Originally Posted by BOOMER2011

it also goes back to: Like it? Say so; Don't like it? $TF^!

Originally Posted by BOOMER2011

omg you can read a map and apparently have read the constitution.

Im just saying it is their truck, If the wanted to paint it pink that is their choice, you right every one is entitled to their own opinion but you still shouldn't trash a thread with negativity.

Originally Posted by BOOMER2011

If anything i was being fascistic since you called me a ****. I just have more respect for other people than you do.

Originally Posted by GTNOS

i didnt call you anything. i just thought you were confused about what country you were standing in.

Originally Posted by beefcake

Next on the list of things was a cover to stow our drag strip goodies, or whatever else might need to be carried.

We opted for the new Painted to match Undercover.

I've never been a huge fan of the Undercovers due to the "plastic" look. I like the A.R.E's, but the downside is the weight.

The painted to match Undercover is the hot ticket. Only weights in about 58 lbs, yet looks very clean on the truck. The model also has a sort of build in wing to give it a nice look.

The first thing we noticed was how well the cover appeared to be packaged.





Install was pretty simple, and with the reduced weight compared to an A.R.E. or other heavy brand, the time from start to finish was maybe 20 minutes.



Charlie hard at work!



My man Gary lending a hand. If you think Gary looks familiar, go back to your Kansas City Chiefs or Tennessee Vols roster from way back!



The finished product looks great on the truck! A little bit of snow today, but you get the idea!







The cover also comes with a preinstalled light which is nice.



With our trick bumpers in the process of being built by the guys at Wicked Performance Shop, we figured it's time to get to work on the fender flares.

We pulled off the fender flares (without breaking one clip I might add!).

We thought about going with a line x coating for that look to match the bumpers / running boards. But, due to the thickness and worry of scratching the oem paint, we decided to go a different route.

What we will be doing, is scuffing them up, adding "rock guard" to the flares, and then painting them with a flat black. This should give a slight textured look to the flares, and provide excellent protection out on the road.

Originally Posted by iSurvive

Does the cover come painted to match the OEM paint job?

Originally Posted by ak_cowboy

Hey dipstick, thanks for quoting 20 pics for a simple question....

Originally Posted by GTNOS

im sorry, but i too dont get this. why in the world, no wait, why in the universe, no wait, why in he11 do this to a raptor? why take a truck built almost exclusively for offroading and put it on asphalt?

these guys have obviously never raced a truck.

1st, it will get smoked. its not gonna "kill" anything at NMRA, unless their opponent breaks something coming off the line. a single cab 5.4l 2wd f150 running an s/c with modest boost (say 8-9 psi), lowered, geared properly with a locker, running slicks with a proper rear suspension set up can be done for 1/3 of the total price that they will have in this raptor, and the raptor will stand no chance against it. for one, he is 1000 lbs heavier with 4wd and being a crew cab. thats a second slower right there! (hint: every 100lbs of weight is a .10th of a second in the quarter, ask any real drag racer) and you just added probably another 100lbs with that glass tonneau. find one competitive drag racer with a glass tonneau. first, the wind drag in a truck bed is more of myth than fact due to the fact that todays manufacturers design the cab to channel the slipstream out and away from the bed. second, if there is any gain, it is surely lost by adding another 100lbs of weight.

i have raced trucks before. my last one ran high 10s on a $h1tload of laughing gas and a built motor. i know 2 guys who race lightnings, and they will tell you too that you will not find a harder vehicle to hook up hp at the track than a truck. period. first off, they have the worst front to rear weight ratio of any vehicle in the world. all nose heavy, no weight at all the back. racing trucks can be done, but it will need extensive and very well thought out suspension mods done. i ran a 4-link setup on mine with full slicks, a locker, and 4.90s.

and these guys are gonna do it on stock suspension? please. your talking about launching a 6000lb truck. to break into the 12s (which will be the point where you will even get noticed at NMRA) you will need to make at least 700 hp. while that may be possible with the 6.2 and enough boost (i dont know how much hp the stock internals can take, but 700hp is stretching a 5.4 pretty far) there is NO WAY, and i repeat, NO WAY that them or anyone else is going to hook up 700hp to the pavement with stock raptor soft swishy suspension. that thing is going to axle wrap like nothing youve ever seen. i know guys with mustangs who have a hard time hooking up less hp than that, with modded suspension on a car that was made to drag race. and your gonna do it on a 6000lb, 4x4 truck with stock offroad suspension?

and let me guess, you are going to counteract all of this with 4wd launches arent you? you will learn when you try it that it doesnt quite work the way you imagined it would in your "raptor gone drag racing wet dreams" you have been having.

there is a difference between 4wd and Awd. the industry created two different terms to describe channeling power to all 4 wheels for a reason. you might want to look into it.

