I am 75 and find climbing in the ranger is not as easy as I would like. I have an XLT with running boards. the running boards are really not helpful as they are roo close to the same height as the door seal. A 1 or 2 " drop would be helpful. I get the impression from another post that the ranger has a spacer on the rear springs that could be removed??

 

I don't know what the rangers rear suspension has, but if you take a quick look you will probably be able to see blocks under the leafs if there are any. If you can see some blocks, they are very easy to remove, and any shop can do it. Basically loosen the U bolts, pull the blocks out, tighten the U bolts back up, and cut the now too long bolts off. Hopefully the shocks have enough travel to not bottom out once the suspension is compressed now.Any shop at all can do this simple task for you, and time is about 20 minutes total.
If you are not able to look under the truck yourself, just go by a suspension or tire shop and ask them to have a look under it for you. Please note that if you do this, and then add any serious weight to the trucks bed, the truck will sit unusually front end high, which can adversely affect your handling, and so drive slower than usual if packing weight in the back.
Also it is going to throw your headlights aim way off, so you will need to adjust your headlights to a lower angle. That is about a 3 minute job you can do yourself with a screwdriver.
what i would do is before you get the blocks pulled out, park your truck in your driveway some night with the headlights on low beam and mark the garage door, fence whatever it is shining on as to where the headlights shine. Mark the driveway where the tires are sitting as well.
after they pull the blocks, if it has blocks to pull out....bring it home and park in the exact same spot at night, and adjust the headlights to shine in the same spot they did before.
Again if you can't adjust the headlights yourself, no worries, any shop can do it for you while you wait, its a few minutes to do is all.

 

I would also like to lower my Ranger about 2". My other truck is a F450 so I don't need to haul anything heavy in the Ranger.
Looking at the rear suspension, There are not ant blocks to remove, I beleave you would have the replace the leaf spring to lower it.

 

If I had a Ranger, I'd lower it as well. 4 in the rear and 2 up front.

 

I don't know the design but maybe you could lower the running boards. Or for a more costly alternative install a set of Amp Research running boards. I think would be better then altering the suspension.

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