What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[broncc]

I'm nearly done with the rust repair now. I'm onto the most difficult section of the wiper through. One which I have been putting off as long as possible. I'm having some trouble trying to shape the metal enough with only a hammer.



Sadly I don't think I'll be able to make it to the trail ride again. This is cutting it close and I can't use PTO yet at my new job. Anyone near by want to hit some trails at a later date?

 

[racsan]

Today I used the ranger as a tire-bead breaker. one of the tires from my trailer had a bad valve stem, happened to have a new one but didnt want to pay a place $10 just to break the bead down & put a new valve in. So with a couple of small jacks & a small chain (so I wasnt raising the truck while trying to push the bead down) I got it all done in a hour. the old ford tire change jack worked great, rather then use the 4ft handle I used a screwdriver with a ratchet wrench on the hex right below the handle

 

[CrabGuy]

Started on a 6x9 speaker install in the front doors. The Ranger came with a really nice touch screen Pioneer HU with good sounding Sony 6x8 3-ways in the front doors. The rear door speakers were OE, sounded muddy, and looked like they were made out of dried up Jack in the Box bags. The plan is to swap the Sonys to the rear doors then cut out larger openings for the 6x9's up front. I had a pair of Infinity Kappa 693i speakers installed in boxes left over from an earlier Porsche that weren't being used. I'll also be removing the folding seats to gain more room since they are totally useless. I'm old and slow plus it's been in the 100's here for days so I'm going to take my time and do it right. Still need to buy some DynaMat, Noico, or similar deadener sheets. I hope they sound better-LOL

 

[ericbphoto]

Toted it around on the trailer some more.

 

[Dirtman]

I used it to haul a roll of hay... I feel like like a real farmer now!

 

[fastpakr]

Discovered this:

I'll deal with that tonight sometime... I'd kind of like the sway bar before i spend eighteen hours on the highway this weekend.

 

[ericbphoto]

Discovered this:
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I'll deal with that tonight sometime... I'd kind of like the sway bar before i spend eighteen hours on the highway this weekend.

Only matters if you're going fast around corners.

 

[fastpakr]

Only matters if you're going fast around corners.

I'm certainly not planning to, but you never know...

 

[Dirtman]

You're complaining about a free automatic sway bar disconnect system?!

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Parked it, and took my Mercedes to work.

Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

 

[sgtsandman]

There is a well head to close off in the middle of a paved parking lot?

 

[NewShockerGuy]

Decided to upgrade my Pioneer Avic D3 in my Ford ranger to something slightly newer...lol.

Pioneer DMH 1500 NEX. It's the same one in the Solara and I'm going to put another one in my STi. I primarily only use the Spotify or Pandora app. And apparently from what I've gathered the newer Pioneer head units do not have these two apps which is a shame because I really like them.

Also has the standard apple carplay in Android Auto.

It's comical to me that my 20-year-old Ford ranger has a newer infotainment system than my 2020 RCF... smh.

-Nigel

 

[ekrampitzjr]

The new infotainment system looks great, but one of the things I like about my Ranger is being able to play CDs. Most new cars don't have CD players even as an option any more. Guess I'm a dinosaur.

 

[CrabGuy]

The new infotainment system looks great, but one of the things I like about my Ranger is being able to play CDs. Most new cars don't have CD players even as an option any more. Guess I'm a dinosaur.

I guess that makes me a dinosaur too. I love making and playing CD's and my Pioneer touch screen unit does it very well. I wish it had Android Auto though but Bluetooth works just fine. My wife's 2018 Subaru has all the bells and whistles for the phone and she doesn't use any of them but plays CD's all the time.

 

[CrabGuy]

I got the Infinity Kappa 6x9's installed in the front and the Sony 5x7's 4-ways swapped to the rear. Those Kappa speakers have very large magnets so I really had to favor the front side of the cutout to avoid the window track. An air saw makes short order of the cutting. The worst part of the whole project has been those plastic plugs for the rear door panels. Like most things they come out easy and drive you crazy on the reinstall. Whoever installed the Sony front speakers had the polarity reversed on both of them. It's not like you can't find wiring diagrams on line in 30 seconds

I'll need to come back in and install sound deadener when Amazon smiles on me. So far I love the excellent sound improvement, the bass is great and I won't need a sub that's for sure. I'm glad I put the 6x9's in the front rather than the rear area. I know a lot of folks like breaking things 4 wheeling; I like to just kick back and listen to the tunes on a long drive. My days of breaking axles and welding on the trail are over.