What did you do to your Ranger today?

[P. A. Schilke]

Hi Folks,

I bid my Ranger good bye as I backed the Nautilus out of the garage. I know it was sad, but where we go for our Tax Guy, parking is narrow and short and I did not want the tailgate damper hit by some myopic old fart in his Lexus hitting the ass end of the Ranger which would stick way beyond the parking "space". So I will make amends with the Ranger on Friday when it gets to head to the local sports bar for a early dinner and some malted beverages...

Best,
Phil

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[Muffin1]

today the 5g got new shocks, springs, struts, and an alignment. about two inches of lift all the way around. seems like a dramatic difference in front end feel - so much better. looks nice too. and if i wanted i got room for bigger rubber in the future .
but, the antenna clears the garage door by less than half an inch so no upping tire size anytime soon.

There’s a stubby antenna available if you want to swap it, I have it on mine, no negative effects on reception, easily comes off.

 

[9zero1790]

There’s a stubby antenna available if you want to swap it, I have it on mine, no negative effects on reception, easily comes off.

Thank you ! i will keep that in mind when i need tires

 

[Dynawide]

Owned this since december and keeping modifying it, added the winch tray & winch, just put new wheels and tires on the other day and removed the plastic bed liner. Put a bed mat down as well as a tailgate rug and added 2 swing cases. Was going to Rhino line the bed but seeing how good of shape the bed walls are in & I have a tonneau cover i'm thinking of just leaving it alone. Readylift intrusion bars are this weekend and the Torch 2.5" leveling kit is going on when it warms up. Currently playing around with a couple different % Star tunes and they have really woken this thing up.

 

[Friday yet?]

I did my Dif fluids at 25K and they said it was nasty. I'd advise others to seriously change out your fluids way before the recommended mileage.

Why are the diff's so hard on fluids?

 

[Friday yet?]

Hi Folks,

I bid my Ranger good bye as I backed the Nautilus out of the garage. I know it was sad, but where we go for our Tax Guy, parking is narrow and short and I did not want the tailgate damper hit by some myopic old fart in his Lexus hitting the ass end of the Ranger which would stick way beyond the parking "space". So I will make amends with the Ranger on Friday when it gets to head to the local sports bar for a early dinner and some malted beverages...

Best,
Phil

I just about fell out of my chair while reading the first few words of your post. I thought you'd sold the Ranger. "Phil? Phil?! No way Phil sold the Ranger?!?! What's the Ranger world coming to?!?!?" For a few nanoseconds I was in complete and utter disbelief.

Don't do that again Phil. Not good for my health.

 

[Glocker]

Owned this since december and keeping modifying it, added the winch tray & winch...

Please tell me about the hardware that secures your fairlead! I want something for securing a hook when I run one (right now I'm running a shackle attachment).

 

[AzScorpion]

Why are the diff's so hard on fluids?

I'm not sure maybe cheap factory fluid? I had it done with synthetic.

 

[IngotTexasRanger]

Today I had some new rubber installed.

Ran into a pack of wild nails and bolts that were crossing the road on my way home which killed the 265/70r17 Goodyear Duratracs for which I didn’t have replacement certs for. Ouch. At 38k they still had plenty of life left but weren’t patchable. Soooo this morning I went to Discount Tire where they threw on meaty BFG KO2 LT285/70r17s. First off I love the look with the lettering out but will absolutely need to trim the crash bars a little bit, even with 2.5” level and +25 offset.

Happy with them so far but man do they feel heavy compared to the Goodyears. Expecting a hit to MPG but I knew that going in lol

 

[carmigo]

Today I had some new rubber installed.

Ran into a pack of wild nails and bolts that were crossing the road on my way home which killed the 265/70r17 Goodyear Duratracs for which I didn’t have replacement certs for. Ouch. At 38k they still had plenty of life left but weren’t patchable. Soooo this morning I went to Discount Tire where they threw on meaty BFG KO2 LT285/70r17s. First off I love the look with the lettering out but will absolutely need to trim the crash bars a little bit, even with 2.5” level and +25 offset.

Happy with them so far but man do they feel heavy compared to the Goodyears. Expecting a hit to MPG but I knew that going in lol

Ouch, sorry to hear about your previous tires. Glad to see you got some new ones though, they look great (even if your wallet might have suffered)

 

[Friday yet?]

Finally bought a 11lb propane tank. Just need to purge it now

They don't vacuum purge the 11# at the factory?

 

[Friday yet?]

Hood struts came today! So much for installing them Saturday morning. Hey! Who said you have to eat on your lunch break?!?!? It was my "hood strut break" today.

And as a bonus, the console tray that I'd almost forgotten about arrived at the same time!!!!! Gotta say, love the struts but man oh man am I loving that tray. Did NOT like just having a big hole for the console storage. Tray makes it 10K times better.

Now if I can just drive my truck! Hasn't moved since Monday evening. Luckily I've got bunches of errands to run tomorrow.

 

[IngotTexasRanger]

Ouch, sorry to hear about your previous tires. Glad to see you got some new ones though, they look great (even if your wallet might have suffered)

Thank you! And yeah tires are wayyy more expensive now than the last few times I bought them. But this time I made sure to pay extra for replacement certificates

 

[IdahoRanger]

Today I had some new rubber installed.

Ran into a pack of wild nails and bolts that were crossing the road on my way home which killed the 265/70r17 Goodyear Duratracs for which I didn’t have replacement certs for. Ouch. At 38k they still had plenty of life left but weren’t patchable. Soooo this morning I went to Discount Tire where they threw on meaty BFG KO2 LT285/70r17s. First off I love the look with the lettering out but will absolutely need to trim the crash bars a little bit, even with 2.5” level and +25 offset.

Happy with them so far but man do they feel heavy compared to the Goodyears. Expecting a hit to MPG but I knew that going in lol

Supposed to avoid the spike strip when law enforcement is chasing you.

 

[Friday yet?]

Supposed to avoid the spike strip when law enforcement is chasing you.

NOW you tell him.

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