Michel Jeanneau
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Greetings 6G'ers,
I just picked up my 6G Ranger today, coming from the 5G world. My 2019 STX FX4 was totalled during a snow storm a couple of weeks ago (nobody got hurt). So I am starting on the 6G journey here! So far I was able to transplant my Gator tri-fold tonneau cover and 3/4 of my weathertech mats (front driver latch lugs are in the wrong place! I also rescued a swing-out bed box from my 5G Ranger and I need to modify the hinge mount plate for it to work on the new truck. Patiently waiting for my forscan license to finish tweaking my new truck.
Some of the new features, or lack there of bug me and most I like; one that bugs me is the lack of a physical owners manual, can't disable autolock without forscan, no real gauges (glass cockpit...oooohhhh!), not able to get FX4 trim on STX (or sliding rear window), and that retarded electric parking brake switch....motherf'er one more thing to break. Bad enough we can't get these trucks with a manual tranny.
OK, done with my old man rant. The good-they fixed the 10R80 shift pattern, I like that manual mode is more responsive (less shift delay) from the previous gen; I like the standard sunglass cubby overhead, but the engine bay looks like they forgot to put inner fenders. It looks way less crammed in there and also like that they moved the alternator away from the bottom of the truck. Enough ranting. Will post some pics later
Mike
I just picked up my 6G Ranger today, coming from the 5G world. My 2019 STX FX4 was totalled during a snow storm a couple of weeks ago (nobody got hurt). So I am starting on the 6G journey here! So far I was able to transplant my Gator tri-fold tonneau cover and 3/4 of my weathertech mats (front driver latch lugs are in the wrong place! I also rescued a swing-out bed box from my 5G Ranger and I need to modify the hinge mount plate for it to work on the new truck. Patiently waiting for my forscan license to finish tweaking my new truck.
Some of the new features, or lack there of bug me and most I like; one that bugs me is the lack of a physical owners manual, can't disable autolock without forscan, no real gauges (glass cockpit...oooohhhh!), not able to get FX4 trim on STX (or sliding rear window), and that retarded electric parking brake switch....motherf'er one more thing to break. Bad enough we can't get these trucks with a manual tranny.
OK, done with my old man rant. The good-they fixed the 10R80 shift pattern, I like that manual mode is more responsive (less shift delay) from the previous gen; I like the standard sunglass cubby overhead, but the engine bay looks like they forgot to put inner fenders. It looks way less crammed in there and also like that they moved the alternator away from the bottom of the truck. Enough ranting. Will post some pics later
Mike
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