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I dont know what there is door-side for connectors, but in-general if you can get heated glass-sub-assemblys for the mirrors you can swap them with the original. The glass-sub can be removed with a flat-head screw-driver used to disengage the clips to the glass actuator. Wire then needs to be...

From some other thread about water fording capabilities of the NA Ranger, it appears to have all the same vent hoses that the EU/AUS versions have (all being to a height just little below the fuel door). For fording purposes, this puts the intake at about the same capabilities (though still at...

Features like auto-fold, and one-touch windows in the NA market are often only installed if the vehicle has a door module to control these functions. Usually the vehicle would use LIN (a communication method between the main computer and other modules) to command the door module, and the door...

The little sensor on the mirror's housing is for the rear-view mirror's dimming only (auto-dimming mirrors have a sensor on the fore and aft of the mirror to compare ambient light to the light from behind your vehicle). Auto-headlamp sensor is probably on the box that is on the windshield. Why...

Just to clarify for everyone: Ranger mirrors do not have wires for features they do not have installed. A mirror without heating does not have heating wiring in it, mirrors without TS and puddle light likewise do not have extra wires for those on the mirror side. The Mirror-side connector is...

Problem is that the current mirrors and their module are rated for "not auto-fold" number of cycles, and for auto-fold they would need significantly more durability cycles to be approved by Ford for use. In my "opinion" the Ranger mirrors and powerfold should last fine for an auto-fold...

When i need to back into something with my tailgate down i usually drop a stick on the ground so i know when to stop. Works pretty well.

I've run into this, but i've been writing it off as just the wheel rubbing against some cover when the suspension bottoms out from a particularly harsh driveway i rarely pull out of.

Hey all, just started noticing this over the 4th of july weekend. Truck is at about 8000 miles, and my electronic tailgate lock has started intermittently getting stuck in locked or unlocked positions. Manually unlocking/locking it frees it up for a bit. The state of lock on the tailgate seems...

I work with those since anything we make a export version of comes through our facility. The term used to describe them is "aspheric" since they're not uniform in curvature. I would much prefer to have those over the spotters as it provides a great FOV. Unfortunately the US regulations do not...

For the heated mirrors, I have no idea if there is door wiring for them on the Ranger. I have yet to take one of my mirrors off of my truck, and have been attempting to avoid anyone who wants to use my truck for ride-n-drive testing! Otherwise, to run wires from the mirror base to the glass-sub...

That depends on what Ford wants. We have made extendable mirrors before (powered and unpowered). The new Silverado trailer-tow mirrors are an example of this.

Not the specifics, but the short of it is: A). Nothing related to the actual Ranger program (not fixing any issues, not making improvements specifically for Ford) B). We are taking component X and swapping it with a different version of component X and hoping that it survives all the...

Doing some work on the Ranger mirrors. Basically using them as a test-bed for some experiments/prototyping. As a result I got to tear apart six of these mirrors down to removing the pivot tube. The mirrors after replacing the pivot tube: The mirrors all put back together: Disassembly on...

Patched the soft cover with zipties as I save up for the hard one:

exactly the kind of reason why i dont like to set hard budget limits for things. I often find for a small increase i can get something worth spending just a little longer saving up for.

Ouch, looks like that MX4 is a bit out of my budget. I dont want to put a hard-budget on this, but something around $600 would be better on my wallet at the moment. Or i could try to patch my current cover until i can buy the MX4.

Hey all, I'm looking to replace my tri-fold soft tonneau cover with a tri-fold hard cover and wanted to see who had what, and how everyone felt about them. My old cover was a Gator soft cover that i had bought from a friend for only $50 after they decided they wanted a hard cover for their...

I spoke with a wheel engineer at Ford and asked about this issue. He mentioned there was a supplier issue with lugs (that same supplier supplied the swelling lugs on GM and Chevy vehicles too) but that was resolved. The "Swelling lugs" idea persists because it did happen at one point, so now...

I thought all the cool kids these days were just hammering oversized sockets onto the locks and then torquing the lugs off as normal? One of the dealers around here had some wheels stolen even though they had locking lugs. When they did their lot inspection they found a Charger up on blocks and...