Realistic expectations. You go and look at the vehicle, you test drive it, you know what you are getting.
But based on the above post... It appears you are on your period. Enough said.
Sometimes you need to get off your ass and go actually look at a product before you buy it.
All you do is bitch, constantly, ad nauseum, thread after thread.
Ford builds vehicles for the masses and the masses don't drag their vehicles over rocks. So if that's your thing, buy the aftermarket...
Yeah... Ford just paints the std skid plate black on a Tremor.
The stock skid plates work fine for 85% of the Ranger owners. They don't take their trucks and drag them across rocks. Ford designs the truck for these folks.
The 15% that want to drag their trucks across rocks need to upgrade...
As @ATGC mentioned, those aren't Duratracs, they are Dynapro Hankooks.
Here are some photo's of the Hankooks on our Ranger that has 17,000 miles. No cracking at all like your tires have.
It looks to me like they used it to hold the panel when they installed the fastener. The worker probably just forgot to take it off.
I'd say no worries.
I absolutely love your attitude about this. Well played.
210.8" overall length, and 30 degrees means the rear will be 105" +/- off the ground.. from the ground to the rear bumper. :like:
We too have the magnetic paint, black out (STX) and FX4. I couldn't figure why the lower valance wasn't silver?
If you don't mind me asking.. what was the build date of your truck?
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The way shop.ford.com displays the...
Bronco Ranger Wagon (1st Gen 1966-1977)
For 1972, in line with the F-Series trucks, the Ranger trim became the top-of-the-line Bronco, offering body stripes, model-specific wheel covers, cloth seats, woodgrain door panels, and carpeted interior.
In a 1975 interior revision, the Bronco Sport...
Let's insert some truthiness into this thread....
1959 – For the first time in Ford history, a light-duty truck buyer could buy a factory-built 4×4 Ford truck. Previously, Ford trucks had been converted to four-wheel drive by outside manufacturers such as Marmon-Herrington, Napco, or...
Only way I'd be comfortable doing what you are proposing is to first mount something structural, like unistrut that is attached every 6 inches or so.
This will add significant rigidity to the bed side wall. Even then bed side rails are not that strong as you can see below and ratcheting...
@AzScorpion nailed it.
@FoD... You are defining a relationship that is foreign to me, being a child of the 60's I was taught that a man opens the tailgate, and never expects his lady to do such tasks that he can do himself.
I'm guessing it's a generational thing. Sometimes younger fella's...