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Choptop/Roll bars

choptop and rollbars

  • Leave her stock

    Votes: 14 34.1%
  • chop it with roll bars and leave rear seats

    Votes: 21 51.2%
  • chop with roll bars and remove rear seats and use as a box

    Votes: 6 14.6%

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Boggin

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so i got a ranger with a set of roll bars, and ive been thinking maybe i shuold chop the top off my b2 and throw the roll bars in her, the roll bars do have lights on them, so maybe i will do that and leave rear seats
i really dont know what to do, Danger06 told me to do it, but not sure
anyways please vote :icon_cheers:
thanks

 
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Tony Raine

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NO!

that show bar you have will NOT protect you in a roll over. the (complete) stock body will help somewhat in a roll-over, but a show bar made of exhaust pipe will just bend/break off/collapse/impale your skull. the rest of the (chop top) roof will fold like tinfoil

plus a proper cage must be tied into the frame

trust me, i say this because i don't want you to die. keep having fun with what you got.
 

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umm...thats not exhaust pipe, tis professionally build by a shop a hour away, i agree its not mounted to frame, but this truck isnt much of a wheeler anyway, she wont be rolled, its only used for beating around my garden and through my pond and spending time at

what i picture my truck as is chopeed with the roll bars, some 31x13.50s on rear, and 30x9.5s on front, a 2" lift in rear, maybe a 4.0 if i can find one
 

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I thought you were trading the truck for the ranger you brother has.
 

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oops, forgot to mention, he told me i can have it back cause he is going away for school next month
 

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leave her stock
 

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well i think im gonna chop her anyways.. i got another body from a b2 if i ever wanna go back
 

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will it be screwed up if i have bigger tires on the rear than is on the front but still same gear ratio?
 

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will it be screwed up if i have bigger tires on the rear than is on the front but still same gear ratio?
yes, it will rip out your axles, differentials, driveshafts, and/or transfer case.

The larger tires cover more ground per rotation. That inch of diameter will have the larger tires covering over 3" more ground per rotation than the front. You would be pushing the front tires until the weak link breaks.

Only way you can run different sized tires on 4WD is if you plan your ratios out and alter the ring and pinion ratio in one axle so everything at the ground operates at the same speed (i.e. your front tires would have to spin faster to cover the same ground as the rears).
 

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no i mean by width but yea i think ill be havin all 32s or 31s not sure yet
 

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no i mean by width but yea i think ill be havin all 32s or 31s not sure yet
Nope, as long as the tires are all the same diameter you will be fine, width plays no role. You could put 31x9.5R15's on the front and 31x12.50R15 rear if you want... i don't know why though? What is your plan or thoughts on having skinny tires up front?
 

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nah thatwas just a random q cause i was gonna leave stock 235s on front cause of the d28 is already on her way out but oh well lol
 

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Chop the top and put a real cage in :icon_thumby:

The scout I'm building is just a pavement pounder/summer cruiser/hunting rig, but it's still gonna have a full rollcage anyway just for safety if it gets in an accident or we get too adventurous trying to find deer.
 

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