What did you do to your Ranger today?

[Bsenecal]

Bumper installed today.

Looks great!
Brian

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[RedDakooter05]

Sprayed the exhause pipe with high heat paint and a exhaust tip.

Used black Plasti Dip on the Lariat Gills and the rear Oval surround.

(Fake raptor grille on order to replace the chrome grille)

Can I access the oval via the access panel on the tailgate or did ford make it some dumb process?

I dislike how much the emblem protrudes out... Was thinking of some modifcations.

 

[Colo_Ranger]

Looks great!
Brian

thanks!

 

[Firefighter681]

Can I access the oval via the access panel on the tailgate or did ford make it some dumb process?

I dislike how much the emblem protrudes out... Was thinking of some modifcations.

There's a slot at the bottom of the oval, I used a trim removal tool to pull the oval out (it's just clipped in)

The surround is secured by 2 7mm bolts. Then just unplug the camera and you're clear.

There's an additional bar that is holding the camera to the surround, but that's just a Phillips head.

Super simple.

 

[RedDakooter05]

There's a slot at the bottom of the oval, I used a trim removal tool to pull the oval out (it's just clipped in)

The surround is secured by 2 7mm bolts. Then just unplug the camera and you're clear.

There's an additional bar that is holding the camera to the surround, but that's just a Phillips head.

Super simple.

Sweet. Ebay time!


Thanks.

 

[Ranger Danger]

Claybar wash and polish with some tire shine.

I really like the headlight assembly who produced them?, did you do likewise with the fogs?

 

[Ranger_Pawl]

(yesterday)
Hand wash/Meguiars Ceramic Coating X2/303 Speed Detailer X2/303 Protectant/Aero Cosmetics Rubber Care/Elbow Grease.

Best it's looked since new.?

(today)
Sit in lawn chair and stare.

 

[RedDakooter05]

Not today but did schedule some fun stuff in a couple weeks.

Brake bleed
Transmission fluid check/fill
Oh and driveshaft inspection(Slip joint clunk mainly). Woohoo.


Let's see if I can get this truck to drive like a properly made vehicle should before winter.



Got some bed liner left over, May do a small project or two.

 

[yuck6]

I really like the headlight assembly who produced them?, did you do likewise with the fogs?

I purchased them used from a member here. Fog lights I left alone, these new lights you can barley tell the difference when the fog lights are on.

Here’s a link to the lights. If you can find a used pair I recommend that. They also make a slightly cheaper version that has 2 light projectors instead of 3. Mine have some minor blemishes that you can tell if your less then a foot away so it’s no bother to me.

https://www.stage3motorsports.com/880124-19-22-ranger-alpharex-nova-black-led-headlights.html

 

[Ranger Danger]

I purchased them used from a member here. Fog lights I left alone, these new lights you can barley tell the difference when the fog lights are on.

Here’s a link to the lights. If you can find a used pair I recommend that. They also make a slightly cheaper version that has 2 light projectors instead of 3. Mine have some minor blemishes that you can tell if your less then a foot away so it’s no bother to me.

https://www.stage3motorsports.com/880124-19-22-ranger-alpharex-nova-black-led-headlights.html

Thank you, much appreciated! I like the look of the 3 WAY Did you have a local shop do the installation or did you brave it yourself?

 

[underwhelmed]

(yesterday)
Hand wash/Meguiars Ceramic Coating X2/303 Speed Detailer X2/303 Protectant/Aero Cosmetics Rubber Care/Elbow Grease.

Best it's looked since new.?

(today)
Sit in lawn chair and stare.

Nice SCab!

 

[subquark]

Installed a Nextbase 622GW front and rear dashcam. Hardwired it to an always-on fuse and it all went pretty smoothly.

front mount

first time looking at fuses

start stringing front cam hardwire

easy to slip it in

did use the small trim tool that came with the cam

pulled out the weatherstripping, ran the wire between some trim

fished it up from under, lots of places to do this

pulling the tree miles of cabling through

fuse 29 is always on and just what I need

included fuse tap seems to fit pretty well

I spy a 10mm nut for a ground, hooray get to use my secret 10mm (3 wrenches and a socket in the truck, shhh) =D

darn it, the 10mm holds a plastic tab up. but hey, finally an SAE fitting on Soupie!

several holes in the metal to choose from, new bolt and nut with ground in place

lookie here, it is a live circuit! little battery protection doohickey

just tucked the massive wad of wiring to the left in a perfect spot, can even see the power light

fast forward to placing the rear cam wire, it was easy along front of headliner, over top of the A pillar and in the headliner with weatherstripping rmoved. BUT ... this was the trickiest bit, getting it behind the supercab rear door latch, not hard, just a little extra pulling and pushing with the trim tool

finally, clear of the latch with only 5 miles of cable to hide (not kidding, 19.6 feet!!!)

dagnabbit! smashed my skull on the stoopid latch when stepping up on the side steps, talk about hurt! I kept the ice pack on during the rest of the install. thank God the latch wasn't bent! =)

wire easily went into whatever pillar this is (C?). a little pry tool love made it easy

I must have shoved 10 feet of cabling in the headliner. I should of just cut the dumb thing and spliced the connection back in

pushed the weatherstripping back in. note I removed one tilting headrest

hi-tech Sharpie line on the outside for close-enough-to-the-center mark

pretty compact

i likes it =)

dam bed rake too high design flaw, can't see anything out the back. this has a "reversing" mode that flips the image to be like a mirror when the rear cam is selected

front view with rear cam picture-in-picture. the 3 red diagonals on the right are that What3words location system

screenshot of rear footage, great for looking in that too-tall-of-a-bed that we have

screenshot of front cam footage, it does have a polarizing lens, yuck, a Tacoma! =p

close up of a tag - 30fps at 4K

All in all, I like it for the first day and I need to test the parking mode and see how long it takes to wake up and set the sensitivity. It is a "collision" type of parking mode. I suppose I could always add battery backups and just leave it on at all times, but I rarely go anywhere and my biggest threats are the acorns that have dented Soupie. Bah on them nuts!

I have the front and rear cam in Kate's installed but did that with a Dongar, now I'm also going to hardwire hers after her parking lot hit and run last week. =(

And now I can't wait to become a YouTube influencer when I start filming Soupie's dump runs! I know, it's mean of me to tease you with this, but your eager and enthusiastic anticipation will pay off. Just be patient and you will be rewarded greatly! And, unlike some missing forum members, I promise to remember all you little people. =D

 

[Grumpaw]

Now you'll be able to keep visual records of your dump runs, and to make sure no one has snuck any garbage in Soupie's bed when you weren't looking !!!

 

[yuck6]

Thank you, much appreciated! I like the look of the 3 WAY Did you have a local shop do the installation or did you brave it yourself?

I did it myself, by no means a car person but mechanical. I bought a new grille too because you have to remove the grill in the process and I like the lariat style if better. Bought that off Facebook for 100$. I think it took me 3ish hours for the whole thing.

 

[Ibanezbass671]

Quick wash and detail...

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