What did you do to your Ranger today?

[gkostolny]

Very nice. Those are the exact lights I installed. ?

Great minds think alike. I did the same to my Ranger yesterday. Installed a Wolf Haus v5 to get the bed power and the lighting pigtail. And used this Amazon kit for the lights: Amazon.com: Nilight - TR-05 2PCS 60 Inch 180 LEDs Bed Strip Kit with Waterproof on/Off Switch Blade Fuse 2-Way Splitter Extension Cable for Cargo, Pickup Truck, SUV, RV, Boat , 2 Years Warranty : Automotive

Also installed a BedRug Impact mat from Stage3. Still need to get the middle tie downs. That $75+ for four bolts and two metal hoops hurts though. But I know if I buy the little lifting eyes that a lot of people have used it will drive me nuts that they're different.

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[Dahveed]

Very nice. Those are the exact lights I installed. ?

Nice. The install was pretty smooth. I trimmed the light strips a bit and then used some gel super glue to stick the little rubber caps back in. Hopefully got a good seal. Used dielectric grease on all the connections and shrink wrapped them since they're under the truck.

I was pretty impressed with how well the strips adhered. Some of the Amazon reviews were less than glowing. But they got stuck to the smooth, clean metal on my tonneau cover rails.

I tried disabling the timeout on my power points yesterday but it I think the BMS was kicking in. Lately my truck always says "Veh. Charging" on the auto start/stop info in the cluster. They worked as long as they key was on, but as soon as I pulled the key and shut the door, they turned off immediately. I recently changed the BMS target to 90%, up from 75%. I wonder if doing that makes things kick off sooner if it hasn't reached that 90% SoC. Or my truck's battery is getting weak.

 

[21VBRanger]

great choice on the new rubber! show us some pics

Here you go

 

[bfastr]

Bed lights! Tapped into my Wolf Haus plug wiring and then disabled the PowerPoint timeout so I can use the lights or 12V accessories any time.

well now... dang it. I sure like the continuous strip better than the 8 modules I used. would have been less hassle. the on off looks like same brand I used , AND , I used the same hole for my switch ! mine put out enuf light, just like the single strips. I am too OCD.

here is mine without the bed cover on


OK,, just found the lights in the post above.. ya'll know I am going to re-do mine now right?? dang you people..

 

[gkostolny]

Rather than trim, I tucked the long ends down into the triangular holes at the front end of the bed. I may go back and trim them in the future but by the end of my install I was working in the dark and my wife was yelling at me to come have dinner.

Good luck with the battery thing, that sounds frustrating for sure.

Nice. The install was pretty smooth. I trimmed the light strips a bit and then used some gel super glue to stick the little rubber caps back in. Hopefully got a good seal. Used dielectric grease on all the connections and shrink wrapped them since they're under the truck.

I was pretty impressed with how well the strips adhered. Some of the Amazon reviews were less than glowing. But they got stuck to the smooth, clean metal on my tonneau cover rails.

I tried disabling the timeout on my power points yesterday but it I think the BMS was kicking in. Lately my truck always says "Veh. Charging" on the auto start/stop info in the cluster. They worked as long as they key was on, but as soon as I pulled the key and shut the door, they turned off immediately. I recently changed the BMS target to 90%, up from 75%. I wonder if doing that makes things kick off sooner if it hasn't reached that 90% SoC. Or my truck's battery is getting weak.

 

[Danager]

Finally got the damper in and installed, but something is happening??

I see you get the 50 pack. Looks empty. Time to stock up.

 

[Dahveed]

I see you get the 50 pack. Looks empty. Time to stock up.

Haha. I like how everyone's got jokes about the tailgate damper. As if lifting our light-ass, aluminum tailgate is going to build any muscles.

Go Team Damper!

 

[MADPolo]

Installed the Mishimoto CAI, Turbosmart BOV and aFe Apollo gt exhaust.

 

[Markubis]

I scrubbed wax stains off with a toothbrush. The things you find yourself doing...

There's a 12 step program for that....

 

[1pt21gw]

Great minds think alike. I did the same to my Ranger yesterday. Installed a Wolf Haus v5 to get the bed power and the lighting pigtail. And used this Amazon kit for the lights: Amazon.com: Nilight - TR-05 2PCS 60 Inch 180 LEDs Bed Strip Kit with Waterproof on/Off Switch Blade Fuse 2-Way Splitter Extension Cable for Cargo, Pickup Truck, SUV, RV, Boat , 2 Years Warranty : Automotive

Also installed a BedRug Impact mat from Stage3. Still need to get the middle tie downs. That $75+ for four bolts and two metal hoops hurts though. But I know if I buy the little lifting eyes that a lot of people have used it will drive me nuts that they're different.

May ask what the apparatus is in the front of your bed that looks like it is on tracks? Is it part of your tonneau cover?

 

[Danager]

Haha. I like how everyone's got jokes about the tailgate damper. As if lifting our light-ass, aluminum tailgate is going to build any muscles.

Go Team Damper!

I’m not talking about the damper. I’ve got one too. I’m not talking about the Yeti either.

 

[Dahveed]

May ask what the apparatus is in the front of your bed that looks like it is on tracks? Is it part of your tonneau cover?

I have a Fas-Top topper/tonneau package. It’s the folded down soft top.

https://www.fas-top.com/

 

[Dahveed]

I’m not talking about the damper. I’ve got one too. I’m not talking about the Yeti either.

Haha, sorry. I meant to quote Strobes and evidently wasn’t paying enough attention to which reply button I clicked.

 

[JesseS]

OK, installed the Shrockworks sliders that came in yesterday, pretty straight forward with only the right front bottom needing a hole drilled, the rest lined up fine. Took me a few minutes to figure right vs left as they look almost the same and not marked that I could see. Heavy suckers, 67lbs each, and rock solid (see what I did there ).

 

[halligan1201]

Added to my lights package with a Diode Dynamics Stage Series dual
light bars in orange. With my Baja Designs ditch lights I am done with lights on the front. All lights are wired to aux switches (Tremor) so I still have my bright white fogs and now have orange fogs I can enable in bad weather.

How do you like the Stage Series light bars? I keep going back and forth on the 18" amber bar in the low opening, a 30" installed just above the bumper, or some more traditional ones mounted somehow. I'm keeping the factory LED fogs for now but want to add some amber because I'm in fog and snow on country roads frequently. How well do the stage bars project down the road? Diode Dynamics doesn't have lux info available so it's hard to gauge if the 18" will be adequate, if the 30" would be better, or if I should be looking at something different altogether.

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