Converting a $300 Ranger to a toy?

[Not All There]

Hey guys, I had been asked by a few to post up an old build of mine, the 2wd project. Its an affordable "prerunner" setup if you want to call it that.

Basic facts.

Vehicle: 1994 Ford Ranger 2wd
Sale Price: $350 I believe I bought it for.
Build time: 2 weeks (evenings only and weekends)
Lift Components: Fabtech 5.5 full set, cant remeber kit name but bent extended beams with radius arms/hoops Kit is sometimes still found online, but not often...real expensive new, not so expensive used, and some Fox Shocks. Rear Deaver Leaf Springs
Fiberglass: Henneman and Glassworks.

Project Pluses. Very fun, super quick to build and build right.

Negatives, beams arent heim jointed, and either are the radius arms. Also Camber bushing hate these beams. I also felt the coils themselves were way to still for this light of a truck. I bought the whole kit from another ranger friend of mine who used to drive his to Michigan for the dunes out there, his truck was a bit heavier.

The truck when i found it, had been sitting unused for at least 3 years...

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switching over front pannels from my other truck the 95
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Removing rivets on old radius arm brackets.

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Keep in mind we built this whole truck in two weeks whenever I had free time, got a few friends over, and we wrenched right in the parking lot to my apartment haha, not in the lease but we did it after maintenance crews were gone each day, by the end of the build they were coming over to see what was new on the buildup.

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Bedsides on (I recommend using one of the special made drill bits body shops use for spot welds, they work awesome and make this a super quick, clean job!)

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[Not All There]

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Deavers compared to factory beat rear leafs

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Tires on but not aligned and camber not set.

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Toy somewhat complete, out for its first drives.

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Playing a bit with bald tires

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Little refreshing done on the inside too (cheap fixes)

Then I sold the truck, soon after it was rolled over, fixed back up, and here it is now its final stage of completion.

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[Wicked_Sludge]

so i know the goal with TTB lifts is to keep your steering linkages parallel to the beams, but how did the truck handle with the bent beams and (stock?) pitman arm? seems like there should be some sort of disadvantage to that steep steering angle :dunno:

[Not All There]

The drop pitman arm was actually the last thing to come in, they sent me the wrong one and I had to wait, i tried not to drive it much other than to class (5 minutes) till it came in.

[mtnrgr]

I still love to that 94 being built like that. I love that old school Fabtech lift, that is when it was still a good product. I knew a person with a 97 2wd 3.0 5spd ranger & he had the whole front Fabtech lift just like your 94 did. He beat on that thing for a number of years and never had a problem with any of it. He did sell it sometime ago. There is a 93 with the same lift that I see every now and then, that truck looks good with that lift. I am still surprised you got to do that in your apartment complex parking lot. It's a shame that you got rid of it, if the 2.3 is still in there put on a turbo on that & it will move with those tires and lift.

Looks good as always. Red is not my choice of color, but still looks good.

I still love the stance on both of those rangers.

[prefab08]

thats awsome ! love the build reminds me of my 99 standard cab not to mention the apartment parking lot work lol :headbang:

[marcehboy]

WOW nice work ill start builing my truck here pretty soon (5.0 H.0) Got any suspension parts for sale?

[Not All There]

thanks guys, none at the moment, been out of commission for a bit

[marcehboy]

If you have any parts you wanna sell pm me, Thanks