What did you do to your Ranger today?

[IdahoRanger]

LOL Steve! You must be one of @AzScorpion's sales associates! =D

These guys showed up one day wanting to know if I use 303 products ...

Just a dedicated customer.

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[RedDakooter05]

Alright, as mentioned before cowl leak, got seal ect.

I tried 3M tape, but wasn't thick enough so I opted to use RTV... Messy mistake but hey whatever.
Seal came in, got that thing in... let's see if I still have leaks.

Now just gotta figure out what to do about the gap between the two cowl panels... Plastics suck sometimes.


And yes would have been a good time to add a mesh screen to the blower motor openings in the cowl.... Didn't have any.

 

[OFC Ranger]

Woo hoo!
It's not perfect but I'm still happy with it (and that's unusual!). Starting two days ago, I sanded down and washed the fender flares that @OFC Ranger gifted to me (that I've been modifying to fit around my snorkel and front bumper). Last night I wiped them down with acetone, tacked them off, and then hit them with some adhesion promoter.

This morning I had to get up at 0500 to take my wife to the airport (?) so when I got home at 0640, I tacked them off again and got 'em with two coats of Raptor Liner.

Again, it's not perfect. My "body work" on where I bonded the plastic together leaves a little to be desired. I'm actually a little surprised that the Raptor liner actually accentuates my shoddy work rather than covering it. But I'm still happy with it.

Look good to me!

 

[maxbottomtime]

I installed a full leather interior in my XLT today. Also added heated seat pads. I ran wiring for the heated seats, but am waiting on the new switch fascia (thinking I'll install there - wasn't seeing anywhere else that would look clean). Photos are immediately after install. will give feedback once they've sat in the sun a few days - i suspect they'll tighten up and lose the few wrinkles they have.

Whole process was around 8-9 hours.
edit: oh - i also changed my cabin air filter

Just updating this - the leather has settled in NICELY. I am so excited with how it looks. it's a little shiny from the chemical guys leather conditioner I hit it with.

 

[Glocker]

Just updating this - the leather has settled in NICELY. I am so excited with how it looks. it's a little shiny from the chemical guys leather conditioner I hit it with.

I've seen that with since leather conditioners, after you test the leather, buff it off with a microfiber so it returns the leather to its natural looking matte sheen.

 

[maxbottomtime]

I've seen that with since leather conditioners, after you test the leather, buff it off with a microfiber so it returns the leather to its natural looking matte sheen.

thanks. just hit it with some elbow grease while on a call - much more even.

 

[Tracy Bowman]

It looks great! I love Mr. Pink and the two-bucket method always gets better results. But I'm pretty lazy - some times I only soap cannon and rinse! =O

Last time I was a little more motivated but only a single bucket with grate and a mitt-on-a-stick.

But that does miss spots that I tend to then do with a small microfiber. It would probably be less work if I just did your two-bucket way!

Anyway ... your truck looks great! Plus it's a SuperCab, so ... you know ... it always looks better anyway!

Bite your tongue, mister!?

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Just updating this - the leather has settled in NICELY. I am so excited with how it looks. it's a little shiny from the chemical guys leather conditioner I hit it with.

They look great!

 

[Synfulz]

I still tired. So I let someone else clean my truck. It cost $4.?

 

[AzScorpion]

I still tired. So I let someone else clean my truck. It cost $4.?

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[Synfulz]

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I happy.

 

[maxbottomtime]

I still tired. So I let someone else clean my truck. It cost $4.?

Was that more or less than the massage while you waited?

 

[Bashell]

Yesterday I drove up to Paulette Peak in La Pine, OR. Saw another Ranger at the top.

 

[maxbottomtime]

Yesterday I drove up to Paulette Peak in La Pine, OR. Saw another Ranger at the top.

They call that the shit sandwich (keep in mind, sandwiches are named for their fillings).

 

[Dalverian]

Hi guys, been reading the forums for a while, but first time posting. I got this 2019 FX4 Lariatused in March 2022, trading in my 2020 F-150 for better gas mileage, since it's my daily driver. I have three kids, two of them in booster seats, and since we had begun using my Ranger for family outings more regularly I had been considering going back to an F-150 for the back seat space. For that reason, I didn't sink much money into mods or add-ons...but just recently I made up my mind to keep it (I do love it, after all), and now I have begun customizing.

I had already added the bug guard right after I bought it, but today I put on the rain guards and a stubby antenna. As I said, I have gone through the forums and read lots of posts, mostly looking for ideas. I don't want to be one of those guys that asks a question that's been answered a hundred times, but there is so much information on here that it is a bit overwhelming.

I'm planning on adding some beefier fender flares, swapping out these highway tires for some all terrains (still on the fence between Firestone Destination AT3, BF Goodrich KO2, and Baja Boss). I'm thinking about this one time yall probably haven't heard of before...it's a DeeZee Tailgate Dampener. I have looked a little bit at FORScan, but I have never used anything like that and am a little nervous about bricking my truck, so any feedback in that area would be great. I like the idea of the Bambi mode and putting an end to that annoying double honk when I close the door with the truck running and fob in my pocket.

I have looked at a couple leveling kits and am thinking about putting one on there, but it would be mostly for aesthetics, since any offroading I do isn't really all that hardcore, but I haven't made up my mind which kit to get and whether to do it myself or have it professionally installed. I am mechanically inclined, but I'm not sure if that's within my abilities. Anybody who isn't a professional (or at least very experienced amateur) mechanic do your own? Interested in your experiences, if so.

Long term, I'm gonna want to put a bed cap on and get a LineX liner. I say long term because while the liner is only around $500, I'm looking at $3,000 before caps, and again...three kids, so an unrequired $3,000 upgrade to my truck isn't priority.

Anybody got any ideas for relatively inexpensive add-ons/mods that you recommend? I am also interested in doing a chrome delete, but with this thing already having so much chrome to begin with (and me making it worse with the bug guard), that seems a little daunting on top of all my other truck priorities.

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