Building Justin's 2017 Ford Raptor From Stock To Badass | 35" Tires + 2" Lift + Tune - The Haul

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On this episode of The Haul Justin's 2017 Raptor gets a whole new look from bumper to bumper. He will go over all the new mods and specs and then go for a test drive. Let us know what you like about the build!
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[@americantrucks]

What should Justin do to his Raptor next? #sendit

[@dustinmittel348]

AmericanTrucks Ford hood with heat extractors and a fuctional ram air

[@dustinmittel348]

Possibly increase power turbo up grade

[@breckjohnson8221]

Upgrade the Turbo's

[@vancedomingo]

Use raptor liner or line-x the rear wheel wells black.

[@BuiltRightInd]

BuiltRight Bedside Racks ;)

[@rickyfell6369]

Remember when your parents said, "Money cannot buy happiness". After watching this, that is a lie.

[@philncider8077]

Ita always a lie

[@DeeDee-be1mo]

Some of us are lucky and some of us earned nice things in life. You are among some of the hardest working person I've seen. Well earned man

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Dee Dee- I'm not sure I entirely agree but I do appreciate that comment. -Justin

[@mahmoudbisharat3239]

Simp

[@brianklean6234]

Honestly, seeing Justin this happy makes me want to buy a raptor. Awesome content.

[@julioespinoza3]

Honestly the best looking Raptor I’ve seen

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Julio- that's quite the compliment! -Justin

[@a_reptiledysfunction5267]

I love how Roush saw the factory fresh air scoop for the intake and said “nah, we’ll just suck in hot air”

[@marcelodeanchorena2830]

UNBELIEVABLE !!! From ARGENTINA - Bs As - CONGRATULATIONS it's wonderful to see you ... taking part and enjoin the modification of your TRUCK RAPTOR & then ... taking to have some FUN ... and if it is not so MUCH ... in your case .... having the pleasure to use it ALL DAYS. You are my NEW HERO :-)

[@sandeshperera1416]

I'm just so glad I found this channel. Been looking for a channel doing ford truck stuff. Amazing. Decent n clean build on the gen 2. Keep it up fellas 👌🏽

[@humanbeing3768]

That is the most badass raptor I have ever seen. The eco boost is nasty fast too. Exhaust and a blow off sounds great.

[@MOTORDRIFT]

Impressed Justin. Awesome Job Done.

[@jb1995]

It looks incredible. I love the products installed.

[@tesfalemgebremichael9540]

I pray that God will not kill me before i own ford f-150 raptor. ford f-150 raptor is my life choice. I Hope so many times and i will never disappoints. One day yes one day ......... i will drive ford raptor f-150.

[@iceee187]

Relive me bro its worth the money.

[@blr7586]

tesfalem gebremichael I hope you get one brother. Best of luck!

[@joemomma707]

tesfalem gebremichael I hope you get one! I absolutely love my 2019 raptor. Absolute zero regrets

[@damyan5305]

A little dramatic, but yeah 👍🏽

[@dan4500]

They are an engineering marvel and I absolutely love my 2019 Raptor. Keep working towards it and I know you'll get it!

[@jb1995]

It looks beautiful, I can’t imagine adding anything new!

[@americantrucks]

Thank you sir! -Justin

[@chriszawacki4092]

I love it, great taste in mods, especially those bad ass brakes!

[@nickzalan4762]

0:25 "Not that bad" (glances nervously out the window at my stock AUTO 99 civic with the d16 in it)

[@gomezea2]

nice, simple yet useful build of everyday truck!

[@habiblefranco]

Love the build of that beast.

[@americantrucks]

Thank you Habib! -Justin

[@renekikwsow8ganpacha250]

I have been a ford guy my whole life I don’t have a raptor but a 3.5 eco boost supercrew I test drove all f series before I bought this beast It hauls it’s fast Looks great and with the 3.5 inch exhaust from MPBR Wow Sounds good hauls butt

[@texaslso]

Awesome truck Justin! My favorite part is the new front bumper and LED's.

