Recent content by rechinca

I guess I feel blessed. My avereage over the first three weeks of ownership and 1500 miles already I have kept about a 17.5 on the freeway and 15 in town. The biggest drain on your mileage is the turbo and monitor your boost/vacuum gauge. Keep it out of PSI and in Vacuum and your numbers will...

Great info as I have one being delivered today or tomorrow. In the 23 Wildtrak I initially owned, I had picked up a used Slipstream for $1k and was happy with that cost. I was NOT going to pay the current price for it. I loved it and hated it. One, the fit and finish was fantastic and as my...

No I and I didn’t ask. But I will make sure to in the morning and let you know.

Glad you had made the post on this. I just traded off my 23 Wildtrak last Monday for a 24 Raptor. I was going to keep my Slipstream from Diabolical, but it barely stayed open with the regular setup and leaning against the speaker pods. Now with that extra crossbrace on the rear of the rollbar...

Well there is an update. Last info was last week where they said it was held up in QC. Not surprised as it is a very early build Stroppe. Secondary update: after taking a trip this last weekend with wife and one adult kid, I was second guessing the 2 door. Did some soul searching and the...

Thanks for the info! The last new vehicle I ordered was a 2004 Excursion Limited. Trying to filter out what everything means.

A little update, even though scheduled for build starting week of Feb 24th, I saw on the 18th it was now “In Production”. Have to reach out to my dealership as I am not getting any updates from them or Ford directly.

That wouldn’t be the worst! I’m a little concerned about parts availability being listed in some reports as very low or exhausted, but trying to sleuth info on Stropppe editions has been a little interesting.

And scratch the previous post, I went through and tracked it with the VIN/Order number. Build date scheduled for 2/24/25!

Dragging it back up to the top, I will have to amend a post on another thread too, but my dealer emailed me the VIN for my 25 Stroppe edition today. After some sleuthing, I got to the tracking page and looks like I am scheduled for 2/24/25 for week of production. Interested to see how close...

Dragging up old stuff I know, but I ordered the 25 Stroppe edition on October 16th. Got my VIN today from the dealership but nothing further. From what I am seeing, probably be late March to early April for the build at the soonest as I think they have already scheduled out through March 24th.

I have my set but have not been able to install, however these are excellent and look to be high quality!

Had to take one of those investigations when a guys 68 Roadrunner fell off the jackstand and drum crushed his skull. Family don’t find him until 4-5 hours later.

Very little. A couple things I’m doing to remedy it: 1) I bought the new latch kit to replace four of the hitch/wire pins. These will clamp it down. 2) I can’t find the thread but someone here and the Jeep forums sized down the pins to 1/4” from 3/8” and then used heat shrink tubing.

Picked up an early production Diabolical Slipstream. I carry a lot of stuff for work and needed an enclosure for the rear. Found a used Slipstream so picked it up for half price. I needed the front to fold down and really liked the setup. Not enough to pay the full price certainly, but at...