Receiver step. Works great and is āmulti-functionā:
1) Step; I can reach anywhere in the bed w/o opening the TG.
2) Kettlebell; great shoulder workout slinging this around.
3) Quick tow/pull with rope.
4) Tailgater Poker; looking forward to the first Kia or Toy headlight or radiator that this...
Welcome! The Taco was on my list (along with the Canyon/Colorado) and I felt the Ranger just blew them away in every respect except the electric brake trailer controller, which Ford completely dropped the ball on and then recovered the fumble with the Redarc factory-authorized add-on. Now that I...
Don't laugh, but you may want to try nail polish. The women have tortured chemists to produce the hardest, longest lasting enamels known to man and in a mind-blowing range of colors, including metallics, and in handy little applicator bottles no less. If men wore nail polish you would have to...
Rhino-rack crossbar kit for my Retrax tonneau.
Very unhappy with eTrailer.com and Rhino. Poor machining on one of the clamp nuts stripped the security bolt. I can fix it, but at the cost of this I shouldnāt have to.
Probably a few weeks. I did a lot of study, discovered there were different Redarc units and mountings, etc., etc., etc..
Then thereās the wife factor. āYouāre going to tear apart WHAT on your brand new truck?!ā I had to wait until she went shopping before I could start. Of course, I was done...
Not to beat this to death, but the trim comes off quite easily and mine snapped back on such that you can't tell Ford didn't do it. As for squeaks and rattles, it is a truck after all.
You're going to love this controller and after it's over and a few beers have passed, you'll forget what a...
No pictures, but be prepared for a major PITA getting at the connectors and plugging them in. Here are some hints, use at your own risk :shock:
[HINT #1] Previously someone suggested doing it from the bed and removing the entire lamp assembly. That is what I did and I think it was a better...
My guess is that one of the connectors is not seated. On one of mine, I never could get it to 'snap in' with an 'audible click' so I forced it in deep with a pair of needle-nose pliers until it made contact.
Think about resale. Go with the OEM (VKB3Z-2C006-A) and mount the control switch in the shift console. If you do this yourself, be prepared for a wild ride. My wife went ballistic--"You are tearing apart your brand new truck! Are you insane?".
Some thoughts:
The Ford OEM unit (VKB3Z-2C006-A) 'corrects' what I consider to be a colossal FU by Ford in not providing a TBC option in these trucks--while stating in the user manual that trailers with electric brakes should not be towed without one!
Ford selected the Redarc controller because...
You have to pull the kick panel to the left of the fuse box. They are not easy to find and, IMNSHO, cut too short. IIRC, they are bunched together with some blue tape. All that are used are the blue and yellow and getting the heat shrink off the end of them is a PITA. Of course, you can follow...
I started out looking at Canyons (preferred) and Colorados for the towing capacity. Then I drove a Ranger and was done. Just before pulling the trigger, I drove a Taco. Just anemic and dated. I concluded that the 'mini-truck' was over and Toyota did not get the memo. Now the minis are coming...