Hey guys, I have a gen 2 ranger and I am looking at replacing the box with a gen 4 box due to rust and no good gen 1 or 2 boxes in my area. does anyone have some pictures of this swap?
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this would require a lot of fab time as the gen 2's are skinnier than the 3's and 4's. you would have to cut the bed down the middle and weld it back together
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If so not enough to make much of a difference.
I have seen pics of one on a yellow Rangers, the bodylines are in the same place but not shaped the same. Bolt on deal.
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Umm.........
BOMK the frames are the same wideth............heres a Gen I with 93 up steppie:
I know that I put a 88 Bronco II 7.5 L/S under my Son's 93 & it was a direct bolt-in.
Body lines are off, but if ya had some body work/fiberglass skills, you could fill the body line on the steppie & it would look better IMO.
BOMK the frames are the same wideth............heres a Gen I with 93 up steppie:
I know that I put a 88 Bronco II 7.5 L/S under my Son's 93 & it was a direct bolt-in.
Body lines are off, but if ya had some body work/fiberglass skills, you could fill the body line on the steppie & it would look better IMO.
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BOMK the frames are the same wideth............heres a Gen I with 93 up steppie:
I know that I put a 88 Bronco II 7.5 L/S under my Son's 93 & it was a direct bolt-in.
Body lines are off, but if ya had some body work/fiberglass skills, you could fill the body line on the steppie & it would look better IMO.
Cool!! anymore pictures?
I do like the look of the stepside bed on the older rangers. Now to find a box 
Found this while surfing craiglist on Omaha, NE
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