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You're right, he's allowed to post his opinion of how lucky he was to be in the right place at the right time. And yet here we are with you trying to take the wind from his sails... Let the man be happy

Was that commentary necessary? Sounds like he was in the right place at the right time to get an even better truck than he was waiting for. If that's not in the definition of luck then idk what is. Especially with trade-in values dropping as fast as they are, waiting is only going to increase...

I'm sure this is a universal experience at this point, but at the beginning of the ordering process I was pretty in the green with my trade-in that's going towards my RRaptor. Now that my RRaptor has been marked as in production, a double check of my trade value shows that I'm in fact now $4k in...

This gives me little hope of seeing my 8/11 blend date truck before the new year

They typically use a programmer from SCT like others in this segment that are more universal. They will send you a file to upload to the programmer and if you want certain things changed, they can tweak the file depending on the tuner company. I can't recall if 5 Star asks you to do a data log...

Oof with that many issues spread across the system (and me not knowing the CAN layout on this truck) I wouldn't be surprised if it was a gateway module or something like that not playing nice. Good luck and keep us posted!

Do you find that the Xpel helps with general dirt rejection on its own? I've had a few cars with ceramic coats and they were a breeze to clean and I've heard that some PPFs have a similar effect. I've already got a bottle of ceramic coat on the shelf for my current vehicle that I never used, so...

I see the website says that its 3" tubing, does anyone have a measurement of what the stock size is? I'd be interested in seeing if there's any performance gains to be had with the system since thats the main source of power difference between the RRaptor and the BRaptor (at least that's what...

I had that issue when I converted my 2001 Ranger to use Explorer hood struts. The aluminum hood was light enough that I could get away with using only one of them, but when I used both it would bend the hood enough to be uncomfortable. IIRC that was a short strut mounted on the hinge itself

Those caps are plastic, you should be able to just drill through the coating and the cap to feed your tube through

I love that its sitting over what looks like an XL in the same color, it really drives home how much more special the Raptor is

Oh my bad, I've been proven wrong. I've been foiled by the announcer at a MOTORsports event. I'll go shred my engineering degree now

I'm sorry but that's factually incorrect. All engines fall under the motor category. A motor is any device that converts some form of energy (chemical, electrical, magnetic, etc.) into a motive force, thus the "mot" part of motor. An engine is any device that converts stored energy into motion...

Yeah, I had to do that on my 5G but it wasn't too bad. The worst part was how close to the side curtain airbags I had to drill honestly. The roof channels only had through holes and the channel covers had studs on them that got bolted from underneath. I forwent their riv-nut solution and went...

Gotta love when companies want you to do their market research for them. I had one on my 5G ranger and loved it, but didn't love the price for what I got. Its 3 laser cut pieces of powdercoated steel and a few 2040 T-Slot aluminum sticks. Would I like to see them offer it? Yeah I would. But only...

I mean considering most of a vehicle's ability to offroad is it's suspension, I would say that plays a huge part in it being a Raptor. And the same thing can be said about the F150's amenities, those can be optioned in on other trims, so I'm not quite sure what you're getting at with that one...

That's a very good point on their wish to move to a direct sales model. I think they have some deeply rooted communication issues between their departments, which is only ever bad for external communications. They'll need to solve that and have a rock-solid consumer web portal with accurate info...

I didn't even make it halfway through the written review, but having watched the ZR2 vs RRaptor review previously I didn't expect much from them. I was used to the shifter within one test drive, it really isn't hard to figure it out. Maybe I'm just used to non-traditional shifters from daily...

Mine is scheduled 2 weeks before, so hopefully that means I can give you a couple week's worth of heads up on movement lol

I got rid of my last Ranger (2019 Lariat) in Jan 2023 and picked up a 2019 Audi A6 Prestige, mostly because I was jealous of the interior of my wife's Q5. Every time I got in that Ranger, I was surrounded by plastic and leather-looking stuff, not to mention the grossly outdated tech. After...