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Terry!

[@mikea.7370]

Wow awesome truck! And great video too, really cool to see how much further you can take a raptor and still maintain daily drivability. This video definitely sparked some jealousy from the looks of the comment section, but I can't blame them I'm jealous too!

[@ExtremeWassabi]

Awesome setup!

[@zeepkiki98]

the production quality is fantastic on these videos. Keep it up

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Henry! -Justin

[@frodotbaggins88]

Really awesome video man, great work. Love the build. Good and honest info and really well-spoken.

[@americanmuscle]

Thanks Brian, I really appreciate the kind words. -Justin

[@gbuddy]

The Raptor is an awesome looking, and performing truck.

[@sgordy243]

Justin I just want to say I absolutely love your truck and the mods you added! I've been in love with the Raptors since they first came out but couldn't see spending the money for one but I believe my wife wants me to have one just as much so I see a 19 in my future and I cannot wait!

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Scott! I still can't believe this thing is in my driveway every night as its been a dream of mine as well. All I'll say is, if your wife is encouraging this then my friend, you've got a KEEPER! Haha, thanks again sir! -Justin

[@Smurph34-34]

That tuned torque curve is pretty interesting. They obviously give you a lot more low end grunt, but at 5500 rpm there's a huge dip of like 100lbft and then it jumps back up around 6000rpm. Have you noticed a lack of torque or the truck pulling hard during a WOP then falling on its face, then pulling again? I imagine a 100lbft dip like that is pretty noticeable.

[@jayc148]

I was completely sold once I saw the child seat in the back ( new father here). Great truck and definitely switching to a Ford Raptor. Great video for someone who will use this truck as an everyday driver.

[@PRgencoupe]

Did you switch im on the same boat. I have a 1 year old and I’m looking at getting one to

[@steveirnwitt9154]

Man that’s a hell of a build good for you

[@huntrusso]

Never been a huge fan of Ford, but my god does this truck look good. Might be the only Ford product I ever own.

[@MooseX2012]

thats a sick raptor! those mods made it look even better! love it

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Warrior! -Justin

[@zumezoom9593]

I love it. I'm in love. I want it. soon to be mine.

[@bradwylie9732]

Great Editing & Video with phat mods to boot. Well done enjoy.

[@americantrucks]

Thank you sir. Our guys in edit always dig these compliments as well! -Justin

[@adambragdon1490]

Awesome build!

[@kingtachoss]

The Eco gets so much hate in the truck world but I’ve been owning one for 2 years and I have no regrets about it. I would never add an aftermarket exhaust on mine that’s just personal preference, but at the end of the day that’s where all the hate mainly comes from cuz it’s a V6 and it doesn’t sound like a V8, I got over it pretty quick since it’s one capable engine and for the ones that make fun of it all I can say is: Drive one

[@americantrucks]

Couldn't agree more sir. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment! -Justin

[@egoboost13]

I loved the sound of the Borla Atak on my 18 Raptor....most of the people that hate on them don't have anything worth comparing anyway.

[@jacobking4106]

Unreliable junk. Carbon build up like no ones business.

[@sydliz1126]

@@jacobking4106 The early 2011 models may have had some carbon build up but they fixed the issues. An ecoboost will last just as long as a V8.

[@d.bulldoze]

I’m regretting buying my 13 FX4 with the 3.5.. has nothing to do with pecker size and everything to do with reliability. Go watch Scotty Kimers “do not buy f150 with this engine” video. Ticking timeboms. Way to much computer driven crap that fail. This is an amazing looking Raptor though.

[@billpeirce7127]

Fun test drive. Very nice.

[@Sunchild714]

Perfect upgrades! You need to bring that beast out to the desert

[@americantrucks]

Unfortunately that's a LONNNGGGG way from home for us here in the East but I'd love to! -Justin

[@m4tiger12]

Coolest review ever! Thanks, new sub

[@T00Tall10169]

awesome video! you're really great to watch in front of the camera. you have a great speaking voice and camera presence. also the raptor build is pretty cool. great video! I subscribed after watching! keep it up!

