- What's up guys.
I'm Ben Roth from CboysTV
and this is my 2018 Ford Raptor.
(guitar music)
(truck engine)
- [Brian] So if you guys are new to the channel,
or you haven't seen before,
we actually built another truck
for the Cboys.
It was kind of at the end of last summer.
And then when I saw on the video
that Ben picked up this Raptor
I got really excited for him
and I really wanted to be a part of it.
And then literally maybe a couple hours later,
Ben shoots me a text and says "hey, what can we do?"
So I was already talking to
a couple different wheel vendors
trying to figure out
what we're gonna do to build the Raptor.
We kind of got this whole process started.
Now, since last time
they came to our shop I figured,
why wouldn't we go to their shop
and build it.
Now obviously,
it gets a little more difficult
when you don't have a lift and stuff like that
but I was able to convince Ben here
to throw some of the tools in our Concave 350.
Drive it eight hours into Minnesota
and then kinda get this build started.
Now obviously,
being a Raptor,
it comes from factory
being a fairly capable vehicle
and we don't want to really want to
mess with that suspension too much.
And now you guys know us
as being big giant lifted truck guys
and seeing the eight inch lifts
that we've done before.
The 20-6's and the 14 wides
and all that stuff.
But this is a Raptor.
You don't do that to a Raptor.
So we actually opted for
a two and a half inch Ready Lift.
They call it like an access tee
leveling kit.
But it is very similar to the lift kit
in the fact that they give you
full front components and rear components.
On this truck specifically,
because we're kind of going for that
baja and pre-runner style,
we didn't opt to install that rear kit
because it would have given the truck
basically just too much rake.
Unless you're actually towing something with it.
Since primarily this is going to be
a daily driver,
we didn't want to have that rear end
to be so much taller.
So we installed the front strut spacers,
which is why we had to bring
our spring compressor
and take that all apart.
You know, pull apart your stock
strut assembly.
Slap those on there,
and then re-install it.
And actually overall,
for being a kit that we installed
on the ground,
it's a fairly simple process
and definitely something
that if your a guy who doesn't have a lift,
you can still get this done in your own shop.
For the wheels on here,
right away as soon as Ben got a hold of me,
I knew that 15-52 would be a great option
so if you have seen Ken Block's rally cars,
you've probably seen that
he runs 15-52's.
And 15-52 has made car wheels
for quite a while
so their no stranger to the wheel world.
However,
when it comes to trucks,
they actually just recently released
an entire HD lineup.
So that's gonna be their truck lineup.
They've got four different models,
a couple different finishes.
You're gonna see like your typical black.
They've also got a bronze finish
that looks really nice.
And then with the gray paint on here,
and just the metallic
I thought that this black finish
we went with on the traverses
was gonna tie in really nicely
and kind of keep that murdered out look.
So that's what we went with on the traverses.
And it was pretty much a no-brainer
as soon as we saw a couple pictures of these
it was like yep,
those are the wheels we want.
It's very very similar to-
Ken Block actually has a Raptor.
His truck looks pretty similar to this one.
Sorta kinda just used that as inspiration
to build this vehicle.
And that kinda ties right in to
tire selection too.
Obviously, we've worked with Nitto
for a very long time.
They make excellent tires
that actually last quite awhile.
So it made sense to go with the Trail Grapp.
This is the full blown M/T from those guys.
So they've got a whole line up
from all-terrain tires,
to the mud tires,
hybrids and between.
And this is just basically gonna make sure
that Ben doesn't get stuck.
Rounding out of the front of the truck
even though it's not required to use
a bumper to fit this
wheel and tire set-up
because the tires are a 35 at 12 and a half.
And the wheels are zero offset.
So you're not really increasing the size
too much over factory.
You get a little more stance
since, you know it's a zero
versus your stock, you know.
Positive 34 offset is gonna push
those out a little bit.
You obviously got wider tires on there.
But we wanted to really kind of
clean up the front of the truck
and give it a more aggressive stance
and to do that,
Ben opted to go with the ADD bumper
and then slap the 20 inch light bar
in the middle of that as well.
So when it comes to side steps
on a truck,
obviously a lot of Raptor guys
that are leaving those on there.
We actually opted to pull them off
because not only does it give it
a little higher of an appearance,
it just kind of cleans up the side of the truck.
And now that everything's all done
and ready to go,
I think it's time we take this thing out
and thrash it around.
(rock guitar music)
(truck engine)
(heart beating)
(truck engine)
(rock music)
(heat beating)