Newbie From Texas

Hey Hey Hey - Talk about reviving an OLD thread - I have not been here in 4 years - WOW. If not for an automated e-mail I would probably never come back. Totally forgot about it.

The Ranger has taken serious steps to awesomeness - in fact with accolades.

Hope everyone and your trucks have been doing good.

UPDATED truck pics . . . No Dash mods yet or stripes. Still planning a dash remodel.



The Ranger Station



1st Place 90s Truck Class

Looks good man welcome back

Thanks Baha . . . more mods to come, just not sure when.

What's planned next?

Next . . . hmmm where do I start.

I have various plans for the whole truck, but time and money affect them all. I want to do an Autometer Gauge insert to replace the stock ones, I would love to convert the front end to a Ford Flex front end, and I am considering a new center console - but I have not even begun any plans on it yet. In the works is a complete camera rear view system with side cameras and a rear view cam in the 3rd brake light - still in testing.



The pics do not show my latest addition - an aluminum tonneau cover, it needs to be finished and struts added along with the solenoid for the tailgate hooked into my remotes trunk button.

Sounds pretty cool do you have any pics of the aluminum tonneau cover? I've never seen one on a Ranger.

I used a flat sheet of aluminum with 1" square tubing riveted to the underside. I riveted 3/4" angle to the bed rails to support the cover and help it lie flush with the rails.

I am not sure if I will cover it with auto top vinyl, paint it, or sand it to give it a brushed look with shiny rivet heads.





No top or closed pics . . .

The tailgate will open by remote with a door solenoid and my remote. I also need to add some struts, but need to find the right ones first.

I love that cover man! I thought about making one before but that a thought was as far as I got. I vote brushed aluminum!

Thanks - I still need to find struts, but I have to weigh the cover and then decide on length and force for the strut. Then I can fabricate the mounts.
Still much to do and little time or money to do it all . . .

Do you have any pictures of the hinges? You should check out Checkmate Covers (if they are still in business) they make a similar Tonneau cover. They have the struts and brackets already made so it would probably be easy to mount to your cover. I think mine used 50lb struts