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

[85_Ranger4x4]

My wife found a show and shine in Omaha this weekend she wants to take our trucks to.

So after work I take her out to supper and hit the car wash.

It rained all day so I sneaked down our sloppy gravel road in low at 6mph trying to keep it clean.

I pull up the driveway to find this.

Apparently a little kid wanted to go offroading... so she took him through my bean field.

 

[Snoranger]

My wife found a show and shine in Omaha this weekend she wants to take our trucks to.

So after work I take her out to supper and hit the car wash.

It rained all day so I sneaked down our sloppy gravel road in low at 6mph trying to keep it clean.

I pull up the driveway to find this.

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Apparently a little kid wanted to go offroading... so she took him through my bean field.

Take it to the car show covered in mud!!!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Take it to the car show covered in mud!!!

It's pretty much just in the wheel wells. Even after I took it down our road to blow the mud out of the tires.

 

[Isk Stark]

Managed to round out one of the Mevotech camber cams for the a-arm. Still have the stock camber bolts to mix and match. Inner tie rods are giving me trouble. Not even the special tool is getting it loose. A pair of vice grips might work... or maybe a torch. found some more rust spots hiding behind the fender liner to treat. Using some JDM bumper quick release cams I found on eBay to secure the grill to the fender. Looking JDM tyte yo.

 

[broncc]

Are these going to be available to the rest of us?

I will be making the .stl available in a bit. I'm working on a big package of a few bushings and stuff I'll release all at once when its ready.

Today I decided to finally fix my radio. I broke the ribbon cable off it a long time ago investigating tape noise. I'm not that great at soldering and typically hand that off to someone else to do!

 

[Angry Possum]

BOOYA! I have to laugh. We went to two junkyards today and got two very good doors.

Both yards were pretty crowded. We don't always see people but we hear them all around us, mostly grunting, an occasional bang and clatter. Sometimes people even swear.

Suddenly out of nowhere, a man yells out, "Booya!"

Everybody laughed. We all know the feeling. It's when you search forever for your own rusty but trusty. You find nothing, nothing, nothing. Then all at once the part! THE PART! It's maybe even 20 years old but it's in great condition. It's perfect.

Booya! That wonderful feeling. It's PULLING TIME!

Booya. Nice door. That's real minty...

 

[Bill]

i wonder if my truck has flaps on it

Mine (2007) didn't come with them. I commented about it when I bought it and the dealership gave me some mud flaps that are for the STX. You can't see the STX lettering on them from behind. It also didn't come with rear wheel well liners and I would like to find some that fit so I don't have to listen to the rocks hitting the underside of the bed near the wheels when I'm driving on forest roads.

 

[Bill]

I drove back to Sacramento from Fresno into quite stiff winds a good part of the way. Gas mileage came out to around 26.7 mpg at 65-70 mph into head-on winds around 15-25 mph with some gusts that noticeably added some resistance at times. That wind really dinged my fuel economy.

 

[Snoranger]

It also didn't come with rear wheel well liners and I would like to find some that fit so I don't have to listen to the rocks hitting the underside of the bed near the wheels when I'm driving on forest roads.

Spray it with plastic-dip. It take quite a few coats to get it thick enough to protect the wheel wells.

 

[Bill]

Spray it with plastic-dip. It take quite a few coats to get it thick enough to protect the wheel wells.

It's a large area that extends from the front of the bed to the taillights. I might take a chance grab a set from at Pick a part if they are cheap enough.

 

[Saddle Tramp]

Looked at the interior and wondered how hard would it be to reupholster the driver's seat.

 

[sgtsandman]

My 2011 only came with the rear wheel well liner strips. Getting some front ones and the needed support brackets has been on the “to do” list for a while but I haven’t done it yet.

But all the antennas on the truck match now. I finished painting the bases yesterday so everything is a semi-gloss black instead of the mix matching of black and various shades of silver.

 

[Lefty]

Booya. Nice door. That's real minty...

We're going again soon. The parts yards are loaded with fresh clunkers which have been acquired over winter. This is the season when the shopping is best. Things get picked over by August.

We've got a big shopping list! We're also looking for options and accessories: performance chips, a K&N filter, nerfs, tonneau cover, vintage floor mats, owners manual, etc. I'm pulling a limited slip this weekend if I can. Pulling time!

 

[Lefty]

Looked at the interior and wondered how hard would it be to reupholster the driver's seat.

There's plenty of quality seat covers which are made to custom fit. I'm hoping for Mustang buckets. Most are pretty worn, but if the foam rubber is still good, I'm going to pull them and get custom fit leather covers.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

Looked at the interior and wondered how hard would it be to reupholster the driver's seat.

Remember the seats in your 2011 have air bags. Complicates things.