For a ranch? Lol

supperterofsanity yup does that with almost all the fords

Comment Section Police that's with all automatics...it has to roll to catch on the spring

supperterofsanity that's not just fords. That's any automatic. That's what a parking brake is for.

Exactly.. You should always engage the Parking Brake BEFORE Going into Park.. This is common knowledge, specially in a decline or incline.

Oh I didn't know! Thanks!:)

Jlove lol so true 😂😂😂

disconnecting the sway bar would be good for slow, rock crawling for the added articulation, but not for the road or going fast off road. I wouldn't run it on the road as you would need the added handling in an emergency lane change or some other fast maneuver to avoid an accident. BTW if you did have a bad accident and the lawyers found out that you disconnected the sway bar, you would be in deep stuff if there was a fatality. Even if it wasn't your fault.

b pospolyta it's the stock tires. These rims are +25 offset vs the stock +34 which is almost the same.

Congrats!!!

I know you own a 2017 but...Would you happen to know which year is better? The Raptor 2013? Or 2014? And Specifically Why?

Lol they are completely different!! Many many electronics in the new one; plus the styling is much better for the interior and features.

probably... best to not mention it and put it back if you're going in.

yes it is a possibility you can ruin your lower sway arm and

Ms89giogio you can also damage the gear box I think

You fucking idiots!!! Lmao!!

no you won't hurt anything.

Ms89giogio you won't hurt anything. Other than possible over extension of the drive shafts. But that won't happen before you either flip the truck or it just maxes out. Why do you think Jeeps have a button on it to disconnect it. You think they would have hat if it was gonna break something?

Terry Leimonis I've had the links off since. The sway bar hasn't moved. I went ahead and took em off and put in the glove box with the wrench

Yezzo I'm no engineer, but I would imagine it could possibly make it more likely because the center of gravity would be shifted a hair. From what I've heard the anti sway bar removal wouldn't make it more likely to flip on such a turn, like speeding up on a 180 on ramp to get up to speed with traffic. But it mainly matters in a moose test. Where you swerve hard one direction and then immediately back the other direction. My test was mainly for how it might be annoying to the driver getting a lot of body roll on road trips. I thought the hard curve might show a difference the sway bar made. After weeks of driving with it off, it hardly makes any difference except it wiggles just a hair back and forth around level. The amount of roll doesn't seem much different

Thank you for clarifying

when you go around a left hand turn your car leans right. this pushes the right side tires into the wheel well. picture this bracket on the floor: [ if you grabbed the bottom "handle" and rotated it to the left side the top handle would come with it. thats how (anti) sway bars work. when that right side tire starts getting stuffed in the wheel it twists and sucks the left side in too (how much depends on thickness and spring rate of sway bar). adding a thicker front and rear swaybars on my car made it have near 0 body roll. in this videos case the springs pushing the tires down are very firm. when this person goes around a corner the spring is pushing that tire down (hard) rather than pushing the other side up, like a sway bar. in the case of my truck it almost rolled over to the bump stops anyway and now that its off- yea it rolls. but it stops at a point i'm comfortable with and so i just left it off. hope this helps.

Seriously though, that flex limit with IFS sucks, just can't articulate as well as a solid axel setup, but they sure do ride better. I had similar issues with IFS on the lr4 and ended up going back to solid axel vehicles. Raptor is still a hell of a truck though.

Snactimus Maximus in the end it doesn't matter much better on the road and no comparison at high speed..if you want a crawler you wouldnt buy a truck their too long

Snactimus Maximus haha. Funny you say the ifs doesn't flex as much. Someone actually tested this and the raptor flexed more before picking up the rear tire that the ram did with solid front axle. Quite a lot more too. I think it was The Fast Lane Truck if I'm not mistaken.

+Giantsasquatch_GamingHD you're misremembering and it was TFL. It is actually a pretty common mechanical limitation of IFS unfortunately. I'm a huge fan of independent suspension, not only for the ride but because there's far less cabin intrusion with IRS (in suvs anyway) and I love me a spacious 3rd row (big family).

Trevor, I agree with everything except the last part. I traded in my JK for a powerwagon this year and am much happier. I'm not shilling for the power wagon though, the raptor is a great truck just for different things.

