Some relief for SVT raptor related envy

[wahlstrom1]

The failure point was due to an opening in the box chassis to allow for the assembly of the rear bumpstop at that location.... I would have had a threaded hole instead of a nut but thats just me. There are aftermarket solutions to the issue, and it's easily remedied.

 

[straycat]

A relatively stock Raptor did the Baja 500, and Ford marketed it doing so

That is right. The Raptor had some slight mods done and it also had a female driver as well. The Ford Raptors have been getting bent frames when owners trash them as seen on the Ford comericals where the Raptor is doing whoops at break nesk speed...'Do as seen and then smash and crash'.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

in the conditions of this situation.....a factory pick-up anything american produced would have broke in half....making it literally a half ton......

150 is tough...its not raptor tough...its a frequency situation for this failure...and not acceptable imo....for it to go uncorrected from this point forward...

if you buy a truck like this, and use it to this degree, you better have the capacity to understand it will need to be fixed periodically due to the use described....

because even trophy trucks need to be constantly massaged.

to be dismissive of the trucks capacity because of this situation, or even remotely draw it up as comparable to a normal truck ranks up as, patently ridiculous, as it can get...and a direct inability to understand the sheer scope of the level of abuse involved here.

and its not sold as a trophy truck...but its as factory stock a race car as any

I am not ripping on the Raptor, just here in the midwest where there is a gravel road every mile in every direction there isn't much call for it. A regular F-150 is more usefull and far cheaper, which is why I would rather have one.

I am actually going to use you for referance on the Raptor vs F-150:

failures i am in reference too are not from jumping over the moon, they are simply from a fawk up. needed some sort of air bumps or proper frame sectioning over what went out the door. the regular 150 fails faster on big jumps, but holds up on the little things that are hurting the raptor....its comical. does not bode well for the strongest truck on the market.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112317&page=2&highlight=raptor

 

[bobbywalter]

yes exactly, theres a cyclic issue and in my eyes a blatant over look at fp time on fords part....they literally took a play out of the gm book the way i see it. seems no one wants to own up to it as a mistake to this point either...a shame..

but you cant isolate the one without the other. the 150 has the capacity to deal with one particular issue that actually caused the issue....which is easily rectified on the raptor with a different spring/damp/bump setup...

not matter what, i think they took the wrong approach on the raptor out back.


and the reason that a 150 could take it, is because it would never make the run. the statement has context, apparently thats not coming across as intended...

i was actually trying to find that thread...thought i posted that on a different board.

 

[4x4mike2004]

It sounds like "I saw it on youtube, so it must be true" mentality. There is a comercial on TV that shows a toyota tundra going down a mountian side "snowboard" style. Its doung flips and other stunts before stopping in front ofthe camera. I couldn't find a link for it tho. Just a feeling, but i think its fake......

I bet most of those guys never went wheeling before, an bought the raptor cause "it looks cool and goes fast". They should stick to such things as hondas.

 

[bilzy7]

Not a tundra. It's a Nissan. The frontier. I just seen it earlier. Maybe Toyota does one too but Nissan frontier was in one I seen. And yes it does "video edited" stuff. Not real life.
The raptor is shown actually driving. Idk about you but if I pay 45k for a truck, I'm gonna have fun. In the same sense I am not going to try to take a 20 ft jump, or drive 80 mph over some serious terrain. I will jump train tracks and not worry about a thing in the normal sense.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Not a tundra. It's a Nissan. The frontier. I just seen it earlier. Maybe Toyota does one too but Nissan frontier was in one I seen. And yes it does "video edited" stuff. Not real life.
The raptor is shown actually driving. Idk about you but if I pay 45k for a truck, I'm gonna have fun. In the same sense I am not going to try to take a 20 ft jump, or drive 80 mph over some serious terrain. I will jump train tracks and not worry about a thing in the normal sense.

The Frontier one was pretty funny. The captions added to it really.

 

[03ranger30]

That's the thing though. If I paid the money for that truck, I would expect it to be able to put up with the little amount of abuse that I would put it through. It's kind of like paying almost 60k for an F350 and then not being able to haul anything because it can't.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

That's the thing though. If I paid the money for that truck, I would expect it to be able to put up with the little amount of abuse that I would put it through. It's kind of like paying almost 60k for an F350 and then not being able to haul anything because it can't.

It sounds like it is a pretty simple fix for yourself to do on a Raptor to fix a rather minor problem. Different bumpstops, big deal.

Probably easier and maybe cheaper than putting a hitch of any kind on a F-350.

 

[wahlstrom1]

Problem:

Fix and Upgrade:

 

[4x4mike2004]

that explains why i coulnt find it lol. For the price i would expect itto take some abuse too, but i'm sure the trucks have their limits. I would also take a shot and say that some of the guys having the frame problem may have pushedthe truck a little too far. It would be like my white @ss buying a pair of Air Jordans and expecting to be an NBA allstar.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

that explains why i coulnt find it lol. For the price i would expect itto take some abuse too, but i'm sure the trucks have their limits. I would also take a shot and say that some of the guys having the frame problem may have pushedthe truck a little too far. It would be like my white @ss buying a pair of Air Jordans and expecting to be an NBA allstar.

In their defense it would be kinda hard to lean out the window with a tape measure making sure you didn't jump too high.

On the other hand it is hard for Ford to tell what they have been doing too.

 

[4x4mike2004]

The design of the frame probably has something to do with meeting federal safety standards or crash ratings, kinda like a crumple zone. It would be interesting to have to hear what ford says about the bent frames.