What did you receive in the mail today for your Ranger?

[JACKSMYDOG]

Yeah but now I have spare parts all part of my master plan I win you lose /thread

Yep, you're the winner.

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[Danager]

Ok, because I believe in complete transparency even if it makes me look like an absolute doofus…….

It appears I too have the offending holes.

Now, I could make a long-winded yet convincing argument in my own defense, citing examples from my 2014 Wrangler….but I’m just gonna roll with the “I’m an idiot” confession and save us all a bunch of time.

On the plus side, now I look like a frikkin’ savant for ordering the solution to a problem before I even knew the problem needed a solution.

Geez I’m brilliant.

On a serious note, I thought the holes were in the vertical pinch plate (?) just below the rocker panel. That’s where they were in the Jeep. I really don’t bend well enough to get a good view of the underside of the rockers. Can I assume that by now we’re all fairly certain these don’t serve as weep holes or something? I believe they do serve as an attachment point for my AMP PowerStep lights, so perhaps they’re intended for board/step lighting upgrades?

Apologies for derailing this thread. Not the first time I’ve steered the train way off the proverbial tracks……and I’m fairly certain it won’t be the last.

Did I mention I’m kinda old and take meds…..so have some patience with me. Thanks.

I found plugs for my…ehem, holes.

 

[Zeroedin]

I found plugs for my…ehem, holes.

I seem to recall seeing your post on this and thinking it was brilliant. I wish I were better at wiring because I’d do this in a heartbeat. I’m sure I could simply tap in to my PowerStep lights and it would be a breeze. Just for kicks, would you mind posting the link for those again?

 

[Danager]

I seem to recall seeing your post on this and thinking it was brilliant. I wish I were better at wiring because I’d do this in a heartbeat. I’m sure I could simply tap in to my PowerStep lights and it would be a breeze. Just for kicks, would you mind posting the link for those again?

Wiring them was easy. Fishing the wires was a little tricky for a couple spots. Just get 3/4” light. Here is a link, if you are in Canada.
https://www.princessauto.com/mini-led-clearance-marker-penny-lights/product/PA1000000494

 

[OFC Ranger]

Yep, you're the winner.

In all seriousness I hope you realize I'm being sarcastic and I'm totally jelly of you.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

In all seriousness I hope you realize I'm being sarcastic and I'm totally jelly of you.

C'mon man, add an emoticon or something! LOL I completely thought you were serious. Jelly? Noooo, I'm disgusted with my self for paying that much for 2 lights.

Sadly, the RTR grille wasn't even close to cost of the other Ranger add-on I bought this week.

 

[Doc]

Lookin in the Mirror ?

 

[Ranger X3]

Wow Matthew, you got off easy - that could have been a lot worse.

As a renovation contractor, I often use my tailgate as a sawhorse for those quick one-off cuts. However, this could have been avoided. Don’t get me wrong - I’m not questioning your skills.

Clearly, you’ve lost so much muscle mass due to the tailgate damper, you can’t keep a power saw from getting away on you.

True dat, I did get off easy, I'll be slowing down when using the tailgate for work from now on. ?

 

[ControlNode]

I need to get caught up in this thread. I’m behind by about a week, but around the point I left off folks were ordering 3/4” plugs to fill the holes along the bottom of the rocker panels/pinch seams.

So of course, I jumped all over the 24-pack on Amazon.

They arrived yesterday.

The punchline here is that my 2021 doesn’t have the offending holes that beg to be plugged.

Lol, you’d think I’d have taken the 12 seconds required to actually check this out before placing the order….but no; I just jumped in and ran with the rest of the herd.

When they say it’s easy to spend money while hangin’ around here, they ain’t lying. I think I may have just set some kind of record.

The really sad thing is that I now have to drill a bunch of 3/4” holes all over my truck to get these to fit. What an absolute PITA.

Bahahaha. Hopefully it’s obvious that I’m kidding.

I mean, drilling would be waaaay too much work. I’m just gonna superglue them into place. ?

Did you look in the right area? I got worried when I saw this. I bought them too, didn't look until just now. I found a bunch of holes on my Oct 2021 built Ranger Supercrew.

I did get my tailgate pad and did a test drive with it today. Works perfect. I have to take it off for the tonneau cover. I plan to put protective 3M tape at the bottom edge of the tail gate where the straps go under it.

 

[ControlNode]

And now, looking at that picture again I now know where to put my MTB related stickers... all over the bottom of the exposed tonneau panel that you see while the bike(s) are in the bed.

 

[puckdodger]

Something from DeeZee...and since I am a real man and don't have a damper I could easily lift the box containing a new rear step to save my old knees when it's time to get up in the box.

 

[AzScorpion]

Something from DeeZee...and since I am a real man and don't have a damper I could easily lift the box containing a new rear step to save my old knees when it's time to get up in the box.

Jim, one of these days your day will come and you'll need a damper. Until then just keep buying DeeZee stuff because I still make money. ?

 

[FoD]

Jim, one of these days your day will come and you'll need a damper. Until then just keep buying DeeZee stuff because I still make money. ?

all in a day's work to the Dampern8or!!??

 

[OrangeStreak]

Latest CR report on Ranger quality (#2 position in mid-size trucks and recommended):

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

This came in the mail today.

I don’t think I’ll use it before it expires, but unlike everything else that arrives, it didn’t cost me anything and it won’t make my wife roll her eyes. ?

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