Added missing decal on front bumper

[RedTurboMr2]

Are you saying the turbo version have the front decal or don’t. I bought mine in Thailand and also do not have the front decal as pictured.
What I noticed over here is the 3.0 TT version have the splash decal and the diesel version have just the Raptor on the bed. Don’t know if that is everywhere

He's saying NA as in North America. There's no bumper decal on the Raptors in North America. Having just the Raptor on the bed, means that who ever built the truck, didn't add the graphics package.

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[mp51998]

He's saying NA as in North America. There's no bumper decal on the Raptors in North America. Having just the Raptor on the bed, means that who ever built the truck, didn't add the graphics package.

Ahhh I thought naturally aspirated . I’ve been wondering the differences between USDM and Thai version. For instance, I cannot get the ProCal tune. We have same emissions as US so I don’t know why. I found a work around tho. As I mentioned diesel only get Raptor on the bed and the gas gets full splash minus the hood. Also I have no rear sliding option. I’m sure there are some other differences as well

thx again.

 

[Raptor Family]

Haha, i'm not too smart with my money. It might of actually been a waste of money since I'm getting a full XPEL Ultimate Plus wrap done and might remove the graphics to avoid the air gaps.

I had the first 10” of my hood PPFed over the hood decal—there is no lifting or air bubbles visible anywhere—which kind of surprised me since the decal is not flat—the different colors each have a different texture. Just more options.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

I had the first 10” of my hood PPFed over the hood decal—there is no lifting or air bubbles visible anywhere—which kind of surprised me since the decal is not flat—the different colors each have a different texture. Just more options.

I'm hearing more and more people saying they don't have air gaps, i'll have to wait and see. I guess it all depends on the installer. I have ceramic coating on the truck right now, which probably doesn't help since I think it'll make it harder for the ppf to stick. How does it look over the hex pattern in the grey?

 

[Raptor Family]

You can’t even tell the decal is covered. PPF is so thin, it’s hard to see the edges or line—unless it is slightly dirty. My first 10” of my hood is covered, if it’s clean, I have to squint and try to twist my head all around to catch the light just right to see the edge. My truck was ceramic coated before it was PPFed too.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Maybe some ppf is thinner? XPEL ultimate plus is 8 mils thick. Which is double the thickness of a piece of paper.

 

[NOT_RAPTOR]

Will you share a link to the seller please?

 

[Raptor Family]

Maybe some ppf is thinner? XPEL ultimate plus is 8 mils thick. Which is double the thickness of a piece of paper.

Mine is 3M brand at 7.5mils. Probably the easiest was to describe it is in pictures. Normally, it is hard to see the lines—when it is dirty, the dirty collects on the edge and makes it more visible. The part you were worried about, PPFing over the decals, has no lifting or bubbles. I showed the back of the mirrors—the big line you see is a plastic mold line—look below it to see the PPF line. The PPF flows over that mold line and I can’t tell it’s there. My installer told me if I get a nick or a bad scratch in the PPF, just bring it back and he will replace that one piece—it makes it easier, especially on an off-road vehicle to just replace the PPF when it is over the decal. If the decal is over the PPF it all has to go. I did not do 100% coverage—cost was like $5k and for that money. I can almost repaint entire truck. I did every high chip probable area and every forward facing panel: front of hood, bumpers, fender flares, A pillars, rockers, front of roof, etc.It has been a year and I have no chips anywhere except on the passenger side door sill. My wife is short and drags her heels across that area. I later PPFed the driver’s side. But I am going to have to fix the paint before I can’t do the Passenger side. If you can, make sure to do the door sills.

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Will you share a link to the seller please?

