2013 Ford Raptor SuperCrew build

[FordGuy1]

Wow, this thing is awesome! I wish the dealers in California were more reasonable on price. Does anyone in your group have a RTT rack?

If you order on we sell them for sticker instead of 5k up

 

[orionkhan]

FWIW, I ordered a 2014 in mid-November. Picked it up from the dealer a week ago. Price was $450 over invoice. There are dealers out there that will order at a good price, but you have to look for them. From what I'm hearing on FRF, finding those dealers is getting tougher and tougher. Mine was a 5 hour drive away from me. Best deal I could find for one on the lot was $1k over sticker.

Now back to Big50's build...I need more ideas and inspiration!

 

[KaiserM715]

Glad to see another Raptor owner!

 

[ZJARCHER]

Great build man!
Got any pics of where/how those hood mounts mount?

 

[Big50]

Great build man!
Got any pics of where/how those hood mounts mount?

Sorry it took so long to get back to you but here you go:

Untitled by Big5050, on Flickr

Untitled by Big5050, on Flickr


I've been exceptionally busy over the last couple months because I was lucky enough to hook up with the guys at Raptor Expeditions. We've launched a club for runs here in the US and will be offering fully supported runs to Baja.

Here's a little promo video for our inaugural run in October to Baja:

[video=vimeo;97682569]http://vimeo.com/97682569[/video]

We also just got finished with the "Carson 500" a couple of weeks ago. Was an absolute blast taking 18 trucks through the high desert. I was a bit nervous since it was the first large scale run I'd been responsible for organizing. The standards are pretty high when it comes to Raptor Expeditions so I definitely was sweating all the little details to make sure everything went well.

Here's a couple pics and the link to the full trip report:

http://www.raptorexpeditions.com/carson-500-tripreort/

 

[Big50]

Haven't got it yet but the wife got me this Co2 tank for the truck. I bought a separate cage mount for it and I'll post pics once I get it all mounted up to the bed rack.

Smittybilt-2747

 

[Raul B]

that hood mount is sick. who makes those?

-Raul

 

[Big50]

Alternative offroad http://www.alternativeoffroad.com/A...s-VisionX-LED-Light-Cannon-Package_p_579.html

Sorry couldn't find a link for the standalone mounts. I do love the Vision x Cannons. They throw light really far and provide great visibility. I've had a couple problems with my light bar blowing fuses so i've had to rely on the cannons alone for auxiliary lighting during night runs and they have done well.

 

[Raul B]

thanks for the link. i may have to get a set of these and mount some lights on it...

 

[Big50]

No sweat!

 

[ZJARCHER]

Thanks man! See you down in Baja sometime!

 

[Big50]

^^^No sweat and looking forward to it!

 

[Big50]

Got my new CO2 tank mounted to my bed rack. Mounting location worked out perfectly...I can reach all 4 tires without having to remove the tank.










And here's little video I put together from the last trip in May:

 

[Big50]

Had a blast on the Club Run up the Lost Coast...plenty of "adventure". Loving the CO2 tank...took me 2-3 minutes air up my 37's from 27psi to 40psi.

Full trip report: http://www.raptorexpeditions.com/lost-coast-run-2014/

IMG_0968 by raptorexpeditions, on Flickr

 

[SteelSaguaro]

Love the video. The old timer at the end is priceless!