What did you do to your Ranger today?

[AzScorpion]

Hmmmm. I'll have a small microfibre towel on hand too.

I take it the soapy water evaporates and the sticky stuff sticks again?

Yes it just evaporates and will stick fine. Just like when they do window tinting they use soapy water to slide the tint around for good placement. After they set up for a few minutes I use the q-tip and dab them to soak up any excess water. Just be careful not to push to hard and move them.

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[onobeka]

The dash ones are the hardest because they're so small. When you wet them (especially the E) they fold like a wet noodle. lol I used a lot of soapy water (Dawn dish soap) in a spray bottle then had a q-tip and a really small jewelers screw driver which I used to move them around.

Do you (not necessary you Dave) like the embossed letters on the dash? Mine is “flat”, no letters. Maybe one cool
mod for you guys would be to putty them, sand carefully and paint the trim. That would be exclusive on the USDM. The Wildtrak has an el cheapo decal over it. That is the worst imho.

Another nice imho mod is to have “cat-vision” leds in the front ceiling lamp. Mine had two grill plugs, no leds, so I wired two amber leds, dimmed them to 10mA. They produce a small amount of light in the cabin at night.

I could post a pic if you want.

 

[AzScorpion]

Do you (not necessary you Dave) like the embossed letters on the dash? Mine is “flat”, no letters. Maybe one cool
mod for you guys would be to putty them, sand carefully and paint the trim. That would be exclusive on the USDM. The Wildtrak has an el cheapo decal over it. That is the worst imho.

Another nice imho mod is to have “cat-vision” leds in the front ceiling lamp. Mine had two grill plugs, no leds, so I wired two amber leds, dimmed them to 10mA. They produce a small amount of light in the cabin at night.

I could post a pic if you want.

Personally Like them embossed and I think it gives it a nice touch adding some color to them. You'll have to show us yours, I don't think I've ever seen the Wildtrak dash. It's always nice to see what the ROTW Rangers look like compared to ours. I agree putting a sticker there does seem kind of cheap.

 

[onobeka]

Personally Like them embossed and I think it gives it a nice touch adding some color to them. You'll have to show us yours, I don't think I've ever seen the Wildtrak dash. It's always nice to see what the ROTW Rangers look like compared to ours. I agree putting a sticker there does seem kind of cheap.

Mine is a limited, clean, no stickers.

And here’s the “cat-vision” … images accentuate the feeling due to night mode on the phone camera. I took one with the flash, in reality it’s very dimmed, no intrusion on a dark run.

 

[Glocker]

I installed my new GMRS antenna! This may sound stupid, but I wanted an antenna that matched the style of the Aussie UHF antennas. That seems pretty much impossible here in the USA, so I was running a little stubby antenna...

...until the fine folks that wash my truck knocked it off! I found a small business in Colorado that makes the style antenna I was looking for, and ordered in back in mid-September, and it finally got in yesterday! I went ahead and, braving the rain, uninstalled my old shorty antenna, moved my CB antenna over to the driver side of my bull bar, and mounted the new antenna on the driver side. The rain started picking up, so I will have to wait until next week to run the wire and get it all plugged in.

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[AzScorpion]

Mine is a limited, clean, no stickers.

That looks good too, a nice clean look! Sometimes they can overdue it with the badging and you look like a rolling billboard. ?

 

[Grumpaw]

I installed my new GMRS antenna! This may sound stupid, but I wanted an antenna that matched the style of the Aussie UHF antennas. That seems pretty much impossible here in the USA, so I was running a little stubby antenna...

...until the fine folks that wash my truck knocked it off! I found a small business in Colorado that makes the style antenna I was looking for, and ordered in back in mid-September, and it finally got in yesterday! I went ahead and, braving the rain, uninstalled my old shorty antenna, moved my CB antenna over to the driver side of my bull bar, and mounted the new antenna on the driver side. The rain started picking up, so I will have to wait until next week to run the wire and get it all plugged in.

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Yes ! You should now be able to pick up transmissions from aliens circling Pluto !

 

[onobeka]

That looks good too, a nice clean look! Sometimes they can overdue it with the badging and you look like a rolling billboard. ?

I was just trying to give an idea to other diyers of my brotherhood, since I saw many of you are painting the trim. I cannot do the embossed letters, but maybe you can get the clean look with a bit of skill, sanding clean such a difficult surface is not easy … it takes some balls. Just an idea, food for thought.

 

[Bob902]

Nothing. I waxed the wife's car...........

 

[Yinzcity]

Finally completed the FX-Ectomy on the rear of my '19 Lariat. Got a pair of Eibach shocks from stage3 during their black Friday sale. Install was easy, 2 bolts per side and the old ones are out. I didn't even bother to jack up anything, just replaced the shocks as the truck sat in the drive. New ones went in easy, I did use the ratchet strap trick to compress them for install.
Truck feels better, not as much violent rocking back and forth if you roll over something at low speed.

 

[Glocker]

Finally completed the FX-Ectomy on the rear of my '19 Lariat. Got a pair of Eibach shocks from stage3 during their black Friday sale. Install was easy, 2 bolts per side and the old ones are out. I didn't even bother to jack up anything, just replaced the shocks as the truck sat in the drive. New ones went in easy, I did use the ratchet strap trick to compress them for install.
Truck feels better, not as much violent rocking back and forth if you roll over something at low speed.

I've done some cool (to me) stuff to my Ranger, but this was probably the best modification of everything!

 

[STL_Steve]

Bought a Swing Out storage bin on sale on Black Friday. Installed this afternoon. If your truck has a Ford spray-in bedliner, you will need to clean out the three (3) 6mm holes by the tailgate, as well as the larger holes for the center and aft tie-downs. After a quick trip to Home Depot for a 6mm tap, I was able to get the install completed. I think it has plenty of room for a first aid kit, bungees, and other small items.

 

[Stevescootz]

FYI. putting the E on is a bear! But they look good when finished. I went with the black letters and it looks like it came that way from the factory.

Can confirm. The E sucked the most!

 

[HarryManback]

Nothing major but was annoyed with accidentally switching into 4WD when reaching below to grab items.

link to the items:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/966295...uery=Ford&ref=shop_items_search_1&frs=1&crt=1

I pulled out of my driveway this morning and was confused on why I was binding up as I turned out of it. My 4wd was on, and I don't ever remember bumping the knob. It's happened more than once. Another xmas present for myself I suppose...

 

[Stronglight]

I made a cargo mat for the rear of my supercab from an exercise mat. Did a seat delete with factory parts some time ago but didn't like putting toolboxes and things directly on the lids of the storage bins, plus things slid around a lot. Mat was under $40 at amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BLBQZ93/ . The mat cut pretty easily with scissors. Attached in four places with some high grip velcro.

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