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86 Ford Ranger 2wd 2.9L 5-speed


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What'd you do with the lift kit?
 


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Aww man. I wanted to buy it. Oh well. I'll keep my 2.5" lift for now.
yea I had it on craigslist and on here for sale for a few weeks, then i practically gave it away for 270 lol.
 

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wax on---wax offf lol

nothing like polishing a turd :lol
turtle wax

welded the exhaust







love this one




caps back on

she's so low :)

almost tucking rim in the rear


rear axle flip kit

got about an inch and a half of frame clearance

lowered I-beams
 

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Whats with the topper? It seems like it would be a thing your dad might do.
 

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Whats with the topper? It seems like it would be a thing your dad might do.
I got it for free, and it's handy when i wanna keep stuff in the bed dry, parts, tools....friends lol
 

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Flooding o.0





mudslide







had the speaker box sitting on the floor and made a bad decision and tried to drive in a flooded road...front started floating...slammed it in reverse and barely backed out of it, thank God someone was watching over me, surprised i didnt fry my computer!!

not flooded now

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Yep...it looks like that here too.

Well, if you were to fry the ECU, I have 2 of them for an 86-87 2wd (or 4x4 w/ man hubs):icon_thumby:

So have at it!! lol
 

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Yep...it looks like that here too.

Well, if you were to fry the ECU, I have 2 of them for an 86-87 2wd (or 4x4 w/ man hubs):icon_thumby:

So have at it!! lol
don't have to worry about that I scared the crap outta myself lol I'd do it in my dads F100 but not again in my 2wd lowered ranger lol. Water had receded now anyways
 

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That's good. Down here it's getting a bit heavy. I've got swampy lakes and streams around me and my commute.
 

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That's good. Down here it's getting a bit heavy. I've got swampy lakes and streams around me and my commute.
yea i see your ranger is a4ld equipped, make sure you dont get that trans underwater, they don't last long otherwise lol
 

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lots of pics time.

painted rusty chrome diff cover purple


all clean :)

gotta pop out that dent in the fender :/

new exhaust, stock cat into 2-1/2 inch pipe out to a 4 inch resonated tip, no muffler, nice and deep, and pops when downshifting, i love it!


rattle can paintjob FTW lol

purple people theme continues :D




precut 20% window tint




rear is 5%, was fun cutting that lol not to bad for my first time I'd say



 

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update, I finally have a stock carpet in the truck now, a friend wanted to rip his out and put in rubber mats, so he took it out and powerwashed the carpet, and wow what a difference it makes in droning in the cab, its almost cut in half!! pics to come soon
 

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update: I cut my dual 12 speaker box in half, and re-installed it in my truck, that way i still have some bass and still have my legroom :D Also added a port on the side of the box


painted the side i cut black so it doesn't stick out as much

port i added

messing with my camera light exposure



carpet finally


artsy fartsy

dirty truck lol



purple behind the grill

mine=lowered 3/6. Friends 91= Lifted 6 inches on 33's
 

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