Ranger Mods

Compared to the serious rigs some of you in Oceania are running, this is lame. However, for the UK, I think I’ve done ok.

I have managed to attach a small winch, almost entirely hidden, which is great for boats, trailers, logs and anything short of self recovery. I’m sure if you found a similar sized higher rated winch and used a snatch block, self recovery would be fine too. There is quite a bit of space behind the standard bumper and if you replace the crash bar (or reinforce it) with steel, you have a great attachment point.


I also managed to cobble some brackets and do a cheaper way of installing any roof bars on to the mountain top roll cover T Tracks.

Bonnet pins are mostly for personal styling reasons. Next are wider wheels and tyres.

I also put two 12v led strips and wired them inside the sports bar to the factory bed lights. They work great and fade/behave just like the factory lights. Easy mod with a lot to gain.

Great work on the out of the box thinking.

Well done, enjoy.

Thanks bud. I also had a little brainwave on the fit of light bar. I unscrewed the factory screws at the front of the roof bar (Torx T30 bit grinder down by half so it fits under roof rails, then use a little spanner) and used some m6 15mm hex heads and washers to utilise some brackets I found.

Just means you don’t have to completely remove headliner and roof rails to fit one. It’s the right distance for a 42” bar, depending on brackets.

Total cost: £6 gbp.

Good job and thanks for sharing.

This is what I want to see more of on here, people sharing their visible mods/hacks. Then again everyone wants to see it them but rarely post them.

As always, pictures tell a thousand words.

Nice build,

can you share some more info how you exactly connected the led strips? I have the same "project" on my to do list

Got any photos of the winch cradle fitted without the bumper? Is it the Front Runner cradle? How'd it go fitting it with the cruiser radar?