Adventure
Tremor Buff
- Joined
- Dec 18, 2020
- Messages
- 60
- Reaction Points
- 205
- Location
- Brainerd, MN
- Current Ride
- 21 Lariat Tremor
Most here would consider these child's play I'm sure, but I took a couple big steps out of my comfort zone this weekend.
First up, black exhaust tips. I took a large garbage bag and masking tape to make myself a little "tent". Sprayed first with high temp primer, then a few coats with black high temp spray paint. There's one weird grease spot that the primer couldn't cut through, but overall it looks just fine I think. A must to match up with the rest of the black appearance package.
Next, I had ordered the Raptor Grille Lights. https://customautoworksstore.com/product/2020-super-duty-raptor-style-grille-light/. I'm sure I made the install much harder than it needed to be. The grille and the airbox don't come out easy to get at the headlight wiring, and I had trouble finding the correct wire to spice into. The owner of custom auto works includes a calling card in the instructions and he answered my texts and even called on a Saturday evening. The product is great and they're working perfectly today.
Forscan. I came close to diving into forscan for my '17 Raptor but never did it. I'm a mac user, so the struggle is real on an old borrowed laptop. Kind of confusing getting it going between the software, license key, hardware drivers, etc. But I've got it going now. Disabled some chimes, activated Bambi mode, DPF regen gauge, and played around with a few more settings working off of two google spreadsheets. I had a though of trying to get the DRL set up to be ambers only (like a gen 1 Raptor) since I added the grille lights, but I think either it's not possible or I'm not understanding the charts.
First up, black exhaust tips. I took a large garbage bag and masking tape to make myself a little "tent". Sprayed first with high temp primer, then a few coats with black high temp spray paint. There's one weird grease spot that the primer couldn't cut through, but overall it looks just fine I think. A must to match up with the rest of the black appearance package.
Next, I had ordered the Raptor Grille Lights. https://customautoworksstore.com/product/2020-super-duty-raptor-style-grille-light/. I'm sure I made the install much harder than it needed to be. The grille and the airbox don't come out easy to get at the headlight wiring, and I had trouble finding the correct wire to spice into. The owner of custom auto works includes a calling card in the instructions and he answered my texts and even called on a Saturday evening. The product is great and they're working perfectly today.
Forscan. I came close to diving into forscan for my '17 Raptor but never did it. I'm a mac user, so the struggle is real on an old borrowed laptop. Kind of confusing getting it going between the software, license key, hardware drivers, etc. But I've got it going now. Disabled some chimes, activated Bambi mode, DPF regen gauge, and played around with a few more settings working off of two google spreadsheets. I had a though of trying to get the DRL set up to be ambers only (like a gen 1 Raptor) since I added the grille lights, but I think either it's not possible or I'm not understanding the charts.