What did you do to your Ranger today?

[Wence5]

great side steps!

Thanks!

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[Tracy Bowman]

I did a full detail, the color just pops now that it's clean. I did not have the dealer clean the truck at all when it arrived.

The sparkle.

The pizzazz.

Finished

It's interesting to me that there are 5 colors in this one small area of the truck... Paint, matte black, mettalic gray, red and piano black that's not even counting the silver and blue in the Ford logo....

After the first foam soak.
The foam was brown when it dripped off.

Beautiful!

 

[Fordup]

I leveled it and made it ride like a Cadillac for under $20.00 ?. 3 bags of wet sand at 200 pounds total was what the engineers must have used for testing. May keep it there year round.

 

[subquark]

Even though it's 35° out and the rubber might be stiff, I just had to install the hood bumpers. And it reminded me of another deleted item: hood struts.

I used a little silicone paste (probably not needed, they slot in easily).

And the bunny faces in for proper install (thanks @RedDakooter05).

Now the hood will rattle less and not annoy the engine cover mice.

 

[Grumpaw]

Even though it's 35° out and the rubber might be stiff, I just had to install the hood bumpers. And it gave reminded me of another deleted item: hood struts.

I used a little silicone paste (probably not needed, they slot in easily).

And the bunny faces in for proper install (thanks @RedDakooter05).

Now the hood will rattle less and not annoy the engine cover mice.

Since I installed mine, the hood has the right, precise gap that, being equally even on both sides, allows the Ranger to slice thru the air, eliminating any buffeting, and at the same time has just enough down force, equally on both sides, to firmly plant the front of the truck to the roadway.
Also, makes a nice "thunk" now when I close the hood !!!

 

[subquark]

Since I installed mine, the hood has the right, precise gap that, being equally even on both sides, allows the Ranger to slice thru the air, eliminating any buffeting, and at the same time has just enough down force, equally on both sides, to firmly plant the front of the truck to the roadway.
Also, makes a nice "thunk" now when I close the hood !!!

Yes! What you said! =D

Let's see that cybertruck try to gain this kind of performance!

 

[Rhino]

festive time! i also hit 10k miles today so thats something! took a lot less time then i was expecting tbh...

 

[RedDakooter05]

I never noticed any difference after installing the hood bumpers. Maybe a little less bouncy if anything.


Still, looks more complete.

 

[Rhino]

Doing a quarter panel at a time. Lol. The turtle seemed good? I do have a lot, and a lot of rock chips. ? paint is super thin

ill say this the ranger has thin paint but nowhere near as bad as my 19 si had... the car was white and the plastic under the front bumper was black so it showed everything!

 

[pbethel]

Spark plug change with new Motorcraft plugs. Old plugs in pictures are from front(left) to back of engine(right). 59,000 miles. I must also get some water in the back plug based on the rust. Although it was not any more difficult to remove than the rest.

Gotta love the desert SW. I don't have that much rust on the whole truck and it's parked outside.

 

[subquark]

Soupie is getting more complete every day! Easiest thing I've done yet with very satisfying clicks as they popped into place.

Plus, more holes are now filled in! =D

I suppose, these could have an impact on engine noise (probably as much as the engine cover does). I think the mouse family will have a more pleasant winter now.

 

[MXGOLF]

I'm so tired, I thought the bottle was supporting the entire weight of the truck. Like damn...


Probably should goto bed...

Time for a cold beer Jake!

 

[gkostolny]

Even though it's 35° out and the rubber might be stiff, I just had to install the hood bumpers. And it reminded me of another deleted item: hood struts.

I used a little silicone paste (probably not needed, they slot in easily).

And the bunny faces in for proper install (thanks @RedDakooter05).

Now the hood will rattle less and not annoy the engine cover mice.

They deleted the hood struts??? That's one of my favorite things about my '21 Lariat.

 

[MXGOLF]

I leveled it and made it ride like a Cadillac for under $20.00 ?. 3 bags of wet sand at 200 pounds total was what the engineers must have used for testing. May keep it there year round.

Ed I have a couple of those sand tubes in back too. I will leave them in until spring then take them out. They are sure nice to have back there!

 

[gkostolny]

It’s been a while since I did anything to the Ranger… Which means I was overdue!

So over the last couple of days I installed an SVC Off-road light/bull bar, and a flood/spot ARB Solis 36 combo. I also fabbed up some extra braces for the bar since it flexed more than I liked. Ended up w/2 16-gauge steel braces extending from the center of the bar to the slots in the bumper where the plastic license plate holder was snapped on. Still need to make a new plate holder for the bar.

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