Best Bang for your Buck Upgrades for the Ranger

[JesseS]

I'm assuming you mean power folding mirrors? If not, you can already fold yours. Just pull em in.

At least I am assuming they can fold. Dont have an XLT to verify though.

Yes, they fold by hand, but having power folding would be nice, I get tired of crawling across the passenger seat to get to that one, then about half the time I am a block away before I remember it. I can get the power mirrors from Ford or a wrecking yard, but wondered if the wiring is there from the factory.

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[Trigganometry]

Yes, they fold by hand, but having power folding would be nice, I get tired of crawling across the passenger seat to get to that one, then about half the time I am a block away before I remember it. I can get the power mirrors from Ford or a wrecking yard, but wondered if the wiring is there from the factory.

Probably not on the wiring. Seems they’re making option specific harnesses for trim levels. It’s a cost savings approach. X miles of wire saved per production year. That most definitely adds up!

My XLT has folding and bliss. For me to add heater/turn signal/puddle lights would need to run extra wire and splice them in and add contacts to connector to make it possible.

 

[JesseS]

Probably not on the wiring. Seems they’re making option specific harnesses for trim levels. It’s a cost savings approach. X miles of wire saved per production year. That most definitely adds up!

My XLT has folding and bliss. For me to add heater/turn signal/puddle lights would need to run extra wire and splice them in and add contacts to connector to make it possible.

Yep, I have the folding and BLISS also, just no power folding, guess I will take the dash panel off and see if the plug is back there, but you may be correct, although when I was doing the wiring for the tow lights I saw several unused plugs both in the light housing and under the dash when tapping into the cold side of the brake switch.

 

[Trigganometry]

Yep, I have the folding and BLISS also, just no power folding, guess I will take the dash panel off and see if the plug is back there, but you may be correct, although when I was doing the wiring for the tow lights I saw several unused plugs both in the light housing and under the dash when tapping into the cold side of the brake switch.

There is a thread on here about adding these features and what’s involved for it to happen. Right down to the wiring diagrams and connector pin outs

 

[Bludrok]

Probably not on the wiring. Seems they’re making option specific harnesses for trim levels. It’s a cost savings approach. X miles of wire saved per production year. That most definitely adds up!

My XLT has folding and bliss. For me to add heater/turn signal/puddle lights would need to run extra wire and splice them in and add contacts to connector to make it possible.

You might be surprised. I dunno if the wiring is there in this case, but I added fog lights to my father in law's 2015 base Tundra and the wiring was already there. Everything except the lights and relay.

I also added variable intermittent wipers at the same time. The only thing I had to change was the stalk. Which upset me, because it was like $150, when I don't think they saved any money by not having them included from the factory.

It felt like the only reason to not add them was so the next higher trim level would have another option.

 

[PNW Tremor]

Tinted windows here in Texas are a must. The biggest bang for the buck was turning in my FordPass points for a Ford Tounue hard folding cover. Gas milage dramatically improved. The Tremor is supposed to have 19 MPH, and I average more than 23 MPH.

Good Luck and have fun.

The mileage is surprisingly good on my 2021 Tremor. I also put on the Ford Tonneau (retractable) and am averaging between 23-26 MPG..

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