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[AzScorpion]

Top o' the mornin'! New member here, from Denver, CO (VT originally, long time ago). I picked up a Tremor all of 10 days ago after an exhaustive search. I had been looking for a red pepper or carbo gray tremor within 500 miles of Denver for several months, whenever I would find one, it would be inbound but spoken for. Found a couple right at the edge, or beyond, my mileage limit...ABQ, ORD, BNA...but didn't really want to drive that far, or fly and drive back. Finally found one about 160 miles away in Salida, and took a stab at it. Couldn't be happier with the decision. Like others, I dug into the Colorado ZR2, and Taco TRDPro/OR as alternatives...in the end, this was the correct choice (except I really wish they offered a stick).

I also have a '23 red pepper Tremor on order from my local dealership, but wasn't really looking forward to waiting until April...so alas!

"Adjustments" already made: Engine cover, black/smoke badges, removing dealer/Tremor stickers, airing down from 44psi (!!!) to 37. Planning on a RetraxPro XR and Leitner Forged ACS system, once the wife allows me to spend money again.

Great forum, definitely helped with the purchase! Thanks all.
r

EDIT: I am completely torn and undecided on installing a damper...but I hear nobody cares about that anyway....

Welcome Ron, nice looking Tremor! There's a wealth of info here and many willing to help with questions. You might want to start a separate bank account because your wife won't be able to keep up with us here trying to help you spend money. ?

We were just in Salida in June while traveling through to South Dakota. It (along with all of CO) was a beautiful area and you're lucky to have all the mountains and trails right there to test your Ranger on.

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[cetihcra]

Thanks Dave, I appreciate the welcome. We already have like 8 bank accounts for our various projects, what's another right??

The information here is great, I've been lurking for a while. I've had a couple of Wranglers (TJ & JK), so I feel comfortable with the hardware and 4x wrenching. That said, the electrical system terrifies me, something I'll have to get over to utilize all the upfitter switches staring at me.

LOVE the black hills. It's really too bad the Rag will never see them, we always take the wife's Forester on road trips over a few hundred miles. Rampart Range, Caribou, St. Mary's, and the front-range UHV areas will have to suffice.

r

Welcome Ron, nice looking Tremor! There's a wealth of info here and many willing to help with questions. You might want to start a separate bank account because your wife won't be able to keep up with us here trying to help you spend money. ?

We were just in Salida in June while traveling through to South Dakota. It (along with all of CO) was a beautiful area and you're lucky to have all the mountains and trails right there to test your Ranger on.

 

[BS67]

Welcome Ron!

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Top o' the mornin'! New member here, from Denver, CO (VT originally, long time ago). I picked up a Tremor all of 10 days ago after an exhaustive search. I had been looking for a red pepper or carbo gray tremor within 500 miles of Denver for several months, whenever I would find one, it would be inbound but spoken for. Found a couple right at the edge, or beyond, my mileage limit...ABQ, ORD, BNA...but didn't really want to drive that far, or fly and drive back. Finally found one about 160 miles away in Salida, and took a stab at it. Couldn't be happier with the decision. Like others, I dug into the Colorado ZR2, and Taco TRDPro/OR as alternatives...in the end, this was the correct choice (except I really wish they offered a stick).

I also have a '23 red pepper Tremor on order from my local dealership, but wasn't really looking forward to waiting until April...so alas!

"Adjustments" already made: Engine cover, black/smoke badges, removing dealer/Tremor stickers, airing down from 44psi (!!!) to 37. Planning on a RetraxPro XR and Leitner Forged ACS system, once the wife allows me to spend money again.

Great forum, definitely helped with the purchase! Thanks all.
r

EDIT: I am completely torn and undecided on installing a damper...but I hear nobody cares about that anyway....

Hi Ron,

As an ambassador for ford and former Ranger Vehicle Engineering head, I hope your Ranger delivers for you like most forum members espouse their happy experience with their Range. I am here to help as much as I can...NO MOD help as I have no ambition to mod other than the tailgate damper and the Bakflip toneau cover...

Best,
Phil

 

[cetihcra]

Hi Ron,

As an ambassador for ford and former Ranger Vehicle Engineering head, I hope your Ranger delivers for you like most forum members espouse their happy experience with their Range. I am here to help as much as I can...NO MOD help as I have no ambition to mod other than the tailgate damper and the Bakflip toneau cover...

