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When I heard about Ford bringing the Ranger back I immediately wanted one. My first ever car was a 93 Ranger that my grandfather bought brand new. I still own it too. May of 2020 I decided to trade in my 2013 F150 and take advantage of some of the pandemic deals they had going on and picked up a brand new 2019 Ranger XLT. I enjoyed the F150 but I just couldn't squeeze it into places off road without risking some major trail rash and damage. I have plans for the Ranger but I know it will be a slow process. I'll try and update this first post to pictures of new additions and random other pictures to try and keep the first post relevant and easy to follow. I'll also be adding to the thread so you may see some duplicate pictures.

Diode Dynamic SS3 fog lights and ditch lights, Diode Dynamics 18" light bar, ARB skids
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Yakima Outpost and HD bars. Harbor Freight Rack. Diode Dynamics SSC1.
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Trigger 6 shooter
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Icon 2.0 Rear shocks
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Trailer Brake and Terrain Management installed
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Rough Country diff skid
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Turbosmart BOV
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Fox 2.0 with Icon Tubular UCA
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255/75/17 Goodyear Duratracs
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Hooks look nice, should add the RANGER letters for the grill in same/similar blue to go with it. I themed out in red/black as example of how letters could look from https://tvdvinyldecals.com/

Also did the vents and on and on and on. So, clean slate, enjoy your new money pit!!;)


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That's just great.

Another website full of stuff I didn't know I needed.....until now.
 

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That's just great.

Another website full of stuff I didn't know I needed.....until now.
Better plan on the new vanity plates too: MOD ROD
 
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Got a diode dynamics 18" combo light bar mounted up front and used diode dynamics mounting brackets for the ranger. Made install simple. What made install even easier though was the Trigger 6 Shooter. No relay or switches to worry about and I don't have to go through the firewall. I got some yellow film from Lamin-x to put on the center fog light lense to match the fog lights. I'm surprised at how thick it is. I haven't really got to test it out but I don't think it's as dark as the fog lights but it should work just fine. Next will probably be a brake controller for a trip this summer. That or OME struts so I can finally install the UCA sitting in my office
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Got a diode dynamics 18" combo light bar mounted up front and used diode dynamics mounting brackets for the ranger. Made install simple. What made install even easier though was the Trigger 6 Shooter. No relay or switches to worry about and I don't have to go through the firewall. I got some yellow film from Lamin-x to put on the center fog light lense to match the fog lights. I'm surprised at how thick it is. I haven't really got to test it out but I don't think it's as dark as the fog lights but it should work just fine. Next will probably be a brake controller for a trip this summer. That or OME struts so I can finally install the UCA sitting in my office

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Another good move... :cool:
 
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Pretty impressed with how well the truck did the past couple days. I think the terrain management was a good thing to add and could tell it was working. Not bad for stock. This does has me rethinking the OME leveling kit and I'm now thinking about the entire lift kit. Also, skid plates will be a must.
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When I heard about Ford bringing the Ranger back I immediately wanted one. My first ever car was a 93 Ranger that my grandfather bought brand new. I still own it too. May of 2020 I decided to trade in my 2013 F150 and take advantage of some of the pandemic deals they had going on and picked up a brand new 2019 Ranger XLT. I enjoyed the F150 but I just couldn't squeeze it into places off road without risking some major trail rash and damage. I have plans for the Ranger but I know it will be a slow process. Currently, its basically a stock truck minus the Velossa Tech Big Mouth. I have a set of Icon Tubular UCA sitting at home waiting to be installed that will go on whenever I purchase the Old Man Emu leveling struts. This set up should get me some extra travel while keeping everything in the proper geometry. I've settled on 255/75 Duratracs when the time comes too. Icon recommended keeping the stock tire width if I'm keeping the stock wheels which is fine with me.

One of the first things I did was fill in the RANGER on the front grill. I couldnt bring myself to pay $100 to get blue tow hooks from ford so I bought a $7 can of spray paint and did it myself.
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Next up was Diode Dynamic SS3 fog lights and LED headlight bulbs. I just recently installed Lasifit turn signal switchbacks but don't have a picture
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I figured out quick that I would need some more storage room too. I like to keep most of our camping gear in Pelican 1650 cases so I don't have to worry about rain or dust and its nice being able to use the case to stand on without fear. Yakima cross bars on the bed along with a small cargo rack worked perfectly. It holds 2 Pelican 1650 cases just fine which really opens up space in the bed. (I also ditched the Sport 4X4 decal)
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Eventually this will be a more robust build, but its also a budget daily driver build so I'm in it for the long haul. For now, it does what I need it to do and I'm thoroughly enjoying it!

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