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i was just thinking, someone could easily steal our tail lights

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i was just thinking, someone could easily steal our tail lights

especially if you have nice aftermarket ones like my LED's. someone could easily walk up with a phillips head screw driver and poof they're gone! lol that would suck so bad
 
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Thats why some people i've seen use an out of the usual screw.

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hahaha yeah right. more like steal the whole truck. a ranger is the easiest thing to break into. all it takes is 30 seconds or less and a screw driver
 
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jeeps are much easier...

have these on both my plates



 
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Originally Posted by GrafixGuy
jeeps are much easier...

have these on both my plates

true. theres nothing to them to give someone problems getting in.
 

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I have a locking hard tonneau cover, I have the real nice led tails... home-made L1224R ones.

Need a key to get back there.
 
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That would suck because I would have to drive to certifit and I just hate that place!

Dont forget the 3rd brake light! only 2 screws!

and the front and rear bumpers! 4 bolts each!

and only 6 bolts on the bed!

damn..

atleast I have lug nut locks!
 
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Not mine, I have an electric tailgate lock
 
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How do you think I 'acquired' my LED tail lights?!?!?!?



Wait... I don't HAVE LED tail lights.
hmmm....
strange.
 
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Not just Rangers....take a look at EVERY late model pickup truck....hell....ANY pickup truck. Same story.

Another thing....how about that tailgate? Had a few of my old work truck's tailgates stolen. Pretty easy item to take as well.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
Not just Rangers....take a look at EVERY late model pickup truck....hell....ANY pickup truck. Same story.

Another thing....how about that tailgate? Had a few of my old work truck's tailgates stolen. Pretty easy item to take as well.
I put washers and a hose clamp to slow em down!
 
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lol same here!
 
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Originally Posted by korey89
Not mine, I have an electric tailgate lock
Can you post more info on this?
 
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if it werent such a douchey thing to do .. i would already have a set of 06 tails in my possesion by doing this lol
 
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if it werent such a douchey thing to do .. i would already have a set of 06 tails in my possesion by doing this lol
Those darn autozone trucks are always taunting me.
 
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LOL speaking of the tailgates. quite a few of my buddies had rangers in high school, one day we come out from class, and tons of trucks, including theirs, had their tailgates taken off, and set in the beds of other trucks hahaha

pretty funny
i was thankful to have a car at the time
there was guys walking all over the parking lot trying to find their tailgates lmao
 
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Originally Posted by annguyen1981
Can you post more info on this?
https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...gate-lock.html
 
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why do you think they are always for sale in the classifieds? some hooligans go around and gank them. BTW, the ones i sell i get from a certifit type place.

atleast be nice if you get the vatozone ones, put your old ones back on!
 
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you need the electro-shield mod...


should be available in 2015 :-/
 
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Originally Posted by Tys 4x4
LOL speaking of the tailgates. quite a few of my buddies had rangers in high school, one day we come out from class, and tons of trucks, including theirs, had their tailgates taken off, and set in the beds of other trucks hahaha

pretty funny
i was thankful to have a car at the time
there was guys walking all over the parking lot trying to find their tailgates lmao
someone did this at my high school and one girls tailgate got scratched pretty bad and she was mad then administration found out and found who did and they got suspended. it was pretty lame
 
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Originally Posted by Ray_Welder
Those darn autozone trucks are always taunting me.
I was just thinking the same thing about the Kragen trucks when I was there earlier.

Free '06 tails and corners
 
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maybe thats the exact reason i always see them with the *** end facing the street.
 
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there was a kid at skool with a hi-jack on his rear bumper and he did the trick i was thinking of. drill a hole through the bolt after you put the nut on and put a padlock through it, i guess you cant really do that with the lights, but my main concern i have before buying mine, is people coming up and busting them out
 
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Originally Posted by Ray_Welder
Those darn autozone trucks are always taunting me.
The bad side of me says steal them. But the good side keeps me from doing it.

Originally Posted by Thefigus
I was just thinking the same thing about the Kragen trucks when I was there earlier.

Free '06 tails and corners

Gotten pop the hood for corners.
 

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