What did you do to your Ranger today?

[bigfrank21]

Just added some new wheels 17x8.5 +18 offset what do you guys think?

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[ControlNode]

Probably the best thing you can do for any Ford is ditch the 2 piece lug nuts!

Fixed.

 

[OFC Ranger]

Woke up at 2am and could not get back to sleep so I did a little more tinkering on my rear seat delete. I really dislike how the roll on herculiner came on on the tops vs spray on liner which I did for the framing. I am about to head to the Home Derpot to get some new tops and re-do them using the spray liner.

Little more work, new tops under way. Started adding trim to hide where bits and pieces come together. Still plenty to do.

This version I added two gas struts (22lbs each) so the hinges and frame won't be absorbing the upward force at an angle. I positioned them so it will stay open on its own mid way if you guide and stop it there, but after an initial manual lift if you let it go, it will go almost completely vertical.

Not sure if I will go camlocks on these tops like last ones, or splurge on another set of RFID card access locks like my rear wall compartment.

 

[Glocker]

Fixed.

Pretty much for any vehicle that uses them. Ford isn't the only manufacturer that does this idiocy.

 

[Colo_Ranger]

Pretty much for any vehicle that uses them. Ford isn't the only manufacturer that does this idiocy.

Dodge was the absolute worst. The lug size, with the caps wasn't 21mm but it also wasn't 7/8. They'd strip off, every time, straight from the showroom floor.

 

[9zero1790]

Probably the best thing you can do for these trucks is ditch the 2 piece lug nuts!

school me on the 2 piece lug nuts. what is that ?? do they have a cap or something on them ?

 

[SpaceGhost]

school me on the 2 piece lug nuts. what is that ?? do they have a cap or something on them ?

The stock lug nuts are 2 pieces. The outer "chrome" shell with the actual nut inside. They have a habit of becoming deformed, cracking etc.

 

[Glocker]

school me on the 2 piece lug nuts. what is that ?? do they have a cap or something on them ?

These things have bitten me many times. The first, while I was out on patrol, I came across a mother & daughter stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. There was not only no cell phone reception, but we didn't even have police coms out there, stuck in the bottom of a valley without radio coverage. And of course, her lug nuts where swollen on her flat tire.

Then, I had a froze caliper on my 2019 Ranger. Of course, swollen lug nuts reared their ugly heads, and I ended up replacing them with that brake job.

Then rafter that, my dad, after experiencing one of his cars having the same problem, ordered a set of solid lug nuts to be sent to my house so we could change them while he and my mom where on a road trip out my way. Ughhhhh. Swollen here too!

And I can't tell you how many times I saw this come up as n issue when I briefly worked at a Ford dealership. $2.50 a lug nut x20 + .5 hrs labor ($90).

 

[9zero1790]

These things have bitten me many times. The first, while I was out on patrol, I came across a mother & daughter stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. There was not only no cell phone reception, but we didn't even have police coms out there, stuck in the bottom of a valley without radio coverage. And of course, her lug nuts where swollen on her flat tire.

Then, I had a froze caliper on my 2019 Ranger. Of course, swollen lug nuts reared their ugly heads, and I ended up replacing them with that brake job.

Then rafter that, my dad, after experiencing one of his cars having the same problem, ordered a set of solid lug nuts to be sent to my house so we could change them while he and my mom where on a road trip out my way. Ughhhhh. Swollen here too!

And I can't tell you how many times I saw this come up as n issue when I briefly worked at a Ford dealership. $2.50 a lug nut x20 + .5 hrs labor ($90).

well dammit ford! why would they use these, it looks like a problem waiting to happen. most likely when im trying to change a flat in the middle of no where!
thanks for informing.

 

[9zero1790]

The stock lug nuts are 2 pieces. The outer "chrome" shell with the actual nut inside. They have a habit of becoming deformed, cracking etc.

thank you for the info !

 

[Mellow]

HEY!.. just be glad they weren't deleted!

 

[9zero1790]

HEY!.. just be glad they weren't deleted!

the way ford is going lately it would not surprise me on the 6g ranger if they were!

 

[9zero1790]

now i know, and knowing is half the battle...

what is the best one piece replacement to fit the 17 inch sport wheels with no future issues of failure? like one and done, when trucks in the junk yard some guy walking by stops and says to his buddy "grab those lug nuts before we go" ?

 

[Big Blue]

Big Blue got fresh oil and had his tires rotated. And yes I have black one piece lug nuts on my sport wheels. Couldn't take the chrome or the two piece. While I was at it I installed the riv-nuts and got rid of the stupid expandable pins to get at the filter.

 

[StormShadow1138]

Installed the BlackHorse Atlas Chase Rack. Just trying to figure out the wiring for the CHMSL that is on the rack, as it covers the factory light. The hardest part was GASP! DRILLING INTO MY BABY....

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