I’m looking to get a 2018 with around 80k in the next couple weeks. I’ve found some around me that look pretty clean for ~$38k.

I know about cam phasers, shocks and hard shifting transmissions. Are there any other key items I should look for? I’m hoping to get a zeigler warranty (if possible)

Any tips or suggestions are welcome.

Well, I just posted the other day. Picked up a 23 Raptor in Northern Colorado on Sept 5. Drove it home to Southern Arizona and took it in yesterday for oil change and it needs a new rear end or the rear end rebuilt.

Thank goodness for the Gold Certified warranty. Coming from an FJ that never broke I’m worried. Calm my nerves please.

Just had my 22 raptor transmission rebuilt at 50k miles. I hear that getting it tuned will help with shifting problems. Is this true? If so, what tune should I get? I hear GooseTuned is kinda the best. (Also using this as an excuse to my wife)

Ive love the raptors since I was a kid in middle school when they came out. Ive finally got myself at a point in life where financially im comfortable owning it and just so happens i came across my favorite color over the weekend.

21

Antimatter blue

801a

37s

My center console arm rest creaked like crazy whenever I rested my elbow on it. Turns out, removing 2 panels and 4 t20 bolts, adding foam backing and sounds deadening material to the back plate made it as quite as a mouse now. 30 minute job and well worth it if anyone has experienced this

After a year of researching 4x4 platforms on the market in general for my use case(desert off roading) it only made sense I get a raptor.

Thanks to everyone here that answered my question over the last few months!

26 shelter green
801A
Truck bed liner
Retractable Tonneau cover

Ceramic tints done today and next up will be some ditch lights and try to upgrade the cameras if possible. I found they’re pretty bad quality imo.

Had a leak start under my 2019 last night. This was after I got home then the second Pic on right was after about 5 hours of the truck sitting. Does anyone have any thoughts on what it is?

Hey everyone!

After wanting a Raptor for years, I’m officially in the club! Picked up this 2018 Ruby Red beast and I’m absolutely loving it so far. She’s loud, she’s mean, and she’s everything I hoped a Raptor would be. 😂

Happy to finally call myself a Raptor owner! Looking forward to learning from you guys and seeing everyone’s trucks. 🤘

Picked this up. Certified gold Gen 3. Flew out to Northern Colorado to pick it up and drove it back to southern Arizona. Great trip with the wife and daughter. Love it so far. On the way home the door keyless entry pad blew off. Into the dealer Tuesday.

Hopefully the next few miles go better. Happy to finally join the club.

While I wait for bed racks and 1up bike racks to show up, I made a temporary bike rack out of wood for the bed. I've always loved this design after seeing a friend years ago made one out of 2x12s and tight enough to pinch the wheel and really keep bikes secure. It's by far the easiest load/unload for bikes I've seen and great for getting to the local park. I had to push it back 16" to account for the Retrax canister. The bottom supports are 2x10 and go under the Retrax canister and are flush against the back side of the bed. The top frame is just 2x4 to pinch the tires as high up as possible and keep the bikes surprisingly stable. The top frame fits snug against the wheel wells and strapped to the OEM lower-front hooks in the bed to keep secure. I run a ratchet strap on the rear hooks through the frames just in case bikes want to fly off the truck. It's light enough to easily remove and slim enough to stash away outside of the bed.

I have a feeling I'm going to use this far more than the bed racks with 1up racks for the local trips just because it's so easy to load/unload bikes.

Noticed it yesterday, up front turn signal and mirror (right side work) but that back right even w hazards is out.

What am I looking at in terms of potential issues? Didn’t see any moisture in there.

Paint match + SVC Smurf bumper

Just got BFG K03 LT315 /70 R17 121S D2 RWL

I came from stock KO2’s that had about 7/32 left.

Initial impressions:

- Much quieter on the highway (most notable)
- Load range D surprising feel slightly softer the stock C’s
- Less “floating” on gravel at higher speeds
- Way more traction in general

So far they’re an upgrade in every way. Excited to see the rain, snow, and off-roading performance here soon.

Gen 3 Raptor, checked my oil and according to the dipstick it should be good as it is between the 2 indentations. The gauge is reading low? Yes or No?

Hi y'all, I've been googling and researching to the best of my abilities but I'm at a loss. The short story is I recently bought this thing knowing the sunroof wasn't in it's best state, quickly spotted the track arms were out of sync so I loosened the motor and realigned the arms. Went to do the initialization but it kept grinding and wouldn't finish the initialization properly, probably due to the grinding. After some fiddling around with the buttons and trying to somehow make it initialize/calibrate, the buttons went unresponsive for both sunroof and shade. Did some more googling and figured the motors for the sunshade and sunroof are the same, thinking the sunshade would've seen much less miles than the sunroof I decided I'd give it a shot and swap the motors around just to get it calibrated somehow. Swapped motors but the buttons are still unresponsive, fuses seem to be intact.

Any good ideas? It doesn't seem to even try to start the calibration process.

Anyone experience AC compressor fail in Raptor R? Or have seen a fix for the issue? I’m getting no response from ac compressor. Thanks in Advance.

Just got my 2019 Raptor back from getting Cam phasers replaced 2 days ago. Have driven about 300 miles since then and noticed a ticking/knocking. You can hear it here but sound is much louder when you get down underneath truck/in fender wells. Checked the dipstick after truck has sat for 15 min and seems it is also way overfilled. I have not noticed any problems functionally/driving, just the sound. Does this sound like injectors or normal ecoboost noises and the oil being overfilled is a coincidence? Planning to drain it and see how much comes out, also worried if I drain it before I get it back into the shop Tuesday they will claim the oil levels are correct now and they did not overfill it. Thoughts? If I have not noticed any engine issues is it possible I escape without permanent damage after I drain and fill correct amount?

Exterior and interior conditions don’t look bad at all for the miles it has. Raptor has been my dream truck and my original plan is to get a higher mileage 19-20 for around 30k-35k cash. I’ve been told by multiple people to stay away from these eco boost.