[@americantrucks]

In a KZbin world full of negativity and trolling, this kind of comment makes my day/week. Thank you Andrew, its very nice to hear and is very much appreciated. -Justin

[@troyhauch2786]

Sweet looking Raptor! I wish I had the money for more mods on my F150 or get a Raptor but I guess I'll just have to subscribe and live vicariously through your channel. Haha...

[@mabad]

Awesome build and great reviews. Subscribed.

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Mario, we appreciate the support! -Justin

[@billpeirce7127]

Love my 2017 F-150 lariat fx4 sport 5.0l v8 supercharged. Sounds Awesome!!! So much fun driving it.😁❤👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@musicmannrob]

Bad ass! Love the truck and love the videos. I have a 2016 F150 and now I want to do a bunch of mods to it! Lol

[@jasonsam4587]

i love watching your videos very specific information

[@suunto2437]

Wow! Awesome truck 👏

[@JeepCherokeeful]

Excellent field truck for back East!

[@RobertKohut]

Nice!! Great upgrades!!

[@rider14mcd63]

Nice truck. I just got a 19. Look forward to following.

[@americantrucks]

Congrats on the new truck! We really hope you enjoy it! -Zach

[@pleniceanuadrian5269]

The Ford F-150 Raptor is my ultimate dream car. Unfortunately i live in Europe and i am still in college. But man... When i will finish with college i am going to start to save money so i will be able to buy any model from 2017 and up :D . I don't know why i did not came across your channel earlier but i am glad that i did eventually :D

[@tomkelly3896]

Get the trx ...it chews up raptors...spits them out....raptors are junk...i own one....

[@Mega123456789100]

Getting mine in a month. Cannot freakin wait

[@americantrucks]

Awesome, Brandon! I hope you enjoy it! -Zach

[@1manarmyguzman629]

Badass raptor! Like how u left good amount of sidewall On the tires! Hate seeing big ass Rims and little ass mud tire lol Just imagine if they would put a 5.0 coyote with a Roush supercharger in it! #Goals

[@americantrucks]

Hell yeah man! Raptors NEED sidewall in my opinion, I agree the big wheel/small tire thing looks out of place on some trucks. Thanks for watching! -Justin

[@1manarmyguzman629]

AmericanTrucks Ford I agree 100%, Enjoy your badass truck! Checkout my V8 Jeep and Chevy they sound ferocious! Subscribe if u like! Thanks

[@rummymx4910]

Ford did anounce that they will put a 7.0L v8 in the 2019 raptor not to long ago.

[@booya6437]

Rummy MX Ford hasn’t announced anything, there are only rumors and speculation at this point. I sure hope it gets a V8 soon.

[@rummymx4910]

Boo Ya speedtwitch.com/report-2019-f-150-raptor-to-receive-fords-new-7-0l-dohc-v8-motor/ I'm not sure if you can click on this link. But you are right Ford didnt really make it clear that they where putting a v8 in there raptor. Believe it or not my father works at continental, and hes the boss of the plant. He completely turned the plant into one of the best continental plants in the US. So he gets visitors from Ford, from Germany, and from all over the place. Last summer the person that is in control of the making of the raptor actually came to the plant. My father was showing him around, telling him about how many pieces they make for the raptor, and all that good stuff. the guy asked if he liked the v8 in the raptor instead of the v6, and he said yes. But yes I do hope Ford does puts a v8 in the raptor

[@darkestfugue]

congrats, shes a beauty

[@edwardgriffin2848]

What performance improvements did you see from the cold air intake addition?

[@gorillahd9247]

Really nice build. Scott

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Scott- appreciate the kind words and the view. -Justin

[@adeelcyril3339]

Sweet build! Love it..👍👍

[@americantrucks]

Thanks! -Justin

[@randomprojectsusa5196]

You mean from badass to ultra-badass

[@victorben5128]

Awesome built ! I have a 2020 f150 short bed lariat. Do you know if the shocks and the bumper would be a match ? Thank you !

