Recent content by Mike175

Sure glad his brother is no longer my governor. I am however concerned about how much further left the state will go now with his replacement. That emblem is the NYS coat of arms. Probably some get out free jail card that all LEO's know about in the state.

I ordered mine with a sunroof. At the time it was my daily and thought the benefit was worth it, especially working in a steel mill. More airflow after a summer shift was appealing. Now it is no longer my daily and I haven't opened it in 3 years. I am too afraid to break a track in doing so...

My only concern was that they wouldn't thread in. You seem to have that well under control though. At one point I had sourced longer bolts and stayed with metric. I thought Grade 8 had slightly higher tensile strength than the 10.9. Either way negligible I'm sure. Sounds like you should be good...

@Jakenbake Have you tried the 1/2" yet? I seem to believe that the OEM are metric

Good news! Sounded like a pretty rough go for awhile there. Hopefully this is the end of it for you.

@Marspool sucks about your truck. Any update how things are going?

I hail from the Syracuse NY area. Rust is our largest domestic product. I have a 2013 ordered and bought.. original owner, that is still perfect. Amsoil HDMP is what I use and will use exclusively. Check out this comparison thread...

I've got a new Ranger for my daily and winter rat. I like it well enough, but I hate the motor. Seems like Ford added the Tremor to appease everyone wanting the Raptor Ranger here in the states. ICON, FOX, and KING all make shocks for them, which is all Ford added to the Ranger plus the Tremor...

You're better off peddling that amateur hour nonsense to Midas and/or back across the pond.

Hey @Loufish @Raptor18Actual @NOC7URN or anyone else with one. Any way you could get me the diameter of the main tube running across the front of the bed the straps wrap around? I have one coming in next week without any finish. I want to get some more tubing to fab something up so that I can...

Yeah our winters suck. Damn salt and brine is the worst. I hate rust in the worst way. These new rangers are a big change but I like it. I too did a 2 year lease to see how much I would like it. I was a bit nervous about being so small but it has been a great little truck for me. There are a...

I have a '84 Ranger I got from my uncle with over 300K on it. Sure the heat sucks and leaks rain water into the cab like all Gen1 Rangers, but it still starts and runs amazing. Most often it is my daily in summer months. I want to keep miles down on my Raptor and I don't drive the '84 or the...

Great fab work, it looks good. Front bumper work looks bad ass too. Too bad you were in the second place gang. <1>

Rebuilds are great and definitely needed over time. Just don't waste your time with a fly by night half ass shop. Depending on where you are located some may be able to advise on a repeatable shop.

I just used a screen and zip ties from an old screen door.