Grew up in Tucson between Broadway and 22d on what was a two lane North/South dirt road on the very East side of the city. New houses on the West side of the street, some on the East side of the street including ours, and desert stretching further East to the Rincon's. Kolb Road! Take your truck on Roller Coaster road out to Colossal cave. Running boards: I like e-boards such as Amp Research so my leg doesn't scrape getting in and out. When I get my Ranger I'm putting them on. I am shopping tonneau now. I am lazy so I have an electric Retrax on my F150. Looking at electric again or something manual like Roll-n-lock. I don't mind a can. If Peragon comes out with a Tectonic for the 5' bed, I will go with that. Look for UV protected covers. I also recommend XPEL PPF full front, B pillars, and rocker panels, Line-X if you don't have the spray in, and since you are in Tucson XPEL nano ceramic window film (not tint) @ 95% UV reduction or better. Nice truck!New Ranger owner here....picked up a 2025 XLT in Azure Gray metallic on Monday. so far am loving the truck. good to be back in a truck again after spending the last couple of years in an EV (SUV). looking forward to the mods I plan on doing. First up running boards.... then Tonneau cover. any other goodies any one can recommend?
Welcome from a fellow Tucsonian. I too am going to want running boards but I want the least intrusive ones as I am tall and don't need them for access but I want them for rock protection. Look at my posts and you will find a couple running board threads. I may go with the Go Rhino Dominator Xtreme D6 that member @expertcom is running.New Ranger owner here....picked up a 2025 XLT in Azure Gray metallic on Monday. so far am loving the truck. good to be back in a truck again after spending the last couple of years in an EV (SUV). looking forward to the mods I plan on doing. First up running boards.... then Tonneau cover. any other goodies any one can recommend?
I grew up on E 17th Place. Went to Palo Verde. Graduated in 72. Then to U of A and graduated in 76. Left Tucson for the military, retired from that, and have not moved back. Just college reunions. Have friends on 9th Street off Swan. El Con was once a big mall. Remember when they tore the hotel down.
You were 2 years ahead of me. My wife's uncle was a cowboy on a ranch in Douglas and he used to talk about the big parties he would go to on the weekends at el Con resort. It went through some difficult times and now it is Walmart, Home Depot, Target, movie theatres, another clothing store I can't recall the name of, pet store and numerous fast food restaurants and Starbucks type of things. Seems to be doing very well.
