Finally have a long traveled truck

[bmxryder]

I haven't been on this site in ages, other than looking at the tech library. I figured I would post some pics of my buying/selling progress.

So I started with a 95 extra cab 4.0 automatic. I was gonna build that truck but blew 2 trannys and got tired of it. I didn't make it very far on building it since I was spending my funds on transmissions.
-6in lift
-35" goodyear MTRs
-4:88 gears with LS
-4.5 glassworks fenders
-tube bumper
-pulled bedsides

Then I bought my friends 94 Green ranger for $500 that had a 2.3L manual
-4:56 gears with LS
-6in lift
-33in BFG mt

Then after beating the hell out of both trucks I decided to should buy a "real" ranger and sell the other trucks.

I just recently got this truck almost 2 months ago. Its a 94 with 4.0 manual.
-camburg 4.5in over i-beams
-king coilovers
-giant motorsports 64" link killer leaf springs
-full glassworks fiberglass

As you can tell I love I-beam rangers!!! I hope to have some pics or videos of the new truck in the dirt. Its a blast to drive

 

[jesse93]

there all great looking trucks, but i thought i was looking at mine for a sec..lol looks just like your old white one

 

[bmxryder]

there all great looking trucks, but i thought i was looking at mine for a sec..lol looks just like your old white one

haha Thanks. Thats why I like my new truck so much because its basically the same but has the suspension that I always wanted to put on my first truck... and its manual.

 

[jesse93]

why buy a built truck and not take that money and build one?

 

[bmxryder]

why buy a built truck and not take that money and build one?

Actually, I think you may have it backwards. I sold the first white truck for $2800 and I bought the new white truck for $4300. So I basically paid $1500 for somebody to put $5000 worth of parts on my truck

This truck isn't near done yet though. It still needs the rear-end geared, 16" shocks in the rear, bump stops all the way around, Offroad lights in bumper, cage, and etc

 

[jesse93]

im not arguing..lol i would have bought it too.

 

[Bennybooster]

Its way cheaper to buy a prebuilt truck these days

 

[kryptonitecb]

Its way cheaper to buy a prebuilt truck these days

X2 Saves the trouble of having to do all the hard work yourself.

Sent from road while ignoring traffic

 

[bmxryder]

X2 Saves the trouble of having to do all the hard work yourself.

Sent from road while ignoring traffic

Hell ya. Theres much more pride in doing the work yourself though...

 

[doyouquaxu]

thread out the heims on the radius arms to push the front wheels forward, it'll look a lot better

 

[bmxryder]

thread out the heims on the radius arms to push the front wheels forward, it'll look a lot better

I was thinking about doing that. I noticed that the shocks have a forward lean to them. I thought I-beam shocks were suppossed to have a rearward lean.

Whats a safe amount to thread out the hiems while keeping strength?

 

[appletonbill]

I haven't been on this site in ages, other than looking at the tech library. I figured I would post some pics of my buying/selling progress.

So I started with a 95 extra cab 4.0 automatic. I was gonna build that truck but blew 2 trannys and got tired of it. I didn't make it very far on building it since I was spending my funds on transmissions.
-6in lift
-35" goodyear MTRs
-4:88 gears with LS
-4.5 glassworks fenders
-tube bumper
-pulled bedsides

Then I bought my friends 94 Green ranger for $500 that had a 2.3L manual
-4:56 gears with LS
-6in lift
-33in BFG mt

Then after beating the hell out of both trucks I decided to should buy a "real" ranger and sell the other trucks.

I just recently got this truck almost 2 months ago. Its a 94 with 4.0 manual.
-camburg 4.5in over i-beams
-king coilovers
-giant motorsports 64" link killer leaf springs
-full glassworks fiberglass

As you can tell I love I-beam rangers!!! I hope to have some pics or videos of the new truck in the dirt. Its a blast to drive

You got the green 94 for $500? Wish I could find deals like that.

 

[doyouquaxu]

I was thinking about doing that. I noticed that the shocks have a forward lean to them. I thought I-beam shocks were suppossed to have a rearward lean.

Whats a safe amount to thread out the hiems while keeping strength?

they're 1 1/4" heims right? i've always been told the rule of thumb is to keep the same amount of thread in the bung as the size of the heim. so a 3/4 would have 3/4" threaded in at least, 5/8 = 5/8ths threaded, etc.

 

[bmxryder]

they're 1 1/4" heims right? i've always been told the rule of thumb is to keep the same amount of thread in the bung as the size of the heim. so a 3/4 would have 3/4" threaded in at least, 5/8 = 5/8ths threaded, etc.

Oh ok. Thats good info. Im gonna have to adjust that next weekend.

 

[Heavyfire14]

nice dirty hooker travel!!! haha