What did you do to your Ranger today?

[peterson1604]

Gave her a coat of 303 Graphene Detailer. Still looking pretty sharp for almost 39K on her.

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[peterson1604]

So a fabbed up a ram air intake to help air into the air box. I saw a couple videos on YouTube where guys installed the Big Mouth Ram Air and say they are getting up to 2 miles per gallon better on the highway and more power. I'm not concerned with additional power as I already have a Livernois tune, but the mileage intriges me. I fabbed and cut it out of one of those rectangle plastic garbage cans with the curved corners and have it duct tape in for now to see how it works. I should have took some better pictures but if I see an improvement I'll remove the front engine cover and take additional pictures. Why pay $130 when you can easily fab something to direct the air.

 

[Cabose-1]

Went out and gave my ranger a hug. Its still the truck for me.
The new gladiator has 1700lb payload, in a 4x4, and 7700lb tow!! Wow
Went hunting last weekend, 4 passengers 670lbs 300lbs of junk, so i was left with 700 lbs cargo so i could pull a 7k trailer. Well, now jeep does it with a 4x4. Dont know what powertrain. Saw it on tfl

 

[Figarou]

Went out and gave my ranger a hug. Its still the truck for me.
The new gladiator has 1700lb payload, in a 4x4, and 7700lb tow!! Wow
Went hunting last weekend, 4 passengers 670lbs 300lbs of junk, so i was left with 700 lbs cargo so i could pull a 7k trailer. Well, now jeep does it with a 4x4. Dont know what powertrain. Saw it on tfl

Mine hugs back. And with a slobbery kiss. Like this........

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[RedDakooter05]

I'd hug mine but I'm afraid to dent it.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Decided to check out my tailgate extender for fitment. I must say, it sure seems stout. Fit is a bit loose but when loaded and things are strapped down, that won’t be as bad. Adjustability is good and I can still get the rear canopy window open when it’s set up in “vertical” mode. The unit requires two hitch pins - one for the receiver and one for the support crossbar but it only comes with one pin. I have a locking pin and a regular pin that came with my receiver shackle but others would be wise to make sure to have a spare pin. There is reflective tape on the crossbar, which is helpful.

Unboxed…the battery is just for scale - beefy tubing.

Necessary Modification…we don’t need no badges.

Horizontal….hey @LaBalbe - zoom in on the edge of the bedliner and you’ll see something sitting there just for you. ?

Vertical…

I will likely use it when I rebuild the deck on the boat shed at the cottage. The Ranger gets to do more truck stuff - nice! For now, it was just a dry fit to see if I’d be keeping it, which I will be doing. ?

 

[IdahoRanger]

Decided to check out my tailgate extender for fitment. I must say, it sure seems stout. Fit is a bit loose but when loaded and things are strapped down, that won’t be as bad. Adjustability is good and I can still get the rear canopy window open when it’s set up in “vertical” mode. The unit requires two hitch pins - one for the receiver and one for the support crossbar but it only comes with one pin. I have a locking pin and a regular pin that came with my receiver shackle but others would be wise to make sure to have a spare pin. There is reflective tape on the crossbar, which is helpful.

Unboxed…the battery is just for scale - beefy tubing.

Necessary Modification…we don’t need no badges.

Horizontal….hey @LaBalbe - zoom in on the edge of the bedliner and you’ll see something sitting there just for you. ?

Vertical…

I will likely use it when I rebuild the deck on the boat shed at the cottage. The Ranger gets to do more truck stuff - nice! For now, it was just a dry fit to see if I’d be keeping it, which I will be doing. ?

I've thought about one but haven't had the need yet so appreciate the info.

 

[ylwjacket]

Driver side swing case just came in, gonna go install it. Passenger side is loaded up, and I need to stuff outta the back seat floor.

 

[RedDakooter05]

Got bored, sprayed bed liner on the tailgate access panel.

The wet blobs are from rain drops cause of course it'll sprinkle in the middle of painting...

Rust oleum brand.

 

[Wence5]

Got a spray in bed liner today. 50% off too! ?

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

I've thought about one but haven't had the need yet so appreciate the info.

Anytime Steve,

Some folks on here don’t have the need but buy things anyway, just because someone posted about it. I may or may not be talking about David ( @subquark ) ? ????

 

[IdahoRanger]

Anytime Steve,

Some folks on here don’t have the need but buy things anyway, just because someone posted about it. I may or may not be talking about David ( @subquark ) ? ????

1st name that came to mind.

 

[Venom_z89]

I did some parts cross referencing using parts catalogs to determine sizes and find a nearly cheap and alternative to big brake kit i want to do. I found that silverado/escalade 14" rotors will work best. This i believe to be the most reasonable solution as i tried looking for vendors that sell 14" rotors for ranger bug brake kits all i found was full kits, and rotors not sold individually which i think is a bad practice. The escalade rotors can eaily be found at a parts store. Stop tech rotors cost 100 bucks eac. They have the thickness of mustang gt rotors with mounting surface a measurements nearly identical to rangers minus hub bore. Hub bore will have to be bored from the 78mm to 93mm which should be easy enough with a router or taking to a machine shop. Calipers i will use are 4 piston mustang gt calipers can be got for cheap on ebay which means youll have a plethora of brake pads available not to mention same mounting points of a 6 piston if wanting to go bigger later. Also again the ease and availability of getting parts locally without some huge markup is what im going for

 

[Wandrr]

Got JCR molle panel installed in the bed. Just waiting till they was in before I ordered my Rotopax mount.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

Decided to check out my tailgate extender for fitment. I must say, it sure seems stout. Fit is a bit loose but when loaded and things are strapped down, that won’t be as bad. Adjustability is good and I can still get the rear canopy window open when it’s set up in “vertical” mode. The unit requires two hitch pins - one for the receiver and one for the support crossbar but it only comes with one pin. I have a locking pin and a regular pin that came with my receiver shackle but others would be wise to make sure to have a spare pin. There is reflective tape on the crossbar, which is helpful.

Unboxed…the battery is just for scale - beefy tubing.

Necessary Modification…we don’t need no badges.

Horizontal….hey @LaBalbe - zoom in on the edge of the bedliner and you’ll see something sitting there just for you. ?

Vertical…

I will likely use it when I rebuild the deck on the boat shed at the cottage. The Ranger gets to do more truck stuff - nice! For now, it was just a dry fit to see if I’d be keeping it, which I will be doing. ?

Very handy item to have. No photos on the Ranger, but super helpful for the 16 foot 83lb beast kayak. I used for it a bunch of other things too, but the kayak was the inspiration to buy it.

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