DD Offroad Front Bumper w/ Bull Bar

[aros_769]

Really like the Ironman bumper, but they dont seem to have plans to bring it across right now. Sad face.

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[Fawnbuster]

https://ddoffroad.com/products/premium-front-bumper-with-bull-bar-for-ford-ranger-2024

Has anyone purchased this product or dealt with this company? I was planning to wait for ARB USA to get their bull-bar bumper out but this seems like a decent compromise solution and really not a bad price. I just haven't heard of these guys before.

Did you try to adjust your ebay settings to inside the USA only?

 

[Wayfaring Ranger]

Did you try to adjust your ebay settings to inside the USA only?

I'm not browsing ebay for bullbars and I am guessing most 6th gen fabricators aren't listing their products on ebay either. A quick search only shows options for the 4th gen ranger being sold there.

 

[Fawnbuster]

I'm not browsing ebay for bullbars and I am guessing most 6th gen fabricators aren't listing their products on ebay either. A quick search only shows options for the 4th gen ranger being sold there.

Ok then..

 

[WESTRESCUE77]

Why does the (US) Ranger keep getting shafted by all these aftermarket companies? Crazy how many more products are already available for the new Taco and 4-runner, and those trucks only recently hit the market. ..

 

[Wayfaring Ranger]

Why does the (US) Ranger keep getting shafted by all these aftermarket companies? Crazy how many more products are already available for the new Taco and 4-runner, and those trucks only recently hit the market. ..

Toyota overlanding community is much bigger than the Ford overlanding community in the USA so that's why you're seeing them get way more attention. Can't blame these small US outfitters for following the money.

But in the AU, ford specifically partnered with ARB to launch the truck with a bunch of aftermarket accessories. I don't know why ARB USA hasn't started importing those accessories. Seems it would have been smarter to do it over the last 2 years, before they got hit with the new tariffs... can't imagine they'll want to start importing those accessories anytime soon now.

 

[dard6555]

Toyota overlanding community is much bigger than the Ford overlanding community in the USA so that's why you're seeing them get way more attention. Can't blame these small US outfitters for following the money.

But in the AU, ford specifically partnered with ARB to launch the truck with a bunch of aftermarket accessories. I don't know why ARB USA hasn't started importing those accessories. Seems it would have been smarter to do it over the last 2 years, before they got hit with the new tariffs... can't imagine they'll want to start importing those accessories anytime soon now.

My two cents. ARB and Ford and every other aftermarket place in the US is looking at Bronco first. Bronco is way more successful at stealing market share from Jeep than Ranger could ever do to a Tacoma. One look at how many goodies on the Ford Performance website are available for Bronco also is telling. Bronco also didn't go through a chassis rev either like Ranger did in 24.

Lots of different reasons why "we" don't have cool parts, but it all comes down to how fast someone can make a buck.

 

[Wayfaring Ranger]

My two cents. ARB and Ford and every other aftermarket place in the US is looking at Bronco first. Bronco is way more successful at stealing market share from Jeep than Ranger could ever do to a Tacoma. One look at how many goodies on the Ford Performance website are available for Bronco also is telling. Bronco also didn't go through a chassis rev either like Ranger did in 24.

Lots of different reasons why "we" don't have cool parts, but it all comes down to how fast someone can make a buck.

This would all make sense, but the parts already exist for our trucks. It isn't about waiting on someone to make them -- Ford hired a dedicated set of engineers to partner with ARB during the truck's design phase to make sure the truck launched with plenty of aftermarket options. They were already fabricated and on sale when the RoW ranger launched in 2022 in Australia and Asia. Ford AU even offers some of these upgraded parts directly from the factory, on both the normal trims and the new ranger super duty. https://www.ford.com.au/

We just haven't got them exported from austrailia and imported here in that time period. A few of us have emailed the ARB USA team last year and they said there are currently no plans to import these fabrications. It might make sense that Ford USA corporate is more concerned about the Bronco on their side, but that doesn't explain why ARB themselves haven't started offering these parts to US ranger owners.

ARB USA does offer all of these products on the 5th gen ranger, just no love for the 6th gen.

https://www.ranger6g.com/forum/thre...accessories-on-the-next-ford-ranger-xlt.6972/

https://www.arb.com.au/ford/ranger/next-generation-2022-present/

https://www.arb.com.au/new-vehicle-offerings/next-generation-ford-ranger/

 

[ADVNTURR]

ARB USA has a dedicated page bragging about the partnership with Ford and imply that a lot of the products are destined for the US:
https://arbusa.com/news/a-new-era-o...M87557fU0sF3yg83-ZoNT91wRdQpRbOKrtYkCT4jtHLdM

I've emailed them saying basically "That's great...but when" and was initially told bumpers in Spring/Summer 2025. That was of course before the absolute mess we're currently in which could definitely delay any shipments to the US, assuming they make NA market parts in Austrailia.

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