New car! 5 cheap mods to change the look of your Raptor - HGT Raptor Ranger Build!

New car day! We brought a raptor Ranger! Why? To be honest the day I drove the Go Explore rig (60XPLR) I fell in love and ordered one. That was 10 months prior. So it has been a long wait to say the least.

In HGT fashion we waste no time in modifying it and get to work changing things on our next gen Raptor Ranger. When it comes to the next gen Raptor Ranger there are 5 things that I hate. So we changed them.

1. The numberplate surround on the front.
2. The silver plastic piece on the lower section of the front bumper.
3. The silver bash plate.
4. The Stainless exhaust tips
5. And by far my biggest hate of all, the cheap tacky RAPTOR stickers on the tub.

And best of all none of this is hard to change or expensive to do.
The numberplate surround. This is just the two screws in your numberplate and then 4 10mm bolts and it pulls straight off. I found this doesn’t interfere with the radar and the surround bolt holes line up with your number plate.

The silver plastic piece on the lower section of the front bumper. Just pull it forward from the bottom, there are also two T25 torx bolts hiding at the top at the back. Then we just painted it in Raptor multi-purpose coating. Two coats.

The silver bash plate – 4 16mm bolts and it slides off. Then we just painted it in Raptor multi-purpose coating. Two coats.

The Stainless exhaust tips – two bolts a side and it just slips off. Then we just painted it in Raptor high temp paint in a flat black. Two coats.

The cheap tacky RAPTOR stickers on the tub. We just applied a little heat and they peal right off.

For the sake of half a day’s work and about $65 I managed to fix all my gripes with the next gen Raptor Ranger and change the look to a bit more stealthy and sleek.