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I've been looking on Bilstein's website for shock upgrades since I ordered my '25 lariat fx4 over a year ago, and I'm just now seeing an option for rear shock upgrades to Bilstein's B6 4600 shocks. I've been using Bilstein's on my German sedans and SUV's for a long time now but I've never put...

https://www.motor1.com/news/786583/ford-confirms-sub-40000-dollars-car/ I’m guessing mid-sized means it’s on the Ranger platform, but this is the first I’m hearing of an ev Ranger. Has anyone heard of other news or rumors about this mid-sized ev truck from ford that’s supposed to be here in 2027?

Before the holidays I did a second oil change on my 2025 Ranger Lariat FX4 with the 2.7l engine. I did the first oil change at 769 miles and filled it with Amsoil Signature Series 5w30, then did the second oil change at 3782 (just over 3k miles on the oil). I had a sample analyzed from both...

Over the last few weeks we've had our Ranger enlisted as a family-hauler to attend some of the kid's extracurricular activities and to go to some fun events with tailgating. Those trips invariably ended with me driving home while the others get a head start on their beauty sleep. Each night I...

I’ve received at least a few emails telling me to schedule my software updates in the few months that I’ve owned my Ranger, but the odd thing is that I have done so within a day or two of when I took delivery. I also don’t think I’ve received any updates. Does everyone get these emails...

I ordered my Ranger last October and took delivery in April, and as the anticipation of the build and delivery grew I often looked at the window sticker online along with the build status on Ford's website. When I took delivery of the Ranger we looked at a Bronco Sport the dealer had in...

How many of us renew the SiriusXM subscription? I've never been a fan of satellite radio for a couple of reasons, but I don't exactly hate it either. I've historically felt that money is better spent for streaming music services that I can access and enjoy elsewhere, and the quality of the...

I recently did the first oil change in my 2025 Lariat FX4 with the 2.7 v6 at just under 800 miles. I sent a sample to Blackstone Labs for analysis and the report just came in a few minutes ago. I don't know any details about the oil Ford uses for the initial fill, so I just guessed that it was...

I’m a “form follows function” kind of guy, and I always have been. And I’m also an adamant believer in the aphorism, “take care of your machine and it’ll take care of you.” And so with this mindset I’ve been going about adding thing and doing things to my Ranger to maintain and preserve it for...

I just installed a set of Nokian Outpost nAT tires on a set of Method 703 rims with +35mm offset. The tires are 255/75r17 which are about 32” (32.1”?) and same width as the original tires. The nokian’s diameter is 1” taller than the stock 255/65r18. No clearance issues yet and I don’t...

My 2025 lariat fx4 arrived shod with Goodyear Wrangler Territory AT tires while the 2024’s I looked st all had AT/S tires. I know the AT/S tires are rather unpopular and are lousy in wet, mud, snow, off-road, etc, but are the AT any better? The tread pattern looks slightly different which may or...

I've seen a lot of window stickers in the last few years and they've all had some of the boxes grayed out, specifically in the lower left. Recently, mostly by accident, I had a PDF copy of one opened and inadvertently selected the text and I was surprised to see some "ghost" text selected in the...

Helm, Inc has had the Owner's Manual in printed form available for 2024 Rangers for a while now, and as of today I see the printed Owner's Manual is available for the 2025 Model Year Rangers as well...

Has anyone installed different brake pads and/or rotors to either get better pedal feel or improved braking performance? I’m not interested in spending thousands on crazy aftermarket calipers but if a different pad compound or better rotors improve the ranger’s brakes then I’d do that in a...

Earlier this year TFL did a tow test of mid-sized pickups with their ranger having a 2.3 4-cylinder. They just posted a similar test with the 2.7 v6 Ranger, and they share their opinions on the 2.7 ranger vs other mid-sized trucks for towing at the end.

https://fordauthority.com/2024/11/ford-ranger-among-most-dangerous-pickup-trucks/ This is bad news for (what’s left of us) Ranger fans. I’d like to see more data on the accident statistics just to better understand the weaknesses of the Ranger, like whether most fatalities occurred in frontal...

For those of us buying new (oem or aftermarket) wheels for our rangers, what are you doing about TPMS? Is the oem tpms a common 315mhz? What, if anything, has to be done when installing these (anything in forscan, or just resetting tire pressure in the dash or something)? I'm looking at these...

I have a 2025 Lariat on order and as with every other vehicle I've owned I'll buy a new set of rims and dedicated snow tires. I'll be getting two new sets of tires, one all-terrain, and one set of snow tires. My snow tire of choice is the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 and the all-terrain I want is...

Has anyone installed the fas-top tonneau and soft topper combo on their Ranger? If so, any issues? Can you share photos? I’m also curious if there might be Black Friday sales or coupons around (their checkout process has a field for coupons). I just ordered a 2025 lariat so I’m not in a huge rush.