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I used to be a pilot, and aviation’s an interest. But the real answer is that I’m a nerd. Why else does anyone do anything with a radio, really?

I reached back out after posting this yesterday, and the response today was that there’s not enough interest from the Ranger community to peruse it. Guess I’ll be building my own after all. Looking at the F-150 version, doesn’t seem that hard to figure out an alternative that could work.

I’m using the Bulletproof Diesel option. One antenna for GMRS, the other for monitoring air traffic.

I’m doubtful. I’ve heard that same message before. I emailed them a year ago after seeing someone else on here say they were working on one. Matt wrote back that they hoped to have it ready in early ‘23. Emailed them again in March and was told they didn’t have a Ranger in their fleet to develop...

I don’t have any of mine, didn’t start taking picture until the install was finished, but take a look at Post #23. The bracket I made is a copy of that one, but where his is wide enough for 2 screws to attach it to the core support, mine’s only wide enough for 1. The little bit of flex from the...

I finally installed the ARB single in my Ranger. Couldn’t come up with a better way to stick it in the engine bay, so I fabricated the same style of bracket as dmeyer302 did back in post #23 Fits well vertically, with a trimmed down wiring harness ran underneath it. Controlled by the Trigger 4...

A while back, I made some flag decals, roughly the height of the fender vents. They were solid black, and I wanted something that matched the truck a little better, so I found this. Slid it into the wife’s Cricut Weeded out all of the stuff I didn’t want And stuck it onto the truck...

Ordered over a month ago, was reported lost, and showed up sometime yesterday. Oracal 970RA-937 Charcoal Metallic wrap vinyl. Probably as close of a match as there is.

I’m not saying they would’ve made a good roof it hadn’t been for Covid, I’m saying the virus made it worse. Webasto ordered the tooling from a supplier in Wuhan in 2019. As the pandemic spread through China, the tooling was late reaching the factory. Webasto was the first company in Germany to...

But let’s not forget that chips are just part of the supply chain issue. Other components are delayed too, but just aren’t making the news. The Bronco’s release was delayed because the company that makes the roof panels had shut down for COVID for a bit. There was a shortage on seat foam...

Yeah, that’s sorta what happened. Went from the main road onto a road into corporate park, using this weird S-turn, jink. Entry speed was a little high and tires skidded instead of turning, and wham. Apparently the Ranger isn’t a Mustang. Who knew?

Those poles suck! Same thing happened to me a few months ago. Only had about 1200 miles on the truck when that pole jumped out at me and ripped the rear end out. Took about 2 months to fix, and I’m still waiting on the bed rail cap before it’s back 100%. (They broke a couple of clips when they...

Just remember, it could always be worse. Remember when people used to tow their RVs with a sedan? Pepperidge Farm remembers… That’d be like using a Taurus or a Fusion as a tow vehicle today. And how’s this for a brake controller? The Ranger will be fine….

Correct fit, but didn’t work. At first I thought it was the light (because why would a connector not work?) since plugging the other new light/adapter into that side’s factory connector worked fine. Then I thought maybe I got lucky with the polarity of the plug on that one, and not the first...

Well, I started to add my Diode Dynamics lights to the truck, but ran into problems. A-pillar lights installed fine, and I have to say that their mounting bracket is a bit more engineered than being simply a piece of bent metal. Even have cutouts for the zip ties used to guide the wires. Dunno...

That little baggie next to the Trigger box is what Tigger calls a “DIN Connector Harness.” It plugs into the back of the controller, gets routed through the firewall, and connects to your standard switches. https://triggercontroller.com/product/trigger-din-connector-harness/ Some might ask...

Received the Trigger 4 Plus today, along with the din harness that will let me use the lightforce panel switches. Figure that will look more like factory, but with the ease of install and wireless functionally of Trigger. Best of both worlds! Just gotta wait on my delivery of Diode Dynamics stuff…

Nope, and I’ve actually added a couple of longer ones next to it. No issue inside the parking garages downtown. I can barely still fit into my garage, but more limited by the truck’s length than the height

Wife got a Cricut earlier last weekend and has been making all sorts of with it since. Mostly it’s been labels for my son’s school supplies, but she also was able to cut a flag for me. I had wanted one that was the same height as the fender vent, and none of the ones on Amazon were close...

There’s a thread here on them (and a few other options) https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/door-sill-protectors.14859/ Consensus (between here and Amazon reviews) is that they’re only held on by thin 3m tape, the top bit may let water, salt, and road grime through over time, and the bottom...