What do you regret buying for your Ranger?

[Big Blue]

OMG... this tail gate damper discussion is a disease. It's slowing spreading throughout all the threads.

It's becoming a "Pandampic"!

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[ParkerAzJeff]

OMG... this tail gate damper discussion is a disease. It's slowing spreading throughout all the threads.

I couldn't agree more. I wish the threads would stay on topic. By the way, no regrets on my purchases.

 

[wanted33]

You underestimate the power of The Dave!

"The Dave" is wise, "The Dave" is good.......... he gets 4 of Tracy's dancing turkey's, but deserves many more. I bow to the master.

 

[wanted33]

This fellow just purchased and installed his damper.

Highly approved.

Now you tell me Dennis. If I would have known that the damper would make girls flock to me like that I'd have bought two.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

That was Terry @FoD.... Standing back watching his tailgate fall for the first time with his new damper. ?

Tailgate dropping along with the inhibitions of all those females...

 

[FoD]

I couldn't agree more. I wish the threads would stay on topic. By the way, no regrets on my purchases.

 

[DHH]

2) The bedliner just makes it too hard to get at the tie-down hooks; especially when loaded. If Ford had put the hooks up higher, it wouldn't be an issue, because I've had liners before and never saw this as a problem...

I realize you already resolved (2-bedliner) but for anyone who hasn't, I felt the same way about the drop-in liner on my prior Ranger until I started using a workaround that eliminated the problem for me.

My sister had a Ranger, too, but she'd spent a summer in her 20's as a stagehand for some travelling show. She taught me the trick of clipping a big carabiner or locking carabiner (looks like a link of chain with a nut in the middle, covering a gap) to each tie-down. They extend the tie-down so it pokes out the access hole. When you want to use the hole covers, the carabiners tuck inside the liner, out of sight.

It would be really good if extended tie-downs were available that would just reach the access holes yet still allow the plugs to fit. Wouldn't be hard to make, especially for light duty use milled from aluminum.

Good idea, but this still wouldn't have solved my problem. When loaded with junk, such as construction material, it's too hard (and often impossible) to move stuff out of the way to reach to the bottom of the box. Also, the low tie downs suck if the a cover pops off and your loaded with gravel.

Also need to add to my regrets about buying the Ford weather mats. Don't like that it doesn't go under the gas pedal and over the door sill.

Damn! I have a lot of regrets..

 

[Texasota]

It's becoming a "Pandampic"!

I never knew feuding could be so much fun!

 

[Texasota]

Wait until Al @Texasota finally gets his. It will be Biblical!

The wait for me to join the dark side will make the last biblical event seem like yesterday. Never surrender!

 

[Canadian Ranger]

May I comment on something I hope I don't regret buying for my Ranger? I'm concerned the Thule bed rack that Ford offers with the Ranger won't be robust enough to handle the dynamic weight of the Ford offered rooftop tent. The wind forces applied onto to those tents going down the road must far outweigh the racks capibility. A 100lb tent suddenly weighs 300lbs on the highway. Not to mention the side to side forces while offroad.

 

[FoD]

I couldn't agree more. I wish the threads would stay on topic. By the way, no regrets on my purchases.

To wit an obscure quote attributed to Abner Doubleday, "Don't take the world serious".

 

[ParkerAzJeff]

To wit an obscure quote attributed to Abner Doubledsy, "Don't take the world serious".

I get it that you and others are having fun with it. I'll admit I found it funny for awhile, but I'm confident that others feel the same as me & wish we could give the damper a rest. Please understand there is no disrespect intended by comments.

 

[FoD]

I get it that you and others are having fun with it. I'll admit I found it funny for awhile, but I'm confident that others feel the same as me & wish we could give the damper a rest. Please understand there is no disrespect intended by comments.

None taken, observations are just observations.

 

[Msfitoy]

Has anyone here actually regretted installing a damper? Don't knock it till you try it...?

 

[Gizmokid2005]

Has anyone here actually regretted installing a damper? Don't knock it till you try it...?

I don't. Still one of my top mods, honestly.

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