Did someone say REDā¦.?..So far it's been a great rig. Great to drive and very comfortable. WAY more civilized than my '91 Range Rover Classic. The color was more for my wife. She said no silver or black. She's a lifelong Cubs fan being from Chicago before moving to CO to go to school in the '80s. So I got Ford's version of Cubbie Blue. I kinda wish they did a Blackhawks red, however.
Ok, my badā¦ā¦..No. No, we didn't...
Very nice! Except for the pink jeeps. Obviously the color is wrong! Iāve found @Stage3Motorsports content super informative. The Ranger buildout they did is similar to what Iād like to end up with. In that video, I was very impressed that it would handle most of that stock. As far as I can tell, If I tried a lot of that with my F150 it would have been a mess (even disregarding the width issues). Granted it was probably a little overloaded in the bed. The most like that Iāve done is a short trail up to Loch Lomond here in CO (not really close at all!) it was rutted out, rocky and had a bit of stream/puddle crossing. I intended to seek out more stuff that was similar but then I ended up hurting my back with a what appeared to be a mild disc bulge. Iām closing in on feeling normal again though! I guess a question around this is would the Eibach 2R with Icon leaf springs be sufficient for that and maybe overlanding to get to campsites? Not sure what the weight in the bed would look like at this point but I like the adjustability of the icon leafs.
Just a little north of the Denver metro. I moved from the Black Hills area of SD. This part of the country is so beautiful and the weather is fantastic. Still get 4 seasons but all are fairly mild. I love it here, exceptā¦ for the terrible politics. At least the taxes arenāt the worstā¦ yet.
I have a bunch of friends from the area so Iāve been visiting frequently over the years. Iāve also lived both in a city and out in the country (prefer the country), so not really much of a change other than thereās more fruity people. Iām out on the edge of a suburb next to some hay fields, so itās a far cry from the horror that is downtown Denver. There were a lot of things I didnāt like about the black hills area, and itās hard to justify staying in a place where my day to day life was worse just to have slightly lower taxes and better politicians (who still sucked by the way).
I'm in NOCO as well. I grew up in Niwot, went to school in Boulder (don't judge me!) and still live in the area. I'm thinking about heading to the Black Hills to get away from the morass that CO has become. It's not the state I grew up in. My family's been in the southern Black Hills since 1883 and we still have a family ranch there. Beautiful place. Epic off-road motorcycling, as well. Trails everywhere.
I understand that. My fiance (from here) often says the same thing about CO. At this point I'm planning on staying around here. I've got a lot of great friends and a church community that I love. It's the first time in a long time I've felt rooted. I totally get the urge to move though. Especially there's a family ranch to be close to!
The latest haul!
Now Iām trying to figure out some bed storage. Iāve got a Husky tub strapped down but Iād like something a little more permanent. Looking at the swing boxes, but they seem expensive. I might consider building out some storage on the sides with my mediocre wood working skills, but I donāt have a really good place to do that project right now.
- Black tailgate letters
- Hood struts
- Tailgate damper
- 303 Graphene!!
- ODBLink EX (for playing with forscan)
- Lubegard Platinum for when the
You can stop right there with the mods because now you have all the essential ones...3&4! 
