Check Out Peak Suspension’s Built 2019 Ford Ranger

By Kristen Finley - February 26, 2020

Since last April, Peak Suspension has been building up a 2019 Ranger. Now, we get a chance to see it!

Even though the newly revived Ranger was unleashed to the public in a little over a year ago, a healthy amount of stellar Ranger builds have cropped up. With any new vehicle geared toward to the off-road market, many off-road aftermarket companies were scrambling to make parts dedicated to the niche buyers. Despite that, the Ranger build done by Peak Suspension is no different – they took a midsize truck, and made it beastly. Working with the few aftermarket companies that had Ranger parts ready to go, it didn’t take them long to toughen up the little truck that could.

The walkaround for the 2019 Ranger XLT was filmed by vlogger Andy Sedano – a friend of Nick Psomas, the spokesman of Peak Suspension. As said by Psomas early on, it was Sedano who’d filmed the truck’s dirt Christening back in April with the Eibach team. It’s worth bringing into the article, as it shows a dramatic transformation is the span of just 10 months. In the April video, the only changes to the truck were decals on the doors that donned the company’s logo, the company colors painted on the bed near the tailgate, a small lift, and tires. There were built Jeeps, a Hummer, and a handful of other Fords on the same trail. Despite the fleet of seasoned cars, the newbie Ranger did just as well.

Now, after Peak Suspension has had some time to get to know the truck, they were quick to make it their own. The first order of business, as with any good truck owner, was bumpers. Peak said goodbye to the clumsy stock bumpers, and replaced them with heavier duty steel bumpers from Relentless Fabrication.

“I love this bumper,” says Psomas enthusiastically. “I love the styling of it. We get compliments on it all the time.”

Naturally with a steel front bumper comes a winch, and the one Psomas shows us is from Warn – a great call. Both bumpers, custom to Peak’s Ranger, gives it a better approach and departure angle. Something every off-roader can benefit from. Also, Peak couldn’t help but replace the grille with a Ranger Raptor grille. It’s a subtle change, but one that lends the smaller truck a much more aggressive look.

“We weren’t really sure about using the Raptor grill at first,” says Psomas. “But we went with it because it fits the overall beefiness of the truck. It’s a midsized truck, but it’s still a big truck.”

Lighting, as any of us would argue, is one of the most important aspects of off-roading. Whether we like it or not, occasionally a day of wheeling will last longer than we originally hoped. Though, with the right lighting setup, the time of day isn’t as important. On Peak’s build, KC HiLites help illuminate just about everything, with ditch lights on the hood, HiLites on the roof (an experimental light bar KC made just for them to test), bed lights, front bumper, and amber chaser lights on the front and back.

Wheel and tires wise, Peak went with Alpha wheels, and 35″ Falken tires. Psomas reports that the Ranger originally had 33’s in the infancy stage of the build, but figured Ford’s deep, rounded wheel wells would support larger tires. To their delight, they were right. Therefore, their Ranger sits on an Eibach adjustable truck lift, held stable by Bajakit control arms. The taller tires, Psomas says, definitely makes a dent in the mileage – but he’s quick to say that the build wasn’t designed with that in mind.

On the roof sits two large storage containers from Roam, that give Peak more storage space. In them contains the team’s tool, safety gear, and spare parts. The bed, which Peak wanted to leave open, carries a storage deck that contains more tools and safety goodies, like a compressor. While the deck storage does take up a considerable amount of space, there is still some storage space to be utilized between the deck and the Rago Fabrication bed rack The bed rack both covers the bed and bears the weight of the Roam rooftop tent, off-road track mats, and spare gas cans.

“This truck has only an 18 gallon tank so, that’s not really the best – especially on 35’s,” says Psomas. “Having extra fuel has definitely helped in many cases.”

Psomas does note that the truck is still fairly new, and off-road aftermarket companies are always rolling out new products for the Ranger. He strongly suspects that within another year’s time, the Ranger you see now will be a completely different animal. To stay tuned, follow along the build on the company’s instagram.