More food for thought" Do you think there is a reason SVT made all the Lightnings 2wd?

here, play with this and see if im lying about hp and weight: http://robrobinette.com/et.htm also, that calculator assumes that you can hook up all that power

you bought an awesome truck, but if your going to enter into any type of competition with it, go with offroad baja type racing. or at least drag race on the beach or in the desert or something. you have the perfect truck for that.

you want to go drag racing on asphalt, get a 2wd single cab and start modding, and for G--s sake, shave the weight off of it, dont add to it. If you take absolutely nothing from this post, at least understand that weight is a BAD thing when you want to race.

Originally Posted by GTNOS

im sorry, but i too dont get this. why in the world, no wait, why in the universe, no wait, why in he11 do this to a raptor? why take a truck built almost exclusively for offroading and put it on asphalt?

these guys have obviously never raced a truck.

1st, it will get smoked. its not gonna "kill" anything at NMRA, unless their opponent breaks something coming off the line. a single cab 5.4l 2wd f150 running an s/c with modest boost (say 8-9 psi), lowered, geared properly with a locker, running slicks with a proper rear suspension set up can be done for 1/3 of the total price that they will have in this raptor, and the raptor will stand no chance against it. for one, he is 1000 lbs heavier with 4wd and being a crew cab. thats a second slower right there! (hint: every 100lbs of weight is a .10th of a second in the quarter, ask any real drag racer) and you just added probably another 100lbs with that glass tonneau. find one competitive drag racer with a glass tonneau. first, the wind drag in a truck bed is more of myth than fact due to the fact that todays manufacturers design the cab to channel the slipstream out and away from the bed. second, if there is any gain, it is surely lost by adding another 100lbs of weight.

i have raced trucks before. my last one ran high 10s on a $h1tload of laughing gas and a built motor. i know 2 guys who race lightnings, and they will tell you too that you will not find a harder vehicle to hook up hp at the track than a truck. period. first off, they have the worst front to rear weight ratio of any vehicle in the world. all nose heavy, no weight at all the back. racing trucks can be done, but it will need extensive and very well thought out suspension mods done. i ran a 4-link setup on mine with full slicks, a locker, and 4.90s.

and these guys are gonna do it on stock suspension? please. your talking about launching a 6000lb truck. to break into the 12s (which will be the point where you will even get noticed at NMRA) you will need to make at least 700 hp. while that may be possible with the 6.2 and enough boost (i dont know how much hp the stock internals can take, but 700hp is stretching a 5.4 pretty far) there is NO WAY, and i repeat, NO WAY that them or anyone else is going to hook up 700hp to the pavement with stock raptor soft swishy suspension. that thing is going to axle wrap like nothing youve ever seen. i know guys with mustangs who have a hard time hooking up less hp than that, with modded suspension on a car that was made to drag race. and your gonna do it on a 6000lb, 4x4 truck with stock offroad suspension?

and let me guess, you are going to counteract all of this with 4wd launches arent you? you will learn when you try it that it doesnt quite work the way you imagined it would in your "raptor gone drag racing wet dreams" you have been having.

there is a difference between 4wd and Awd. the industry created two different terms to describe channeling power to all 4 wheels for a reason. you might want to look into it.

More food for thought" Do you think there is a reason SVT made all the Lightnings 2wd?

here, play with this and see if im lying about hp and weight: http://robrobinette.com/et.htm also, that calculator assumes that you can hook up all that power

you bought an awesome truck, but if your going to enter into any type of competition with it, go with offroad baja type racing. or at least drag race on the beach or in the desert or something. you have the perfect truck for that.

you want to go drag racing on asphalt, get a 2wd single cab and start modding, and for G--s sake, shave the weight off of it, dont add to it. If you take absolutely nothing from this post, at least understand that weight is a BAD thing when you want to race.