What did you do to your Ranger today?

[NTXTremor]

Installed a new SwingCase from @Stage3Motorsports which required me to make a trip to Lowe's to buy yet another tap to clean the holes that were filled with spray in bed liner.

Saw a guy pull up in this beautiful '53 Merc. I complimented the guy on how nice his car was when asking him what year it was. He said, "It's a 53," and stormed off without even saying "Thank you." So I guess owners of '53 Mercs are either a$$holes or just hate talking about cars. Whatever.

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[Grumpaw]

Installed a new SwingCase from @Stage3Motorsports which required me to make a trip to Lowe's to buy yet another tap to clean the holes that were filled with spray in bed liner.

Saw a guy pull up in this beautiful '53 Merc. I complimented the guy on how nice his car was when asking him what year it was. He said, "It's a 53," and stormed off without even saying "Thank you." So I guess owner's of '53 Mercs are either a$$holes or just hate talking about cars. Whatever.

Maybe he was just "An Old Grumpy SOB" like some around here !!!
Oh, wait, I resemble that !!!

 

[Doc]

Installed my front hitch and winch.

Nice!

 

[Msfitoy]

im thinking im going to do that with my tax return on the 4g. i dont wanna spend the money on it but it is the main mode of rollin lol.

Tax return? Are you having shop do this? It's super easy if you're leveled and then it's a matter of crawling under with some socket wrenches and drain tray...

I missed the 4G part...

 

[underwhelmed]

Installed a new SwingCase from @Stage3Motorsports which required me to make a trip to Lowe's to buy yet another tap to clean the holes that were filled with spray in bed liner.

Maybe a dumb question from new Ranger owner...is the Ranger pre-drilled for the swing out? There are predrilled spots in the rear bed of my pickup on both sides that look similar to where swingouts would mount. I bought it used so someone may have had something mounted previously.

 

[NTXTremor]

Maybe a dumb question from new Ranger owner...is the Ranger pre-drilled for the swing out? There are predrilled spots in the rear bed of my pickup on both sides that look similar to where swingouts would mount. I bought it used so someone may have had something mounted previously.

Not a dumb question at all.

Yes, the SwingCase uses predrilled holes in your Ranger. There are a total of 7 holes. There are 3 holes in a vertical line at the end of the bed that you can see on the right side of my photo for the hinge mount. Those are 6mm x 1.0, and they were the ones I needed to clean out due to the spray in bed liner.

The bracket also uses the two pairs of tie down holes, the rear tie down and the middle tie down. You do not lose the tie down since you just install the bracket behind them, but you might have to remove the box to effectively use them.

 

[OneMore]

Maybe a dumb question from new Ranger owner...is the Ranger pre-drilled for the swing out? There are predrilled spots in the rear bed of my pickup on both sides that look similar to where swingouts would mount. I bought it used so someone may have had something mounted previously.

Yes. Bed is predrilled and tapped to accept swing box hardware.
If you have spray in bed liner you have to work at cleaning out the threads.

 

[underwhelmed]

Not a dumb question at all.

Yes, the SwingCase uses predrilled holes in your Ranger. There are a total of 7 holes. There are 3 holes in a vertical line at the end of the bed that you can see on the right side of my photo for the hinge mount. Those are 6mm x 1.0, and they were the ones I needed to clean out due to the spray in bed liner.

The bracket also uses the two pairs of tie down holes, the rear tie down and the middle tie down. You do not lose the tie down since you just install the bracket behind them, but you might have to remove the box to effectively use them.

Thanks. I need some storage for basics like a small tool kit, small shovel, and jumper cables, etc. May have to look into this a Stage3 box.

 

[subquark]

Forgot to share this from the other weekend but I added seat covers. $85 from amazon universal fit, fronts fit great rears are so so but they work and there is a zipper to get access to the arm rest.

And this one is what I will be doing next week

Those front seats fit as good, maybe better, than my $400+ Wet Okoles!

Looks great!

 

[subquark]

Since when? ?

Flip it upside down and say they're mountains.

 

[subquark]

You know, if there’s ever a day when I’m feeling particularly down or bummed out I’m just going to come back here and post that I installed another tailgate damper!

Side benefit to the damper. It was 17° the other day when I went to grab a bag of driveway salt at Lowe's. Good thing there's a Target in the same parking lot.

So I open the tailgate and it's slower than molasses and groaning and creaking the whole way down.

So slow that I could go get a Starbucks coffee and a muffin. I almost had the muffin completely finished by the time the tailgate was all the way down. =p

 

[NTXTremor]

Thanks. I need some storage for basics like a small tool kit, small shovel, and jumper cables, etc. May have to look into this a Stage3 box.

I think you will really like the SwingCase. They make them for either side, and you can get them from Ford with the Ford logo for $10 more if that is to your liking.

I chose the passenger's side since I have a WolfHaus 12V connection on the driver's side to which I wanted to maintain easy access. You could also do both if you need more storage.

I am keeping a small set of tools, mechanic's gloves, a headlamp and ratchet straps in mine for now, but I am certain to add more to it until it is full.

My only complaint is that I wish that the semicircles on the lid were full circles to better hold cold snacks.

 

[Grumpaw]

Side benefit to the damper. It was 17° the other day when I went to grab a bag of driveway salt at Lowe's. Good thing there's a Target in the same parking lot.

So I open the tailgate and it's slower than molasses and groaning and creaking the whole way down.

So slow that I could go get a Starbucks get a coffee and a muffin. I almost had the muffin completely finished by the time the tailgate was all the way down. =p

 

[subquark]

Lol, more anti-asian rhetoric.
Seen this fake/plastic rice claim many times and been proven false. Makes the frogs gay, too apparently.


Can't believe I logged out just to see that.

Hmm, not sure how offended I should be by all of this. The chip on my shoulder fell off once I was no longer a teenager but, you know, eggs and gay frogs are kind of triggering me (not even sure what trigger means, seems like it's what you say about anything you don't like - rather than just saying you don't like it?!?).

Anyway, I eat four eggs a day at least six days a week (and the seventh day is usually scrambled eggs that Kate makes).

So I have a hard time believing fake eggs would be real (except for some twisted vegan purpose) and just because I may, or may not, wear Speedos doesn't mean I'm a gay frog (not that I have anything against gay frogs - but I am from Québec).

My old timer idea of what a gay frog is - the ever happy Michigan J. Frog:

 

[ControlNode]

Thanks! Eruption Green is the limited Splash package color for the 2023 MY. Apparently very few dealers got them. I think it looks great!

I think it was limited to either 500 or 1,000 in that color, I can't recall right now.

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