What did you do to your Ranger today?

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Yes it is the ARB tent meant to go with the ARB awning and yes it has four sided access so you can still get to car doors or storage pods etc etc

It is 8.2ft x 8.2ft

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is that a mrs. ofc ranger or the daughter?? and the furry one ?
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First what I did WITHOUT Pepper...I cheated...yes, I went on the 6g forum and snuck around! I was always planning to trade her after 4 years, and hit that at Christmas, but only 21k mi. I was not impressed with the re-design outside, but nothing a few mods wouldn't fix. Someone commented it looked like a fat Maverick, agreed. I thought 6g would come as 2023 model, nope it's a '24, and just starting production. So I have to wait. Was looking at the Mavericks too, but I'm not ready for that one yet! I also caught @AzScorpion lurking there, btw!
Now I'm feeling guilty, so Pepper got some "make-up wax". Actually 303 detailer. I just learned it looks better if done wet. The last time I did it, a few weeks ago, it looked crappy, lots of hazy smears that I had trouble buffing out, kept getting worse! But now, when wet, it looks better. It was just a "quickie", 52 degrees outside, no wheels or tires! Found a couple chips in the M2M trim! But she still looks good, after 4+ years, whatever that is in truck years!

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is that a mrs. ofc ranger or the daughter?? and the furry one ?
No, I think that’s Jacqueline. OFC Ranger has been absent for several weeks. Let’s not judge.
 

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Subjected my truck to its required annual safety inspection, and it disappointingly failed..

Put me down on the list of folks who've had their rear pads die an early death, 37k miles.
Curious, do you off-road a lot? Does TM play into this?

I’m old school and my experience is that fronts wear out way before rears so I’m wondering if this has something to do with ABS and/or other alien braking decisions being made that cycle the rears on and off while off-road, creating this extra wear.

On my last rotation, mine were fine but this is cropping up in a few threads lately when others have gone much further with no wear at all. Odd.
 


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Yes it is the ARB tent meant to go with the ARB awning and yes it has four sided access so you can still get to car doors or storage pods etc etc

It is 8.2ft x 8.2ft

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Is that an Eibach branded Nespresso machine? ? My FOX stickers just found a home! ?
 

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First what I did WITHOUT Pepper...I cheated...yes, I went on the 6g forum and snuck around! I was always planning to trade her after 4 years, and hit that at Christmas, but only 21k mi. I was not impressed with the re-design outside, but nothing a few mods wouldn't fix. Someone commented it looked like a fat Maverick, agreed. I thought 6g would come as 2023 model, nope it's a '24, and just starting production. So I have to wait. Was looking at the Mavericks too, but I'm not ready for that one yet! I also caught @AzScorpion lurking there, btw!
Now I'm feeling guilty, so Pepper got some "make-up wax". Actually 303 detailer. I just learned it looks better if done wet. The last time I did it, a few weeks ago, it looked crappy, lots of hazy smears that I had trouble buffing out, kept getting worse! But now, when wet, it looks better. It was just a "quickie", 52 degrees outside, no wheels or tires! Found a couple chips in the M2M trim! But she still looks good, after 4+ years, whatever that is in truck years!

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Pepper looks great!:like:

?I'm only looking for Raptor info.:bandit:
 

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Curious, do you off-road a lot? Does TM play into this?

I’m old school and my experience is that fronts wear out way before rears so I’m wondering if this has something to do with ABS and/or other alien braking decisions being made that cycle the rears on and off while off-road, creating this extra wear.

On my last rotation, mine were fine but this is cropping up in a few threads lately when others have gone much further with no wear at all. Odd.

I don't off road a lot, no. Don't have TM or any of that fancy stuff either. My experience has always been the same as yours though.. fronts go first.

I've seen people theorize that these early rear failures could be due to traction control though... I'm just not so sure about that.

I drive like a complete grandpa 99.9% of the time.. My truck hardly knows what wheelspin means.. theres no way that its experienced enough T.C related braking events to cut the lifespan of the rear pads in half.
 

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I don't off road a lot, no. Don't have TM or any of that fancy stuff either. My experience has always been the same as yours though.. fronts go first.

I've seen people theorize that these early rear failures could be due to traction control though... I'm just not so sure about that.

I drive like a complete grandpa 99.9% of the time.. My truck hardly knows what wheelspin means.. theres no way that its experienced enough T.C related braking events to cut the lifespan of the rear pads in half.
I hear you - my traction control is “never” on and our winter conditions aren’t that different. ?‍♂
 

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Installed my new (to me) Tremor wheels and tires and black lug nuts. Extra special thanks to @bfastr for one hell of a deal on these.

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I’m loving the +42 offset of these wheels. Next step is to put on some Tremor fender flares to complete the look.

I am glad they ended up in good hands. Those are still my favorite Ford wheels and they look awesome on your truck!
 

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@WolfgangVTS Oops, I thought you were the seller. My mistake. I guess my reply was also worded poorly if you thought I was upset or offended. Absolutely not in any way. Any pics of your truck with the new wheels?
I am happy to hear you found a set close to home. !
 

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is that a mrs. ofc ranger or the daughter?? and the furry one ?
That's the Mrs.

The other guy is known as "old man". Turns 13 this year so I don't know how many more years will be around so I try and bring him along every chance I get.
 
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Made a lot of progress in short time today. Hopefully fully welded tomorrow and first coat of paint

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I'm so turned on right now.


I took my truck through the car wash, for the first time since I installed the roof rack. No leaks! I wasn't really worried, but I was... ya know?
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