Ranger Raptor paddle shifters on US Ranger?

[Danager]

Here you go.

https://themustangsource.com/forums/f800/add-paddle-shifters-13-14-automatics-538896/

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[Bigperro]

I have been making small progress in determining if it can be done "easily".

1. The Explorer steering with built in paddle shifters (2016 to 2020) wheel IS EXACTLY the same as the one on the Ranger 2019+.
2. The wiring connector is different in size and shape so will not plug int to the ranger harness directly.
3. There are 3 extra wires on the Explorer harness for the paddles. There are 3 empty pin positions on the Ranger harness that presumably can be used for the paddles. TBD.
4. The paddles mounts are already in/on the Ranger wheel, so mounting them is not an issue.
5. The plastic Explorer housing/cover does not match with the Ranger. So the rear portion with the cutout to clear the paddles can't be used; rather will have to manually make the openings in the Ranger rear cover (fiddly step but straight forward).
6. I now have both Explorer and Ranger electrical diagram manuals... just have to learn to read them...lol That should tell me if the empty pins can be used.

Again a low priority mod that gets limited attention... but progress is being made. Quite sure it is do-able

Hey would you mind sharing the wiring diagrams with me? I'm working on a explorer steering wheel swap and I'm going to attempt to get the paddles working as well, I already got the steering wheel to fit and it actually retained the original air bag, I'm doing carbon fiber on the explorer steering wheel and next I'll work on the paddles, I already have a pretty good understanding of how to make it work, wiring diagrams would help a lot.

 

[PltFX4]

Hey would you mind sharing the wiring diagrams with me? I'm working on a explorer steering wheel swap and I'm going to attempt to get the paddles working as well, I already got the steering wheel to fit and it actually retained the original air bag, I'm doing carbon fiber on the explorer steering wheel and next I'll work on the paddles, I already have a pretty good understanding of how to make it work, wiring diagrams would help a lot.

I promised someone else I would but never got around to it... very sorry to him.
Will try to get that done soon.

 

[Bigperro]

I promised someone else I would but never got around to it... very sorry to him.
Will try to get that done soon.

I just need the interior lighting diagram, I already figured

I promised someone else I would but never got around to it... very sorry to him.
Will try to get that done soon.

I just need the interior lighting diagram, the set of paddles that came with the steering wheel already has a harness. I figured what each wire does. I just need to know where to tap to get the +/- to illuminate. Also there's a relatively easy place to tap under the shifter boot, will run wiring from there to the steering wheel control module, I don't want to just tap into the wires so I'll go to the junkyard to see if I can find the same connectors to make a pigtail.

 

[Bigperro]

 

[PltFX4]

Where are they illuminated??? The + and - are not... I don't think

 

[Bigperro]

The - and + symbols are illuminated, I just checked with a 12v charger

 

[Raacerx]

Exciting to see this revived. Every one of my vehicles in the last 15 years has had paddle shifters, whether it was an auto or dual clutch. Drove a Ranger Raptor in the Philippines recently and it was everything I wanted in terms of shifting.

It's really nice to be able to downshift without removing your hand from the wheel, and have it go back to automatic mode, automatically...

While part numbers aren't shared, that doesn't mean anything. In every other car model I've owned and modified, people were not so afraid to use like-models.

I look forward to more updates on the Explorer swap.

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