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Posted: Mon Jul 29th, 2019 11:20 am

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The 2nd gens (89+) used completely different front fenders, hood, grille, headlights, turn signals, lower front filler panel, front bumper, lower air dam, and that's just the outside..

You go to change out all of those parts and it's a bit more than a quick morning job.. You quickly realize that it's quite the undertaking, especially with the fenders being different.

So even though some call it a cosmetic change, with it being as difficult as it is, and with so many parts changing, I think it qualifies as a split between the 1st gen and the 2nd gen Ranger.

Anyway, that's been the commonly accepted dividing line between them for 30 years now. Every junkyard I've ever been to agrees with me on that as well. Not to mention all of the other forums I'm on. This is the only forum I've seen anyone divide up the gens differently. lol

Come to think of it, the F150's were done much the same way. Divided up by major cosmetic changes.