Interior Semi-Tech General discussion of interior for the Ford Ranger.

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Old Sep 22, 2009
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Calling all 4dr owners!

I deleted my rear seats, now I have this ugly looking seatbelt. What have you guys done with this? I was thinking about adding a light reflector in there, but I figured Id ask whats been done first.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2009
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in your doors?
 
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Old Sep 22, 2009
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yeah, sorry...forgot to add a pic

edit: saw the how to...but IDK if I wanna use duct tape

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Old Sep 22, 2009
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Yeah Im assuming in the rear doors. I just left them unless anyone here posts a better idea.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2009
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What about cutting an appropriately sized piece of similarly colored plastic (or painted) and attach it with two sided tape, or hot glue, to fill the hole.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2009
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What about cutting an appropriately sized piece of similarly colored plastic (or painted) and attach it with two sided tape, or hot glue, to fill the hole.
Hot glue tends to let go from extreme heating and cooling that can take place during the appropriate months of such temps.

Something that just popped into my head which would be cool, but not sure how labor intensive it'd be...

wire up lights in the seat belt spot to kick on with other interior lights. I know at times it would be nice to see back there where the dome light doesn't illuminate well. What lights and how to install I don't know though. I guess one could use the OEM rectangle ranger dome light and fab up a wooden mounting plate to situate behind the opening.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2009
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I was thinking non permanent when I said got glue... You could use silicone or maybe some epoxy but that may be hard to remove.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2009
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I just took the seatbelts out. I haven't done anything with the holes yet. Lights would be coll though, it wouldn't be hard at all.
 
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Im going to visit a semi-truck supply store and see what they have....I want to get rid of the belts and put something there
 
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Old Sep 22, 2009
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I think Im just going to take them out tomorrow, would be nice to fill them with something though.
 
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haha! i've got similar stuff in my cubby. i've got the same tape and scissors in one and jumpers in the other.
 
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I put some pvc plastic sheet in there. I think it is about 3/16" thick. It is only held in with duct tape right now. I need to figure something else out.
 
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I would say go to the junkyard and find a truck with the same color panel and take a panel from there, cut out the appropriate size and epoxy it on, if you wish to cover the hole. If you wanna do lights, do it. I may follow your steps and do it myself sometime haha I would like to also delete my seats
 
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Old Oct 2, 2009
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you could always get a spare from the junk yard and make slivers of plastic and mix it with acetane and make a plastic paste. then use that to bond the plastic plate to the door. after that sand down and paint.
 
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Ford makes plugs that fill those holes. They were used in trucks that came w/o the seats. You can probably get them from the stealership. Mine had them but I'm keeping them incase I take the seats back out.
 
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Old Oct 4, 2009
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Hollywood, you should post pics.
 
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Old Oct 4, 2009
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bondo and paint?
 
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Old Oct 5, 2009
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tweeters
 
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Old Oct 10, 2009
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Originally Posted by Lefty04LevelII
Hot glue tends to let go from extreme heating and cooling that can take place during the appropriate months of such temps.

Something that just popped into my head which would be cool, but not sure how labor intensive it'd be...

wire up lights in the seat belt spot to kick on with other interior lights. I know at times it would be nice to see back there where the dome light doesn't illuminate well. What lights and how to install I don't know though. I guess one could use the OEM rectangle ranger dome light and fab up a wooden mounting plate to situate behind the opening.
Some LED lights would look nice.

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tweeters
Now thats a win.
 
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Old Oct 11, 2009
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fab up some way to mount up some diamond plate in the hole and put some lights in it, i think that would look pretty sharp.
 
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Old Oct 11, 2009
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i just left it but i have a speaker box and tool boxes on either side so you only really see it when the door is open
 
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Rubberized FTW!
 
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Old Oct 18, 2009
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the tremor edition ranger came w/out rear seats, so the have no belts in the rear. take a look down the parts aisle there has to be something in the hole.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2009
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never thought of that....I got a VIN off a tremor....will try and look up the parts diagram off it. If anyone is interested, VIN is 1FTYR44E95PA47001
 
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Old Oct 19, 2009
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never thought of that....I got a VIN off a tremor....will try and look up the parts diagram off it. If anyone is interested, VIN is 1FTYR44E95PA47001
just ordered the fill plates 2L5z1327430AAA. List price is 14ea. Can only get them in flint and pebble....hope this helps...will post pics when covers come in.
 
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