Rear Ride height a Design defect caught tooo late?

[D Fresh]

First, I want to meet your accountant. Sell the Ranger for financial reasons, then 6 months later you're into a new Frontier?? That's some fancy number crunching. Maybe I need some of that magic.
Second, I am 6'1". I have no issues reaching into my bed. I can pick up pine needles one by one if I have to. And I couldn't do that with my last F150...so please enlighten me with the credibility of your statement above. You're grasping at straws.

This.

I'm just milkman with no accountant and it still smells fishy

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[NotBudule]

Some real comparisons with the Frontier would be nice , this is the first year they actually look pretty good , and would have been my second choice (wifey is on second Murano , they have been great) A guy I work with hit a deer with his Ranger and they gave him a Frontier for 2 weeks , he claimes the Ranger is FAR superior but he's somewhat of a fan boy and less than credible... my bed height seems fine and never really noticed ...

 

[AdamHarris]

Such a Whiney a#? Thread. Just trying to justify a frontier purchase. So sold Ranger for “financial reasons” then all the sudden able to buy another 45k truck. Take this dumb shit somewhere else.

 

[WV_Ranger]

Or.... any other Truck in existence, including the F150?

? f150 is even worse, that's what my last truck was. I agree the high bed sides make it hard to reach small things in the bed at times. Hope your new truck works out good for you.

 

[SigOris]

Is the dancing banana back with a new profile?

 

[NotBudule]

Is the dancing banana back with a new profile?

damn , maybe , that crafty bastard !

Got him!

 

[LostMy65]

I don't have any evidence, but I don't think it's a design flaw. It will be interesting to see how the 6g sits compared.

 

[TheHyper1]

I definitely like the higher sides. With my hard cover on, I have tons of room to put some big things in and keep them dry.

 

[Blmpkn]

Subaru putting screened oil pickups for their turbos on older LGT's OBXT's and FXT's.. leading them to getting clogged and blowing the turbo is a design flaw.



You..... sound like you just need longer legs or arms or something.

Did a Japan man blow off your shins in dubya dubya two by chance?

 

[SigOris]

? f150 is even worse, that's what my last truck was. I agree the high bed sides make it hard to reach small things in the bed at times. Hope your new truck works out good for you.

Oh, yeah, you’ve never owned an F950 Supa Dupa Duty ???

 

[KJRR]

So, in interest of full disclosure, I've sold my Ranger 6 mos ago for financial reasons, not because of this, though the rear bed height was a real PITA when loading and tying down..

See kids, this is what happens when you do drugs. Just say no to drugs and trading your Ford Ranger.?

 

[XRANGER2019]

So, in interest of full disclosure, I've sold my Ranger 6 mos ago for financial reasons, not because of this, though the rear bed height was a real PITA when loading and tying down.

After looking at the rear suspension design, while trying yo figure out a way to lower the rear suspension, I've come to suspect that the high rear ride height was a design flaw caught too late to correct. My reasoning follows from the fact that you can't really get any lowering height in any reasonable way. The frame points are too high, and the Truck is already slammed at the rear, but the rear is still too high. Ford even lowers the rear of the Truck on the "Build it" 'Net site to a normal level, like every other small truck on the market. Like the Tacoma i sold to buy it, and like the Nissan frontier i just picked up today, I can actual put both arms (I'm 6' with longish arms) in to the Bed from the side rear to tie something down. I could not without a uncomfortable strain with the Ranger. couldn't imagine trying if i was , say 5'8? So, looking at the fact that- -

1. It can't be corrected with the current Frame design

2. It's a flaw IMHO, wayyy too high. No reason for it

3. Even ford tries to hide the issue while selling the Truck

I believe that it was a design flaw that was caught too late to fix without a major rear frame redesigned, so Ford just put it into production.

And yes the Frontier is Awesome, but so was the Ranger, except for this major PITA flaw.

What to you think, agree or disagree and why?

I'TS not a flaw if you want a lower truck by one that is. Ford doesn't offer that a 4wheel drive needs ground clearance if anything they lowered the front to much for fuel mileage

 

[GTGallop]

Rear Ride height a Design defect caught tooo late?

No.
If they engineered it just like the Toyota and Nissan, then it would be just another Toyota and Nissan. The G5 Rangers are BIGGER in every dimension than the 80's and 90's F-150. But trucks have changed and the Ranger was marketed for people who like the bigger trucks but were leaving Ford for Nissan and Toyota. So if you don't want a gargantuan F-150, you can have a Ranger. Better MPG, and easier to park - but everybit as capable for the weekend warrior who needs an occasional truck not a full duty service truck.

 

[LB'sTremor]

OK I'm in!

 

[IdahoRanger]

Don't understand why the OP even bought a Ranger if it didn't fit his style.

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