- Joined
- Sep 28, 2017
- Messages
- 84
- Reaction score
- 50
- Points
- 18
- Location
- The HillBilly
- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger XLT
- Engine Type
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Total Drop
- 5"
- Tire Size
- 15
Used to have one these back in the day. Sold it to Ryan Tuerek of Drift Alliance in 2010. He used it as his missile car until its demise. Sad. That thing was fully built. Stitch welded, caged, suspensioned, swapped, riced, etc.
Recently started this Ranger that I originally got as a work truck. 2002 XLT, 2wd, 2.3L, 109K miles. Bought in 2012 with 80K.
So, now it's getting modded, slowly. It's mostly just bolt-ons. This is my DD.
The frame isn't so bad. I live on the bottom end of the rust-belt. It's a lot of surface rust with nothing too deep. Ordered a quart of Rust-Bullet for the worst spots. The rest could be wire brushed with rust inhibitor, and painted.
Replaced a lot of front-end parts in March 2017. Sitting pretty now.
-Moog upper and lower control arms
-Duralast tie rod ends
-brake pads
-Rancho shocks, all four
-hangers and shackles
I need to get rid of the Reese hitch kit. That's at least 70lbs of weight in the back.
Have some parts at home waiting to go on. I want a 3/5 drop with 15x8s.
-DJM flip kit
-ES body mounts
-Belltech springs
Debating whether I should go up for the exhaust to 2.5" or 2.25"
Engine is stock except for an eBay cone filter. Most of my eco-mods are weight reduction, and tune-up. A lot of the weight reduction could be done inside, like replacing the the seats with FRP buckets, and racing steering wheel. Need to research into seat brackets, steering wheel hubs a little more.
Nothing too crazy going on...yet.
Recently started this Ranger that I originally got as a work truck. 2002 XLT, 2wd, 2.3L, 109K miles. Bought in 2012 with 80K.
So, now it's getting modded, slowly. It's mostly just bolt-ons. This is my DD.
The frame isn't so bad. I live on the bottom end of the rust-belt. It's a lot of surface rust with nothing too deep. Ordered a quart of Rust-Bullet for the worst spots. The rest could be wire brushed with rust inhibitor, and painted.
Replaced a lot of front-end parts in March 2017. Sitting pretty now.
-Moog upper and lower control arms
-Duralast tie rod ends
-brake pads
-Rancho shocks, all four
-hangers and shackles
I need to get rid of the Reese hitch kit. That's at least 70lbs of weight in the back.
Have some parts at home waiting to go on. I want a 3/5 drop with 15x8s.
-DJM flip kit
-ES body mounts
-Belltech springs
Debating whether I should go up for the exhaust to 2.5" or 2.25"
Engine is stock except for an eBay cone filter. Most of my eco-mods are weight reduction, and tune-up. A lot of the weight reduction could be done inside, like replacing the the seats with FRP buckets, and racing steering wheel. Need to research into seat brackets, steering wheel hubs a little more.
Nothing too crazy going on...yet.
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