The Ford Maverick is coming June 8th

[sgtsandman]

I know for my 2011 escape you can get a “leveling kit” spacer block that goes between the top of the front strut & the body, I got a 1-1/2” one but need a strut spring compressor tool to put them in. Im not sure if the current gen escape (2013 & up) has them available or not.

With the first gen CR-Vs (1997-2001), it was either spacers or longer springs. The limit was 1.5” though. Anything more would over articulate the CV joints in the half shafts. People tried it and it didn’t work well.

The lift didn’t really do much. A little more clearance and you could get tires about an inch taller.

The down side was that it was easy to reach max suspension extension.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I found this on a maverick forum... this is what they think it will roughly be dimension wise.

Over all Length appears to be roughly 195” Long. Wheel base roughly 114”. Height roughly 70”. Width roughly 74”. Track width roughly 63”. Ground clearance roughly 7.5-9” Bed size roughly 54” Long, 54” Wide 40” between wheels. 15” tall. Curb weight roughly 3600-3900lbs.

The wheelbase of my longbox is 114"

The new Ranger is within an inch or two of a old Supercab.

 

[Jim Oaks]

 

[Jim Oaks]

I'm interested to see how this compares in size to the original 1983 Ranger.

 

[Blmpkn]

I don't see an issue lifting a "car" personally.

I ran subarus for years that were lifted with strut top spacers and it was awesome. 1 or 2" of lift and installing 29" tires gave you enough ground clearance to get just about anywhere.

 

[Blmpkn]

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Fx4 huh... off road packaged fwd lol.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Really not a bad looking truck.

 

[Shran]

I don't hate it.

Would be nice if you could get it in a single cab.

 

[fastpakr]

I don't hate it.

Would be nice if you could get it in a single cab.

Has that been ruled out? I haven't kept up very well.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Has that been ruled out? I haven't kept up very well.

I haven't heard anything about it, just the crew cab-like four door.

I haven't followed it super close either though

 

[Shran]

Has that been ruled out? I haven't kept up very well.

No idea, I haven't been watching it either. I wouldn't be surprised if it went either way. A single cab isn't going to be a good seller for most people but they'd be real popular with fleets I'd think - our NAPA store was hoarding Rangers as parts runner trucks, they had like 10 of them, all different colors...think they bought every single one that got traded in at the car lot across the street, lol

I see a lot of single cab Colorados, Tacomas, etc in use as fleet trucks too.

 

[sgtsandman]

Fx4 huh... off road packaged fwd lol.

Maybe they gave it a limited slip and more aggressive tires? There isn’t a whole heck of a lot you can do to a unibody chassis other maybe 1-2” of lift and some skid plates...

 

[Blmpkn]

Maybe they gave it a limited slip and more aggressive tires? There isn’t a whole heck of a lot you can do to a unibody chassis other maybe 1-2” of lift and some skid plates...

An LSD would be sweet, but people would complain about torque steer.

No winning.

Glad I'm not a car manufacturer lol.

EDIT: too much sun for me today. Don't mind me. Thought they were all fwd.

 

[fastpakr]

So no AWD option?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

An LSD would be sweet, but people would complain about torque steer.

No winning.

Glad I'm not a car manufacturer lol.

Bronco Sport is built off the same host chassis, plenty of stuff they can pull of of that if they wanted to.

So no AWD option?

FX4 won't be a 2wd...