[@CasaDeGomez]

Great video! Thank you

[@americantrucks]

Thanks for the compliment! -Justin

[@zafarfayzullaev4107]

great job boys

[@tp7886]

Looks amazing! Did you have to sacrifice the Live Valve adaptive damping by switching to aftermarket shocks?

[@Kojima93]

Personally my favorite generation and raptor. I hear so much complaining over the sound when in reality this thing sounds amazing and better yet, performs better than any other v8 raptor. Function over form any day. But i got to say, this beast has both and i think im in love 😂

[@JingleBop]

If they used a blown v8 it'd have even more power and sound better

[@Vroomff]

Our trucks are near exactly the same! I still love mine and daily drive it as well!

[@americantrucks]

Nice taste Manny! -Justin

[@MrJman9144]

I'm 20 planning on getting a gen 2 raptor when I'm 25 and I'm glad I got to see all my upgrades in one truck because damn that's nice. Gonna keep it stock for a while, but first upgrades will definitely be the cooler and front bumper upgrades, and then exhaust bc I know for sure there are a couple exhaust kits that make the v6 sound much better. Cold air intake will def come along with those upgrades and I will probably wait until the stock tires need to be replaced and then I'll upgrade tires and wheels. Also will upgrade stock brakes after they're done. Only thing I don't plan on upgrading is the suspension, I don't plan on offroading it much because I want to keep it around for 250k miles or so. Cool vid

[@americantrucks]

Sounds like a plan, John! Best of luck with the build in the future! -Zach

[@stevehall6539]

Justin your a nut ! I love it ! I figured I'd stop by the truck side , and see what you've been up to , nice truck bro , I see your enjoying it , I'll stick with my mustangs , but I have to say , that thing is a beast , good to see everything is good bro !

[@americanmuscle]

Thanks Steve- Good to see you over here on the truck side! I'm certainly still loving my S197 as well but playing with these trucks is pretty addictive! Thanks for the kind words buddy! -Justin

[@HunterM925]

Very well done. Video and truck.

[@tcr2237]

Kick ass Justin. Spare tire rack all the way!

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Tim! And if I didn't have a tonneau cover on there I would definitely go chase rack! -Justin

[@esys1997]

Enjoyed the video. Good job

[@americantrucks]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching! -Justin

[@tier1xspecterx463]

That looks good in White

[@ian20662]

I just subscribed here, this is soo cool, id love to see more of this! Great Justin... Keep it UP!!

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Ian! We will certainly keep the vids coming! -Justin

[@ian20662]

One year down the road.. am still Admiring this Beast.. Thanks to corona 😉😊😊.. btw, I'd love to buy a Raptor, and upgrade.. can you email me a quote?

[@ian20662]

[e-mail]

[@DeShakeel]

I had a sway a way on my Raptor...shocks had a defect. Broke both front arms and damaged driver shock towers (twisted it). It wasn't a unproper install. But they still were feeling great for 3 weeks

[@americantrucks]

Sheesh- sorry to hear that. On a 2nd gen truck? -Justin

[@ryansellsdrugs]

Justin, any updates on how the Sway-A-Ways are treating you? And why you went with those over a Fox/Icon/King setup? I'm tempted to upgrade my suspension to something along the lines of a Stage 5 Icon setup and would just like to consider all the options.

[@stevesmith8354]

Out in a field is some off-roading wow you should try some rocks out in the desert

[@Striker50_]

Oh my goodness this is such a gorgeous truck that isn't overdone

[@roustoumbouglada2827]

Now that's a build, 🙏💪💪

[@americantrucks]

Thank you for watching! -Zach

[@PB0Y1834]

That’s a bad ass truck

[@billiondollardan]

That white Raptor looks so good on camera. It makes me feel like I need to get rid of my silver one

[@trullmann]

Interested in those shocks for my 2011 Raptor!

