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Build Thread:88 Ranger Lowrider


88ranger5speed

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Going to start a build thread on here so everyone can see the progress little by little as i do it and to have it all in one place....
So the story start on my 16th birthday. My dad's friend, Randy gives me my 88 ranger.It's in complete rags. I spend a year fixing it. it got:
valve cover gasket
oil pan gasket
clutch kit
slave cylinder
clutch master cylinder
hydraulic hose
distributor cap
coil pack
plugs and wires
a straight pipe to the back
rear main seal
new brake lines
and other maintence stuff

For the future:
rust free bed. (i'm good with bondo)
new fenders
body work
paint job
jdm 3/4 drop
black rims
tinted windows
hid's
tinted marker lights and tail lights

This weekend she's getting an oil change and a shift bushing kit...now to the pictures
 


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You'll probably pass me up and get your truck finished first!!!!!
 

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You'll probably pass me up and get your truck finished first!!!!!

Doubt it...hahaha i make 150$ a week working at a grocery store. First thing on my list is rust repair then a drop and paintjob...whats your truck gonna be like?
 

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Well...this weekend i heard some bearings in the transmision...so i went ahead and pulled it out again. the shifter bushing crumbled into the transmission along with a few washers and clogged up some oiling passages and needle valves. New tranny is the next step i guess
 

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What Happen to the F150 that your truck is sitting next to???? broken springs and flat tires????




Robert



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88 is a good year to build....miss the one I had
 

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Hah, no thats my cousings 89 lowered f-150. He's kind of a dumbass so he cut the springs and put deep dish rims and stretched tires on it...He just didn't do it right.

UPDATE ON MY RANGER:
**** lowering.
3 inch body lift
2 inch coil spacers
get 2000 explorer alumin rims
mount 31X10.50X 15's on them.
 

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I have changed my mind about this and need to get this thread moved. Its getting lifted....i have explorer rims mounted with 235/75/15r and then the transmission goes out. Lots of maintenance before i go on with the lifting and more pictures to come today or tomorrow!:headbang:
 

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