seadoons

The thread below that contains pictures of the new supercrew raptor has me curious what gives the truck the additional height when compared to my '09 supercrew 4x4. Obviously the tires are much larger than mine, but it seems to sit up a lot higher than mine does...and I liiiiiike it!

TSmith

the long travel suspension is a big reason.

Old_Skl_Raptr

the svt suspension gives it more ride height. and the tires are 35s so that makes kind if an illusion that its a lot higher

seadoons

Even running 35's...it still has a lot of clearance around those tires (in the wheel wells). I am thinking a leveling kit and some larger than stock tires will give me some more height but it won't look like that....

GATORB8

It's got flared fenders and bedsides as well, which normally have a larger wheel well.

Jason

A whole new suspension up front and blocks under the leafs in the back. Total travel up front is just under 12" and just over 12" in the rear. Don't forget too the total track width has been widened on the Ratpor by over 7" as compared to the standard F150, to make room for all the new bits up front (that's probably what's giving you the sense of being overall much bigger/beefier/taller etc)

Old_Skl_Raptr

if you level yours out and put 33" aggressive lookin all terrains with some nice aftermarket wheels yours will look pretty BA itself

GATORB8

Are the UCAs and knuckles SVT pieces? I kept reading about the Raptor front suspension being just SVT LCAs and Fox Shocks and was wondering what all else was Raptor specific.

What is the block size in the rear? SVT leaves?

Jason

To the best of my understanding, the uppers are also Raptor specific; however unlike the lowers which are aluminum, the uppers are forged steel. The mounting points for all of this is exactly the same between the Raptor and the standard F150, so they had to tweak everything from the mount out, to get the 7" wider stance which is what allows for all the articulation.

They also lowered the spring rate on the corners (as compared the standard F150), beefed up the Raptor's axle tubes (front and rear), and half shafts (all Raptor specific).

Not sure on the block height in the back (3" I think??), but the leafs are Raptor specific.

DeereGeff

Is it just me or do those axle angles look pretty severe in the picture above? I,m not sure if that picture is at full droop or not.