Note that the Raptor reinforcement won't fit your OEM carrier unless you notch your carrier (that is why I went with the Hammer Built plate...that and because the Raptor one retails for over 600).
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Note that the Raptor reinforcement won't fit your OEM carrier unless you notch your carrier (that is why I went with the Hammer Built plate...that and because the Raptor one retails for over 600).
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If you find all the parts and get an install, post it up please. I would probably drop this RC one and go back to my original plan of the stock Raptor one. It just looks better.
That vehicle either notched their OEM carrier to fit over the Raptor plate or they have a Raptor carrier with the notch already in it...or spacers. The bolt patterns are the same, it's just that the Raptor plate doesn't span the entire 8 mounting bolt locations for the carrier.
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It's been nearly impossible for me tor esearch this topic. Do posts with Raptor content only allow certain users to view them? I consistently am blocked from viewing any raptor content whatsoever.
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Yes, this is exactly correct.It's been nearly impossible for me tor esearch this topic. Do posts with Raptor content only allow certain users to view them? I consistently am blocked from viewing any raptor content whatsoever.
If you have said something negative about the Braptor in the past, the admin will have limited your access to that content.
Your participation is greatly appreciated in this completely independent and not at all controlled by say a major American OEM, but nothing negative can be said against the products, hypothetically speaking, of course.
I say this as someone who is also blocked from Braptor content yet still laugh at @Squatch Avatar of Braptor flares every time I see it and he regained his access by, I seem to recall, repenting upon the side tables of Bronco flares along with a large cash contribution to college scholarships.
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I KNEW IT! Whose donked Bronco do I need to sacrifice to be in the good graces of our Ford and Savior again?
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Put 20's on your Bronco, and 50 auxiliary lights all purchased from vendors then make 17 different threads all asking essentially the same question in slightly different ways. That's a good start.
Or pay to become a level 3 vendor and you can say whatever you like.
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Can't do it. That's 4 more lights than my limit. Surely there must be some profile setting I'm missing.
You can see the setup Flip went with here...he notched his OEM carrier and added Raptor hinges.It's been nearly impossible for me tor esearch this topic. Do posts with Raptor content only allow certain users to view them? I consistently am blocked from viewing any raptor content whatsoever.
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Note that the Raptor reinforcement is VERY flimsy. It may look cool to some, but in regard to actually structural rigidity the strength comes primarily from the angled upper and lower bends. The unit is so thin that Flip had to notch his OEM carrier only very slightly. Tyson at Hammer Built has a Raptor in his shop now, and he can share his thoughts if you reach out to him regarding that reinforcement from a fabricator standpoint.You can see the setup Flip went with here...he notched his OEM carrier and added Raptor hinges.
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it might be flimsy off the truck but is anyone actually bending their gates with a 37 and no other add ons? afaik the raptor reinforcement has survived every full send and has been holding up. it triangulates the hinges to the carrier, and doing so with the dynamic load of the 37 is impressive imo.
I believe the Raptor reinforcement with only the Raptor spare is fine...it is when folks start adding other things that they are pushing the structural limits. Some folks are hanging all kinds of stuff off their gates and then wondering why they now have a creak or misalignment...
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Ok that makes sense!
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