That's dried mud on the frame and sway bar itself. The CV's have surface rust and the back axle and pinon and diff did as well when I got it. I didn't think anything of it

I was thinking of trading my 2014 SVT Raptor in for a 2017. I think I might just wait until stuff like this is figured out. There shouldn't be rust on a truck with 500 miles on it, maybe not properly processed steel? Either way, Ford should figure that stuff out in the next two years, when I will probably trade mine in. Hoping they'll come out with a 5.0L turbo V8 too.

Well my wife's 2017 Tahoe has rust spots already as well. I think the issue if you want to call it that is across the board.

Yeah I agree in that case if two 2017 vehicles from different manufacturers have the same thing. I live in California, so I never really have issues with rust at all. I'll probably just wait either way because the price of 2014s will probably continue to go up anyway.

Chris Mac yup. My brand new Wrangler has rust on it too. But of course I live in New England. Winters here suck with road salt. But I got my frame and everything else bedliner/camoliner whatever you want to call it. Then put a coat of jetseal on. Works like a charm. This is after sanding and painting it black I put all that on.

MrLegacy36 They come with 35” tires. They’re not that small.

you can tuck it. his springs too firm, or its control arm geometry and its just on the bump stop, but that seems pretty weak.

Moto-B Non-adjustable. Even if he got a coil spacer it would hurt flex

Howdy, i was curious what you don't like about em? They definitely get no love, I'm thinking maybe I'm to old to have a sense of style anymore :) I really wanted maybe a bronze or titanium finish and black was a close second. I wanted them to be simple so mud wouldn't get stuck in places and not stick out to hit on rocks. But the hardest thing was to find the stock offset and size. I didn't want to change that. I wasn't crazy about em but it's the only thing I could find. Lastly I wanted lighter. These weigh 7 less pounds a piece. What is ugliest about them? Where did I go wrong?

I don't see anything wrong with those rims. Haters gonna hate.

Justin Cocheran The rims look great

Tim Janda they are

Justin Cocheran okk i thought that you removed only one link and left the other connected to the sway bar... my bad

flame metallic ur mad because he's one of the rare people using a raptor the way it's meant to be used?

flame metallic those are made for that stuff

flame metallic idiot this truck is made for this.

Ricardo Arevalo you should race that raptor, and do a weigh in

Ricardo Arevalo sorry your truck sucks with off-roading and is slower than the raptor also

Nick Henry ummm.... front and rear locking diffs, awesome ground clearance, big engine, and factory winch

Still slow... and depreciated in retail value quick GTFO 😂 with your power wagon

Mario Vicencio idiot are you going to go 80 mph in mud or over rocks, who cares about depreciation, I'm not the idiot who trades my car in every 2 years

Apparently you don't have a clue or do research before posting stupid comments. Read up on the benefits of not having a sway bar connected when off roading.

You're funny. I have owned more offroad rigs with and without swaybar disconnects thank you can dream of. On the Raptor, it BARELY does anything. Not to mention I have one. And you went up the ramp with the front wheels...if you are gonna test the disconnect go up with the back so the front flexes. But you know it all apparently.

Mazzo Fid hey that wasn't me replying to your comment. Looks like we got matching trucks. I've had it off ever since. I think I'm gonna leave it off all the time. I'm probably going to do some different testing also. I had thought of trying the ramp backwards too.

Ya. I mean of course it makes a difference, but on our trucks, not much. They are already so nimble. That guy is a big mouth who apparently had nothing better to do. Keep up the cool videos. Sorry about the confusion. Got his message on my phone.

I've ran an xterra and now a ranger with no sway bars and its awesome. i actually prefer it on road as well because you're usually hitting bumps and holes with one tire and i like having my IFS actually be independent haha. i think they are there to protect the people inside who have a car thats so easy to drive they don't need to pay attention. i am constantly aware that my vehicle has been modified and so i see no safety factor when combined with driving like a professional, not like its a bother holding up whatever I'm doing inside the car. plus they both handled poorly before (compared to cars) anyway so its not like I was racing up paved canyons when they were on. plus it seems like i'm offroad 51% of the time ;-)