What did you do to your Ranger today?

[DT444T]

Line-X!

Before:

After:

SIX TIE DOWN MASTER RACE!

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[Cape Cruiser]

After reading about all of the different shocks & leveling kits that everyone has been installing, I decided to purchase the Eibach shocks from Stage 3 Motor Sports for the rears only for my 2019 Lariat 2 X 2. The resulting ride is so much smoother & no more extra bouncing, much like many others have said. Even the wife commented on the difference.

i also notice a 2 inch drop in height as measured from the bottom of the Weathertech Bump Stop i have installed in the receiver. (Before 21 3/4" After 19 3/4")

I believe my DAMPER will now last much longer because of the smoother ride!!!

One more thing I did was take some Silver touch up paint i still had from my 2015 Explorer & paint a horizontal line between the + ------ - for the Temperature selector switch on both sides of the control panel for the A/C. It was horrible to try to find that, especially while wearing sunglasses.

John, my Eibachs on the rear raised it 1/4 inch. Something doesn't sound right here.

 

[peterson1604]

I ordered her a Ford Performance Fox 2.0 suspension kit from Levittown Motors today. She's pretty excited about it. ?

 

[Jbroke]

John, my Eibachs on the rear raised it 1/4 inch. Something doesn't sound right here.

Mine stayed relatively the same I think I had a slight increase after settling

 

[JACER]

As I said, I measured before. Granted it hadn't been driven. Then installed, & drove it, pulled into driveway, & measured again. Same tape measure.

 

[TBR17]

Line-X!

Before:

After:

SIX TIE DOWN MASTER RACE!

Looks good!

 

[Big Blue]

i also notice a 2 inch drop in height as measured from the bottom of the Weathertech Bump Stop i have installed in the receiver. (Before 21 3/4" After 19 3/4")

No way just changing shocks is going to lower the truck 2". Not unless they are too short.

Got to be off on the before measurement. 21-3/4" Sounds awful high anyway.

 

[JACER]

No way just changing shocks is going to lower the truck 2". Not unless they are too short.

Got to be off on the before measurement. 21-3/4" Sounds awful high anyway.

As I said, this measurement was not at the wheel well. It was back at the hitch.

 

[tentspast]

Finally have something worthy of posting, although I technically did this past Saturday.... Also sorry for the dirt. It was proper winter in Germany until Monday and salt was EVERYWHERE!

I got hold of some Eibach 30mm spacer plates for a very good price and installed those. Big fan of the fitment. Not too extreme but the wheels finally fill the space and the truck doesn't look like a dude who skips leg day anymore.
So far I can't really feel they're there.. But I know they are and I love walking up to my Ranger in a parking lot even more!

The other thing I did was build a little wire harness with some LED lights. It's a complete pain in the ass to properly (and according with laws) mount extra LEDs here in Germany and I'm a little afraid of permanently putting in extra wires for something I won't use too often.
So what I did, I grabbed two cheapo LED lights, some strong magnets with some rubber underneath and some wire and soldered myself some "snap-on" LED lights.
I honestly like how it works, even though my soldering is absolute shit.
The magnets are easily strong enough to sustain some 30-50km/h offroad driving AND I can put them wherever I need them (front/side/rear/underneath if I feel like it). If I dont use them I just put them away. No trouble with German laws is also a nice plus.

My love for this truck just keeps growing. It was an absolute blast in the snow, although rear wheel drive is pretty much unusable. No surprise there though..

Stay safe and healthy, everyone!

Hey Ulrich, did you notice any difference to the ride quality with the spacers installed?

 

[Cape Cruiser]

There are a lot of people on here that would love to drop the rear 2 inches with only spending $180 bucks for shocks. 95% of the people on here that put rear Eibach's on would be pissed if it dropped 2 inches ! Do you have 4x2 or 4x4 as I can measure the rear wheel well height as I have both. Bret

 

[Big Blue]

As I said, this measurement was not at the wheel well. It was back at the hitch.

Understood, at the wheel well it better be over 30". Still sounds high even for a factory hitch.

Shocks will not lower a truck unless something is wrong. Most others are seeing a slight gain.

Many of us would love an easy way to lower the back 2", but this ain't it.

 

[Stevie Gee]

Getting routine service (6,700 miles in 18 months?).
...while I wait...these are new 2021s..Shadow Black, Cactus Gray (it does not look green!), and Carbonized Gray).
I want another Mustang GT?!

 

[Dhass68]

As I said, this measurement was not at the wheel well. It was back at the hitch.

If the back of your truck dropped 2 inches by just installing shocks, they are way too short and you will feel this as soon as your drive it

 

[JACER]

All I'm gonna
is: I measured before, and measured after. These are the shocks from Stage 3 Eibacks. I changed nothing else. Measured twice.

 

[FoD]

Got the tires rotated (first 6k) and alignment as yesterday's "do" was putting the Eibach Sports Performance strut cartridges in. Here's the spec sheet from the alignment shop:

Don't think their computer had Nuk Nuk's in the listing for tires

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