What did you do to your Ranger today?

[FULLSCALE]

Yesterday I installed the lower grille insert.
Today I did my first oil change - 2700 miles, had to get that factory oil out!

I’m liking that lower insert more and more each time I see it. I’m I’m really jealous of the lack of a front plate!

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[FULLSCALE]

Baseball is back so I thought I better get this on! After seeing this photo I took I see that I have the plate in a little crooked.

 

[apotocki]

I’m liking that lower insert more and more each time I see it. I’m I’m really jealous of the lack of a front plate!

Having no front plate is a MUCH cleaner look! The insert completes the front end imo. I toyed with the idea of getting a Raptor grille but I’m going to table that as I’m happy with what I have.

 

[Scottopia]

Baseball is back so I thought I better get this on! After seeing this photo I took I see that I have the plate in a little crooked.

Swapped my Patriots for the Red Sox today!

Bruins still on the front

 

[samsd]

Hi Folks,

I tried to find the bed 12V plug without success...Where is this thing located????

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retried

It's in the driver's left rear corner, I think it only came with the drop in bed liner.

 

[Dmax]

Landscapers at my job hit my truck in the parking lot on Friday. Luckily, I detail for a living, although I wasn’t very confident this would come out 100%.

Graced by the detail and Ranger gods.. it miraculously did!

I’ll be doing a full paint correction and coating in April. Can’t wait for that extra gloss!

How'd you get that looking so good..there's some paint touch up threads that could use some help..thanks and looks great!

 

[NAndrews33]

How'd you get that looking so good..there's some paint touch up threads that could use some help..thanks and looks great!

Yeah seriously

 

[ch47dmechanic]

It's in the driver's left rear corner, I think it only came with the drop in bed liner.

Seems logical that the harness would still be there even if the package wasn't ordered.

 

[caprtaineddie]

Landscapers at my job hit my truck in the parking lot on Friday. Luckily, I detail for a living, although I wasn’t very confident this would come out 100%.

Graced by the detail and Ranger gods.. it miraculously did!

I’ll be doing a full paint correction and coating in April. Can’t wait for that extra gloss!

Fantastic!

 

[Roaring Gorilla]

Over the last two weeks I have added the following: A key ring trim, a Gator SFX soft tri-fold cover, and black gloss Ranger lettering for the grille and tailgate.

Got a good deal on the Gator SFX and install wasn't very hard. Key ring trim I ordered on eBay from someone who 3D printed it. Lettering I got on Amazon for pretty cheap - I hope it holds it up well.

 

[treimche]

Finished up the Fox 2.0 lift/level, got an alignment done, installed my aftermarket wheels/tires and mud flaps. Pics to come tomorrow.

 

[Stanced]

How'd you get that looking so good..there's some paint touch up threads that could use some help..thanks and looks great!

I had to wet sand this scratch out.

1500—> 2000—> 2500—> 3000—> 5000. You can usually get away with less grits but I didn’t want to cut any corners.

Followed up with machine polishing using Meguiar’s M100 Compound & Meguiar’s Microfiber Cutting Disc. Then polished out with Sonax Perfect Finish & Rupes Yellow Polishing Pad.

 

[Dmax]

I had to wet sand this scratch out.

1500—> 2000—> 2500—> 3000—> 5000. You can usually get away with less grits but I didn’t want to cut any corners.

Followed up with machine polishing using Meguiar’s M100 Compound & Meguiar’s Microfiber Cutting Disc. Then polished out with Sonax Perfect Finish & Rupes Yellow Polishing Pad.

So you smoothed it out little by little, then compounded and polished it up. I wonder how much sanding you did? I would be worried about making a decent sized mark ultimately..guess not? Sand against the grain to smooth out the scratch and polish...

 

[Stanced]

So you smoothed it out little by little, then compounded and polished it up. I wonder how much sanding you did? I would be worried about making a decent sized mark ultimately..guess not? Sand against the grain to smooth out the scratch and polish...

I did quite a bit of sanding and removed a decent amount of clear. If you catch the right light at an angle, you can see a very slight indentation from sanding. I could of leveled a bigger area to reduce that, but I really wanted to preserve as much clear as possible. It’s very unnoticeable and I’m pleased with the outcome, the scratch is gone 100%.

Keeping her out of the body shop is a win in my book

 

[Toytec]

You can tell we're in a strong economy when we're up to 104 pages already of spend spend spend lol

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