The ULTIMATE guide to lifting your Ranger Raptor

[YR2SLW]

@nedmo Well done write up. New lurker to the Ranger forum (Have a 24 F150 Raptor) and thinking of dipping my toes back into a midsize.

As someone who is a nerd about suspension its nice to see a well written easy to follow guide. This would be so helpful on so many of the other forums I am apart of. Great job, and a value to this group (and you make some very cool products).

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[nedmo]

@nedmo Well done write up. New lurker to the Ranger forum (Have a 24 F150 Raptor) and thinking of dipping my toes back into a midsize.

As someone who is a nerd about suspension its nice to see a well written easy to follow guide. This would be so helpful on so many of the other forums I am apart of. Great job, and a value to this group (and you make some very cool products).

appreciate the kind words sir!

i agree, its the main reason I put it out. I would have loved this level of info for other vehicles I’ve modified in the past.

 

[FairOaksRaptor]

Are these available in the US? Great article and comparison with what current technology is out there.

 

[nedmo]

Are these available in the US? Great article and comparison with what current technology is out there.

Thanks. We have a few US dealers. goatoffroad.com.au/pages/dealers or alterntively, we ship direct from the website.

 

[pablo94sc]

Hey Ned,

I'm finally going to be upgrading the suspension now that I have an idea what weight/gear my truck is going to be carrying permanently and on trips. The height differences are mainly the kitchen being still installed on the DS side, with the PS empty.

Ride height (stock: front 570mm, rear 620mm)

DS Front 21 3/4", 552.45mm
PS Front 22 1/8", 561.975mm

DS Rear 22 5/16", 566.7375mm
PS Rear 23 1/8", 587.375mm

I'm thinking I'm going to install Eibach 1.6" springs in the rear, and maybe the Geiser 1.25" up front. Seems like it'll return the truck fairly close to stock ride height, but I'm open to suggestions here. That said, would you go 2/1" or 2/1.5" for the spacer lift? I want to maintain some rake fully loaded, preferring it over the leveled look.

Thanks!

 

[jmp82]

Got the GOAT Offroad lift installed on my Ranger Raptor — 2” front / 1” rear with the GOAT UCAs.

Mechanically everything seems fine, but the shop is saying they’re having an issue with the front ride-height / Live Valve recalibration. From what they told me, the front is still reading about 20 mm off and they haven’t been able to get it to recalibrate correctly.

Has anyone else run into this after installing the GOAT lift? Should I just accept this as the way it is?

 

[pablo94sc]

You may need to drive it a bit to get everything to settle, then run the calibration. Might also be a sensor is out of whack, or damaged. Don't worry too much, yet. Maybe reschedule the ride calibration portion for next week?

 

[JR007]

Got the GOAT Offroad lift installed on my Ranger Raptor — 2” front / 1” rear with the GOAT UCAs.

Mechanically everything seems fine, but the shop is saying they’re having an issue with the front ride-height / Live Valve recalibration. From what they told me, the front is still reading about 20 mm off and they haven’t been able to get it to recalibrate correctly.

Has anyone else run into this after installing the GOAT lift? Should I just accept this as the way it is?

You need to recalibrate via Forscan. GOAT Offroad website has the procedure documented. Just follow those instructions and your truck will feel like factory again.

It is straight forward and easy.

 

[jmp82]

Hey thanks for the replies. So it was driven about 100 miles or so around town (not off-road) before they did the recalibration.

This shop specializes in Ford off-road builds and is pretty well versed in Forscan. I do think this is the first Goat lift on a Ranger Raptor they have done though.

I'm taking it back there for the Performance Tune soon so hoping I can gather some info that may help them fix the recalibration when they do that.

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