[@acewentworth]

Does the upgraded suspension still adapt to the driving mode selected on the steering wheel?

[@jayfranco9969]

Godamn those wheels are beautiful! I’ll take those fox shocks off your hands tho 🤔

[@barbaromatos8198]

O man is beautiful truck enjoy 😉

[@braedenmcdonald210]

that stopping distance is bonkers

[@alsabbarallawi2235]

Good job I like it 👍😎👌

[@kevin1223497]

In love with your raptor haha. Great job on the build! 👍 Just curious with the tune what’s your mpg like?

[@Planclanman3]

With my tune my mpg stayed exactly the same, only worse if I redline which would happen anyways

[@NordicViking88]

build looks good love the Raptor cant wait to turn my XLT into a wannabe Raptor but with a 5.0L and maybe some day supercharged

[@americantrucks]

Thanks man, and that sounds like an awesome plan! -Justin

[@brmmotorsport]

headaches to replace oil and filter with this bumper !!! and the winch , how do you put it in neutral ?

[@billpeirce7127]

Nice build. Did not have link for breaks.😁🙏

[@antoniocail5608]

Nice truck

[@apokalypz08]

question, with all the custom parts, what Insurance company do you recommend for custom trucks to protect more than the "standard" truck value?

[@ToddYeck]

I work in the malvern area always see this truck driving around it looks great man. I have a 18 3.5 with a custom tune on e50 and it ran 12.3, don’t know the dyno numbers never strapped it down.

[@americanmuscle]

Haha, that's me! Thanks Todd- appreciate the feedback. Those 3.5's are beastly, and 12.3 in a big truck is very impressive. -Justin

[@christopherlamberson1242]

Very nice

[@Blvck0ne]

This is honestly the most beautiful Raptor I’ve ever seen (excluding the Xbox Raptor from SEMA).

[@americantrucks]

Thats an awesome compliment- thanks Gordon! As someone who saw the Xbox Raptor I can concur, that thing is BAD ASS. -Justin

[@Blvck0ne]

AmericanTrucks Ford how much did the mods set you in this video? Also now that you’ve had time to ride the breaks and experience the power, would you say it was a good investment/modification? Would you do anything different if you could go back?

[@marcob2711]

Hey Justin, how much would you say all those goodies added up too?

[@pilotsharma]

Hey Justin, nice truck!

[@americanmuscle]

Thanks Pilot! -Justin

[@rsparkman123]

cleanest raptor

[@americantrucks]

Thanks man! -Justin

[@napaboy101]

Such a beautiful truck! Those coilovers will naturally be stiff in the beginning. wait till you get a few thousand miles on them and they'll naturally sag alittle bit and get more soft.

[@bjack2345]

Great truck. Have you had to change the oil with the ADD bumper of? I hear it was a PIA but wanted to check.

[@americantrucks]

Thanks and yeah, you heard right lol. -Justin

[@MrRunYimmy]

Nice job! The tires are perfect! If you went bigger it would look weird.

[@americantrucks]

Thanks James! I've seen a few Gen 2's on 37's and it looks pretty good but I don't want to hack the truck up for it. Plus there is minimal returns for my daily use. -Justin

[@austinshuman4591]

Any chance I could have your stock shocks for my 11 f150?

[@bryanrowan3564]

Clean

[@rockyramos27542661]

well you got a new sub awesome channel love the raptor

[@americantrucks]

Thanks Edwin, appreciate the support! -Justin

[@jaredgulaga8367]

Nice truck! I have a stock 2019 raptor in white. Thinking about tuning it, but was wondering what it does to gas mileage? I run 91-94 regardless but similarly to Justin I use my truck as my daily driver. Does a cold air intake make a noticeable difference in terms of performance? Planning on throwing one of those on too, thanks for your help :)

[@josephmears3329]

Now, is that tire rubber I see in those rear wheel wells? 😂