Official: 2022 Ranger Splash Is Back. One-time-only Colors to Drop Every Few Months

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I wonder if they'll come out with the Ford Ranger GT next?

Because, who doesn't love those 1980's style "ground effects" packages with air dams all the way around the truck, amiright?


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Hi Scrappy,

Mike Z and I are the folks behind the scenes on the Ranger GT. I did the suspension, Mike did the cosmetics. Fun project...details are in another post or so... Based off my SCCA Racetruck Test Mule...

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Lawn outside Truck Operations...This truck and I set the fastest ever recorded time on the Ford Dearborn Proving Ground handling track. It stands today as they tore up the handling track...

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The original Ranger Splash was a flare side bed, wheel wells outside the bed. This appears to only be another trim package joining the black package, chrome package and sport package.
HI George,

I fought this dumb name Splash...tried to block it but it was a Human Resource employee deal...The engineering community in Truck including all Truck employees voted for Splash To me Splash is a Turd hitting the toilette water....Totally dumb name...but....here it is again and in my old age...to hear a splash is a noise of relief from the constant constipation of old age....

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Hi Scrappy,

Mike Z and I are the folks behind the scenes on the Ranger GT. I did the suspension, Mike did the cosmetics. Fun project...details are in another post or so... Based off my SCCA Racetruck Test Mule...

OfficialPaceTruckDetGP_1.jpg

Lawn outside Truck Operations...This truck and I set the fastest ever recorded time on the Ford Dearborn Proving Ground handling track. It stands today as they tore up the handling track...

best,
Phil
That is so awesome! Thank you Phil, for sharing it with us.

Also I just noticed how low it sat - the top of the hood looks only waist high!
 


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That is so awesome! Thank you Phil, for sharing it with us.

Also I just noticed how low it sat - the top of the hood looks only waist high!
HI Scrappy,

Yep...quite low to the ground...Axle in the back flipped above the spring, which was a "before" its time monoleaf to reduce weigh. Notice the camber of the rear axle...this was a failure...no improvement in lap times but axle failure happened... Again..another post way back but we tried but relented to not fooling with rear camber....

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Meanwhile overseas, even the Raptor is getting a package. BTW: IMO Splash was one of the dumbest names Ford could come up with.

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Not even gonna speculate where they are going to push it. :lipssealed:
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Dave has a suggestion of where to push it. See pic.
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Eric Clapton Edition? With a little Dave on the side!
 

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Pretty cool edition, I like pretty much everything but except the design of the stripe on the bed
 

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Not a big fan of added graphics, except for maybe the stripes on a 66 Shelby GT 350. This looks like more of a “Drip” than a “Splash”. I could do better with a can of Rust-Oleum.
 

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The snow edition interests me, would like to see it pictured.
 
 



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