What did you do to your Ranger today?

[Venom_z89]

well I did a little oops lmao. fuck I'll trouble shoot tomorrow but if anyone has any pointers on where I should look first would be of some help. short story long I caught some major air and set of the dash like a afghan jingle truck or Christmas tree lmao. advance trak is saying there's a fault, hill assist fault, pre collision fault, terrain management fault. I'm almost willing to bet it has to do with front half shafts maybe one popped out slightly but what I don't understand is why would it set off other error codes. maybe i do need to do the differential drop sooner than later. o and I have an abs light on too which may be from over stretching rear.

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[Azhang253]

well I did a little oops lmao. fuck I'll trouble shoot tomorrow but if anyone has any pointers on where I should look first would be of some help. short story long I caught some major air and set of the dash like a afghan jingle truck or Christmas tree lmao. advance trak is saying there's a fault, hill assist fault, pre collision fault, terrain management fault. I'm almost willing to bet it has to do with front half shafts maybe one popped out slightly but what I don't understand is why would it set off other error codes. maybe i do need to do the differential drop sooner than later. o and I have an abs light on too which may be from over stretching rear.

My guess is that you have an issue with one of the wheel speed sensors. All those faulted systems rely on input from your wheel speed sensors. Check and see if you’ve still got 4x4 or if it defaults to 2wd. I think the bronco will do that if it loses a wheel speed sensor (not 100% sure about that.)

 

[Venom_z89]

My guess is that you have an issue with one of the wheel speed sensors. All those faulted systems rely on input from your wheel speed sensors. Check and see if you’ve still got 4x4 or if it defaults to 2wd. I think the bronco will do that if it loses a wheel speed sensor (not 100% sure about that.)

I'm stuck on 2wd no 4wd. my guess is that too or popping am axle out. I'm going to check fuses too. visibly I don't see any wires pinched nor stretched but I did accidentally catch some air with it ?. thank you for input

 

[Chris M]

What do you think about bug deflectors, do they actually work?

Mine does...to an extent.
Bugs are always gonna get through.
Just like the highway rocks do.
Dagnabbit.

 

[Venom_z89]

so I checked real quick with a meter and all my fuses are good both under dash and under hood. although I had a weird reading on fuse 32 under dash it was negative ohms for a moment and fuse 33 had a high ohms as well when I went to re check and replace they were reading fine go figure

 

[Azhang253]

I'm stuck on 2wd no 4wd. my guess is that too or popping am axle out. I'm going to check fuses too. visibly I don't see any wires pinched nor stretched but I did accidentally catch some air with it ?. thank you for input

Good luck! This guy has similar issues due to abs sensor:

 

[Venom_z89]

Good luck! This guy has similar issues due to abs sensor:

nice I will look at that tomorrow morning. I may have pinched the lines on either driver or passenger when I caught some gnarly air or I could have over extended the rear ones but I would have expected the brake lines to go with. Again thank you so much.

 

[RunBeerFish]

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I finally got around to installing my front bumper lights (Nilight) and wired them into the upfitter switches. I ordered the darn things when I bought the truck. They fit really nicely with the ACC sensor. FYI, there was no need to drop the skid plate for the install. All I need now is to install a wedge washer behind the lights to give me a little more angle and add some adjustability.The brackets that came with the lights don't have enough slot to give the right angle. My son said lift the front end an inch to help with the lights angle. Smart kid. so installed some backup/camp lights (Nilight) also wired to the upfitter switches. It looks like the monsoons are over, so tomorrow I'll wash it....

 

[John_Kriner]

Nice idea! I like that. Any chance you could snap a picture a few feet away or of the whole bed? I'd like to see the overall look. I know, they're only $6 and I could get one and try it out but I don't have a HF close to me.

 

[John_Kriner]

Nice idea! I like that. Any chance you could snap a picture a few feet away or of the whole bed? I'd like to see the overall look. I know, they're only $6 and I could get one and try it out but I don't have a HF close to me.

 

[Rob09]

Plasti Dipped emblem’s

I don't think I have never seen plastidip done well.

You sir, are an artist. Don't know if it's the colour, or what, but looks amazing.

 

[Fx4ranger2019Larait]

I don't think I have never seen plastidip done well.

You sir, are an artist. Don't know if it's the colour, or what, but looks amazing.

Thank you I used to paint cars at a dealership right after high school. I just did a couple of flash coats before I applied final two coats. A flash coat is just a light coat then let it dry. (for those who don’t know) Here’s the video I watched. I just removed the emblems first Instead of painting them on vehicle.

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Picked up Ranger from Classic Soft Trim yesterday. Happy with the moonroof install overall, but disappointed that a number of 'features' were left out, compared to previous installations. Keep in mind this is a Signature/ASC product and not a Webasto product.

First Signature/ASC Ranger installation in my local area, perhaps nationwide, according to the local shop. No dedicated installation 'kit' for 5g Ranger.

My previous S197 Mustang and Mercury Marauder (panther body) had Signature/ASC moonroofs installed by the same shop.

Both had: Auto Close when wipers turned on and Auto Close when vehicle turned off. Current setup on 5g Ranger has neither. Ranger does have Auto Close when the driver's door is opened. Auto Close can be stopped by depressing any button on the control unit.

Signature/ASC inbuilt (slides into the roof) Moonroof, 840 model. $1,699 plus sales tax installed.

Control unit illuminates 'red' after dark, same as previous units.

Very nice!

 

[philanderer]

removed the front air dam. screw the potential drop in mpg, the truck just looks better with it off. i like being able to see more of the tread on the tires. thanks to the op of this writeup. not sure i would have been able to figure out how to get the 3 middle bolts out without it.
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/front-air-dam-removed.7562/

and put on the go rhino exhaust tip. originally was going to put some kind of turndown underneath (had the mbrp turndown catback on my raptor) but this looks so good i will go with it for awhile. and i think it gave me a 3-4 hp increase.

 

[subquark]

Got a little tooclose to some stuff backing into the garage.

The paint code is on the sticker in the door and you can get Ford paint pens for under $20.

https://www.amazon.com/Ford-PMPC-19500-7289A-Touch-Up-Paint/dp/B00XQ0FNEY/ref=asc_df_B00XQ0FNEY/

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