretty small numbers in the grand scheme of things but size isn't everything. Apparently the shocks are working harder/more efficiently in this application vs. the F-150. From the videos I've seen, the truck appears to soak up big hits quite well. Rebound damping also appears much improved over the big brother.

Thanks for the reply on the numbers. Yea, those numbers are small, but they seem to do the trick from the videos I've seen.

 

[RedNose1]

The numbers are low compared to other Raptors, I really cant find the weight difference between the F150 37's vs the RR. But I am pretty sure the difference in the weight is what makes the RR more agile and off-road capable.

But my goal for this RR is add more travel numbers, which will be a hard task with electronic shocks since they are not cheap.

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