Best,
Phil

Thanks Phil! I have read your threads/posts with great interest, always great to have a former engineer in our ears. I do not plan many mods, mostly accessories.

For mods: blackout side marker and mirror signal lights, black/smoke badges (blasphemous, I know), probably hood struts, possibly a tailgate damper, possibly a leveling kit in the future. For accessories, the bed will get tricked out this year (spray-in liner, lights, cover, rack), we'll see what the future brings...maybe a built-in compressor eventually, maybe a winch.

Y'all have a good weekend!
r

 

[OrangeStreak]

Welcome Rich! The search bar works best when you use the Google tab and add Ranger 5G to your search. You can stay busy for weeks with all the info here and don't hesitate to ask questions if you don't find what you're searching for. There are many here willing to help but one word of caution. Do not put the word Damper in the search bar. There's so many results that we might never see you again if you do. ?

...or auto stop/start...

 

[AzScorpion]

...or auto stop/start...

Good call there Paul. Not telling what'll come up putting ASS in the search bar.

 

[ControlNode]

Thanks Phil! I have read your threads/posts with great interest, always great to have a former engineer in our ears. I do not plan many mods, mostly accessories.

For mods: blackout side marker and mirror signal lights, black/smoke badges (blasphemous, I know), probably hood struts, possibly a tailgate damper, possibly a leveling kit in the future. For accessories, the bed will get tricked out this year (spray-in liner, lights, cover, rack), we'll see what the future brings...maybe a built-in compressor eventually, maybe a winch.

Y'all have a good weekend!
r

Just a note on the blackout side marker, not really legal in most places to remove/reduce the intended function of the side marker light/reflector. Not saying the inspectors and/or the law enforcement in your area care, but why give them a valid reason to pull and maybe ticket you.

 

[wingers]

Hi everyone. I thought I'd join up as I've recently purchased a ranger in the uk. It's a 2016 (so I think 4g?) but I've not found a forum/section for that so thought I'd jump on here to see if it's still useful.
I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions as the rear camera doesnt work and I'm expecting to get stuck into some of the diy work as and when its needed.

Wingers

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Hi everyone. I thought I'd join up as I've recently purchased a ranger in the uk. It's a 2016 (so I think 4g?) but I've not found a forum/section for that so thought I'd jump on here to see if it's still useful.
I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions as the rear camera doesnt work and I'm expecting to get stuck into some of the diy work as and when its needed.

Wingers

Welcome!

 

[cetihcra]

Just a note on the blackout side marker, not really legal in most places to remove/reduce the intended function of the side marker light/reflector. Not saying the inspectors and/or the law enforcement in your area care, but why give them a valid reason to pull and maybe ticket you.

Roger that. The Morimoto ones adhere to the letter of the law here in CO, they are reflective and the light is amber or white and can be seen from 500' away. While there is always some gray area with regard to ANY modified lighting on a vehicle, I think we're safe with these ones.

r

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Hi.
I have to admit I am as newbie as probably can be in pickup trucks world. Never had a truck before. Or a diesel vehicle. Or vehicle with turbo. Gearbox always been manual because I didn’t want to loose the fun behind traffic light, in snow or on terrain. Mostly owned and driven AWD-s, Quattros, few front wheelers, always hated rear wheel drive.
First pickup test drive I had 8 years ago with used Mitsubishi. Didn’t like and I gave up on pickups. Some years ago I wanted again pickup and checked on Toyota. The dealer wanted to sell me so many adds for bed protection it’s the only thing I remember. And I wanted black one even back then. Again I ended up with empty hands.
Since my right leg got very nervous with bigger engines meanwhile and coused me some trouble, I needed to cool myself down with something, what is not capable of noticeable acceleration. Past 2 more years and I decided - now I go with Ranger and broke all my previous rules at once - Wildtrak is diesel with 2 turbos, rear wheel drive (with 4L & 4H) and automatic transmission. Wildtrak package has almost everything I need and I ordered some adds which I needed, since I don’t do mods. (Not even dampers.) I would do few mods actually, but what I like is not legal or would affect warranty. Even though I have cars-related past, there are reasons I try to stay out of garage.
Our country is so small so there is no local forum to find any helpful information, also I have no friends with pickups to ask. On roads mostly Toyotas.
I was lucky I made good decision at least while ordering truck to add additional anchors to bed and electric cover. And I was lucky to get it ASS-less.
Still don’t understand - I don’t mod, but why I need so much stuff for her? My husband was not happy at all about 300€ dash cam for example, but I see it as must be. With some items I can make him believe he needs it too, but looks like soon I end up ordering secretly and just hide all the stuff. Maybe it’s because he has not even once tried to drive my Ranger and I will not offer any more too.
How is it possible someone doesn’t want to try a Ranger?

