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While home from work i decided to attempt the install of this coolio ranger rapter grill that is made for the regular ranger. I got it from www.ycarpart.com for 226.88 with free shipping. I ordered it on 24 jan and it got here on 3 feb, though it comes in two packages and the first package got here 3 days ago.
My father-in-law liked it so much that he ordered it on 25 jan and his got here the day before mine, oddly. We have the same color trucks though his is a 2025 xlt with the fx4 package. He has a slightly smaller lift than mine and he has black wheels and aggresive off road tires.
So, onto the pictures.
Pop the hood and remove all these little push pin holders.
There are 13 to remove. Use a plasric trim tool to get the center up and then you cam just pull them straight up amd out of the part that covers the top of the grill area. I used the handy tool that came with my muslogy mud flaps.
You should be here now
Remove these two bolts from top of the current grill on your truck. They are 8mm, or 5/16". Same size is how it seemed to me
Grab here and pull straight out to pop the wing bracket out of its holder.
Do the same thing to this one.
Also, i had to remove my license plate mount to get the grill off so fyi, you may have to do that, also
The next part was tough and i didnt get a good picture. Its where you actually remove the grill from the truck. There are 8 more brackets across the bottom side of the grill that need to be pulled out. 2 of them are situated on their sides and are in the curved up area of the bottom of the grill. The two on their sides will come right out of their attachment slot but the 6 across the very bottom are a pain in the ass. I broke 5 of them and i was aware they were there and how to get them out. I just couldn't get then to pop out, even using a little tool to try and disengage them. Finally i just said screw it since i am replacing the grill, anyways. It just means i cannot sell the oem grill for a decent price now, though it still has enough clips to mount solidly. So thats why no decent pic
The clips go into those thin slots at the top of the bumper. You will be here, once you get the grill off.
Next, you need to get the little brackets from one of the plastic parts bags that came with the grill, and the bag of screws, and put a bracket on each end of the grill. 2 screws per bracket. I took the blue tape off the oem grill smd put it in place on the new grill, just because ford had it on there for some reason.
I used bright colored screws so you can see everywhere that needs screws, behind the O and R, holding the led lights in place, and holding the flat top pieces on.
I used small zip ties to hold the wiring for the leds in place because if you dont, the wires just flop around and i was afraid they would get abraided and possilby short out over time.
Hold your new grill up and push all the clips into their slots on the truck. One at each headlight and the 6 across the lower section.
You are almost done and can see how cool it looks now
Runnthe led wiring harness along the factory harness and zip tie them tigether so the new harness doesnt wiggle around and short out or get cut somehow.
Reinstall the top piece with the 13 push pins. One of the front right ones that is closest to the middle will require you to push the plastic pieces its holding together so it seats properly. The rest drop in perectly.
I have the led harness zip tied up while i try and find a better why to hook it to the day time running lights then cutting and solder/shrink wrapping it to the truck wiring harness.
You are now complete.
Go have a snack and drink and wash your super cool truck that totally stands out from the crowd, now
My father-in-law liked it so much that he ordered it on 25 jan and his got here the day before mine, oddly. We have the same color trucks though his is a 2025 xlt with the fx4 package. He has a slightly smaller lift than mine and he has black wheels and aggresive off road tires.
So, onto the pictures.
Pop the hood and remove all these little push pin holders.
There are 13 to remove. Use a plasric trim tool to get the center up and then you cam just pull them straight up amd out of the part that covers the top of the grill area. I used the handy tool that came with my muslogy mud flaps.
You should be here now
Remove these two bolts from top of the current grill on your truck. They are 8mm, or 5/16". Same size is how it seemed to me
Grab here and pull straight out to pop the wing bracket out of its holder.
Do the same thing to this one.
Also, i had to remove my license plate mount to get the grill off so fyi, you may have to do that, also
The next part was tough and i didnt get a good picture. Its where you actually remove the grill from the truck. There are 8 more brackets across the bottom side of the grill that need to be pulled out. 2 of them are situated on their sides and are in the curved up area of the bottom of the grill. The two on their sides will come right out of their attachment slot but the 6 across the very bottom are a pain in the ass. I broke 5 of them and i was aware they were there and how to get them out. I just couldn't get then to pop out, even using a little tool to try and disengage them. Finally i just said screw it since i am replacing the grill, anyways. It just means i cannot sell the oem grill for a decent price now, though it still has enough clips to mount solidly. So thats why no decent pic
The clips go into those thin slots at the top of the bumper. You will be here, once you get the grill off.
Next, you need to get the little brackets from one of the plastic parts bags that came with the grill, and the bag of screws, and put a bracket on each end of the grill. 2 screws per bracket. I took the blue tape off the oem grill smd put it in place on the new grill, just because ford had it on there for some reason.
I used bright colored screws so you can see everywhere that needs screws, behind the O and R, holding the led lights in place, and holding the flat top pieces on.
I used small zip ties to hold the wiring for the leds in place because if you dont, the wires just flop around and i was afraid they would get abraided and possilby short out over time.
Hold your new grill up and push all the clips into their slots on the truck. One at each headlight and the 6 across the lower section.
You are almost done and can see how cool it looks now
Runnthe led wiring harness along the factory harness and zip tie them tigether so the new harness doesnt wiggle around and short out or get cut somehow.
Reinstall the top piece with the 13 push pins. One of the front right ones that is closest to the middle will require you to push the plastic pieces its holding together so it seats properly. The rest drop in perectly.
I have the led harness zip tied up while i try and find a better why to hook it to the day time running lights then cutting and solder/shrink wrapping it to the truck wiring harness.
You are now complete.
Go have a snack and drink and wash your super cool truck that totally stands out from the crowd, now
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