I ordered it from a guy on Ebay. His sellers name is "sd.auto", if that doesn't work, try "SDPartsAuto. The decal is listed as "Ford Ranger Raptor 2024-26 Genuine FRONT Bumper Upper Stripe Decal N1WZ6320001BE"

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Mine is 3M brand at 7.5mils. Probably the easiest was to describe it is in pictures. Normally, it is hard to see the lines—when it is dirty, the dirty collects on the edge and makes it more visible. The part you were worried about, PPFing over the decals, has no lifting or bubbles. I showed the back of the mirrors—the big line you see is a plastic mold line—look below it to see the PPF line. The PPF flows over that mold line and I can’t tell it’s there. My installer told me if I get a nick or a bad scratch in the PPF, just bring it back and he will replace that one piece—it makes it easier, especially on an off-road vehicle to just replace the PPF when it is over the decal. If the decal is over the PPF it all has to go. I did not do 100% coverage—cost was like $5k and for that money. I can almost repaint entire truck. I did every high chip probable area and every forward facing panel: front of hood, bumpers, fender flares, A pillars, rockers, front of roof, etc.It has been a year and I have no chips anywhere except on the passenger side door sill. My wife is short and drags her heels across that area. I later PPFed the driver’s side. But I am going to have to fix the paint before I can’t do the Passenger side. If you can, make sure to do the door sills.

Thanks for the pictures, I can sort of see the mark around the decals, but it's not bad at all, might show a bit more on my black truck, but i think i'm just gonna go ahead and get it done over the decals. As for doing the door sills, that will be getting done for sure.

 

[NOT_RAPTOR]

Well thanks a lot, you just cost me $209.90 to order this. It looks sick and I can't believe they left it off the US models!

 

[surfstar]

y'all throwing around crazy money for stickers

 

[NOT_RAPTOR]

y'all throwing around crazy money for stickers

It adds HP you on crack my man.

 

[Raptor Family]

Thanks for the pictures, I can sort of see the mark around the decals, but it's not bad at all, might show a bit more on my black truck, but i think i'm just gonna go ahead and get it done over the decals. As for doing the door sills, that will be getting done for sure.

Are you doing 100% PPF, or just the most chip prone areas? If I was doing 100%, maybe I would re-think applying over decals. On my truck, if there was a problem, it would only be on the one decal in the picture I showed—and only a small portion of it that I was risking. My PPF is not applied over any other decal. My Installer probably wouldn’t even charge me to re-do the 10” wide strip on the hood.
But, if you are doing 100%, total cost is $5-7k. Having the hood as one solid piece, or one of the rear quarter panels failing and needing to be replaced would cost hundreds just for material and even more for labor. I think the decal set cost $750 as an option—if one panel failed, just the PPF replacement cost would be more than the replacement cost of the entire decal set. Black trucks show everything—they are beautiful to look at when they are clean and detailed—but man-o-man, are they hard to maintain. The PPF will save your butt for self-healing minor scratches. I live in Texas—dirt just falls out of the sky. All that dirt you see on mine just blew on it—I haven’t driven it in a month and it’s filthy. Nice truck. I like the red outlined Ford letters on the grill on the last picture. I have seen kits for that, which did you use, and how was the instal, and is it holding up?

 

[RedTurboMr2]

Are you doing 100% PPF, or just the most chip prone areas? If I was doing 100%, maybe I would re-think applying over decals. On my truck, if there was a problem, it would only be on the one decal in the picture I showed—and only a small portion of it that I was risking. My PPF is not applied over any other decal. My Installer probably wouldn’t even charge me to re-do the 10” wide strip on the hood.
But, if you are doing 100%, total cost is $5-7k. Having the hood as one solid piece, or one of the rear quarter panels failing and needing to be replaced would cost hundreds just for material and even more for labor. I think the decal set cost $750 as an option—if one panel failed, just the PPF replacement cost would be more than the replacement cost of the entire decal set. Black trucks show everything—they are beautiful to look at when they are clean and detailed—but man-o-man, are they hard to maintain. The PPF will save your butt for self-healing minor scratches. I live in Texas—dirt just falls out of the sky. All that dirt you see on mine just blew on it—I haven’t driven it in a month and it’s filthy. Nice truck. I like the red outlined Ford letters on the grill on the last picture. I have seen kits for that, which did you use, and how was the instal, and is it holding up?

Yes, i'll be adding ppf everywhere. I'll see what the installer says when I drop the truck off. As for the red outlined Ford letters, that isn't my truck. My truck is the picture on the first page.

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