2016 Ford Ranger MK2 in Australia

adamaustin

adamaustin

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G'day guys! Just thought I would start a little thread about what I have done so far and what I'm planning to do in the future.

I started with a brand new Ford Ranger last June and have been slowly building it up to what I need as money permits.

So far I have added:
• 2-3 inch Dobinson remote res shocks with king's springs
• 33 BFG KO2 AT's on 16 inch Steel rims 0 offset
• Ironman bullbar
• Rhino Rack pioneer platform with Rhino awning
• TJM snorkel
• GME 80ch uhf
• Stedi 32 inch light bar and 9 inch spotties
• dual batteries with the second behind rear seat
• idrive throttle booster
• 2x 9 inch lightbars mounted under rear step
• 45L Engel Fridge strapped on back seat when touring


In the future I will add:
• rear tray with custom alloy canopy
• canopy fitted out with drawers and fridge slide
• roof top tent
• rocksliders
• front and rear winches

And once out of warranty
• bigger rubber
• power chip
• bigger lift

I hope this interests you guys in the US. I know the Ranger is coming to you guys soon and I can tell you that it is a awesome rig!
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I had no idea the Ranger was coming back. Yours like epic! And you have some fantastic country down there [emoji106]that sunset picture is particularly beautiful

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That is a nice looking Ute. I've been researching these and the Hilux. Why Ranger over Hilux? kings on your Dobisons shocks, are the Dobisons springs that bad or Kings just far superior?
 
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I just got back from the Philippines and saw a lot of nicely done Rangers, looks like very popular platform next to the Hilux. They do look real nice stock and a few tasteful mods make it look killer.
 
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Justin Forrest said:
That is a nice looking Ute. I've been researching these and the Hilux. Why Ranger over Hilux? kings on your Dobisons shocks, are the Dobisons springs that bad or Kings just far superior?
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Gday mate, for me there was a few reasons for the ranga over the hilux, 1 it had the bigger engine 3.2 vs 2.8 and that just made me think it's doing less work to pull the weight around. 2 the hilux was much newer at the time and they were being plagued with the dpf problems early on. And on top of that I just liked the look of the ranga a lot more!
I had heard the Dobinson springs are prone to sagging and the kings tapered springs give a much nicer ride. The spring and shock combo is great. Really nice to drive.

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adamaustin said:
Gday mate, for me there was a few reasons for the ranga over the hilux, 1 it had the bigger engine 3.2 vs 2.8 and that just made me think it's doing less work to pull the weight around. 2 the hilux was much newer at the time and they were being plagued with the dpf problems early on. And on top of that I just liked the look of the ranga a lot more!
I had heard the Dobinson springs are prone to sagging and the kings tapered springs give a much nicer ride. The spring and shock combo is great. Really nice to drive.

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That's all really good info, thank you sir.

Do you have part number for which spring you used?
 
adamaustin said:
G'day guys! Just thought I would start a little thread about what I have done so far and what I'm planning to do in the future.

I started with a brand new Ford Ranger last June and have been slowly building it up to what I need as money permits.

So far I have added:
• 2-3 inch Dobinson remote res shocks with king's springs
• 33 BFG KO2 AT's on 16 inch Steel rims 0 offset
• Ironman bullbar
• Rhino Rack pioneer platform with Rhino awning
• TJM snorkel
• GME 80ch uhf
• Stedi 32 inch light bar and 9 inch spotties
• dual batteries with the second behind rear seat
• idrive throttle booster
• 2x 9 inch lightbars mounted under rear step
• 45L Engel Fridge strapped on back seat when touring


In the future I will add:
• rear tray with custom alloy canopy
• canopy fitted out with drawers and fridge slide
• roof top tent
• rocksliders
• front and rear winches

And once out of warranty
• bigger rubber
• power chip
• bigger lift

I hope this interests you guys in the US. I know the Ranger is coming to you guys soon and I can tell you that it is a awesome rig!
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hi I see your quite experienced around the ranger do you have any recommendations or tips for me I am planning on buying a secondhand one, also how good off road are they.?

by the way great looking truck
 
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