Sorry about written mistakes! English is not my native languge.

Best wishes
Kristina

Welcome! Beautiful Ranger, Kristina!

 

[Progeny2021]

Hi.
I have to admit I am as newbie as probably can be in pickup trucks world. Never had a truck before. Or a diesel vehicle. Or vehicle with turbo. Gearbox always been manual because I didn’t want to loose the fun behind traffic light, in snow or on terrain. Mostly owned and driven AWD-s, Quattros, few front wheelers, always hated rear wheel drive.
First pickup test drive I had 8 years ago with used Mitsubishi. Didn’t like and I gave up on pickups. Some years ago I wanted again pickup and checked on Toyota. The dealer wanted to sell me so many adds for bed protection it’s the only thing I remember. And I wanted black one even back then. Again I ended up with empty hands.
Since my right leg got very nervous with bigger engines meanwhile and coused me some trouble, I needed to cool myself down with something, what is not capable of noticeable acceleration. Past 2 more years and I decided - now I go with Ranger and broke all my previous rules at once - Wildtrak is diesel with 2 turbos, rear wheel drive (with 4L & 4H) and automatic transmission. Wildtrak package has almost everything I need and I ordered some adds which I needed, since I don’t do mods. (Not even dampers.) I would do few mods actually, but what I like is not legal or would affect warranty. Even though I have cars-related past, there are reasons I try to stay out of garage.
Our country is so small so there is no local forum to find any helpful information, also I have no friends with pickups to ask. On roads mostly Toyotas.
I was lucky I made good decision at least while ordering truck to add additional anchors to bed and electric cover. And I was lucky to get it ASS-less.
Still don’t understand - I don’t mod, but why I need so much stuff for her? My husband was not happy at all about 300€ dash cam for example, but I see it as must be. With some items I can make him believe he needs it too, but looks like soon I end up ordering secretly and just hide all the stuff. Maybe it’s because he has not even once tried to drive my Ranger and I will not offer any more too.
How is it possible someone doesn’t want to try a Ranger?

Sorry about written mistakes! English is not my native languge.

Best wishes
Kristina

Welcome from Charlotte, NC, USA.

Dash Cams are a must IMO. Try to mount it where it can't be seen or where you can easily remove and stow it when away. A hot 'theft item' pretty much everywhere.

 

[Progeny2021]

We have here good insurance contract options and I invested pretty well on mine, they added to my contract I have a dash cam as a plus. My insurance will pay for stolen things from truck and also damages what thieves may do to truck.
First I mounted cam next to mirror, but that was not good at all, now I like it more.

Insurance is a must, but the inconvenience of repair and renumeration can be painful. My camera setup from the Ford Accessory Catalog. A P200 Thinkware front/rear w/audio and infrared:

The main 'forward' camera is under the rear view mirror. The smaller device to the immediate right is the rear view camera. The circular device next to the rear view camera is the GPS antenna.

 

[AzureRanger]

Hi folks....placed my order for a '23 Ranger this morning. It's an XLT SuperCab in Azure Gray Metallic with the 302 package, Sport Appearance package, tow, and 18" wheels. I'm coming out of a '16 F-150 that a red light runner in a BMW decided to total for me. The Ranger buying process was basically like ordering from a McDonald's menu with zero price negotiation....MSRP...take it or leave it (except for a $1,000 rebate). I guess the good news part was I was in and out of the dealership in about 20 minutes. And I did get a very fair total loss settlement for my F-150.....91% of what I paid for it 6 years ago. Looking forward to learning from all of you and hopefully contributing once in awhile. Not sure when to expect delivery of the Ranger.

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