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89XLT4x4

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Hello everyone. Glad to join the forum and enjoy the great conversation. I recently acquired a 1989 XLT project and have found a lot of useful information on this forum. It has a six inch lift and 35 inch tires, along with an early 70’s 302 with a five speed. It is a good start and I have plans for an 8.8 swap for the rear axle soon.
I have had many Fords in the past but this is the first Ranger. No serious off road work planned, just looking to have a good looking and capable machine for the occasional trail and dunes.
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Cool set up, man! Nice truck
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Nice ride. Looks like everything so far has been done right. Keep it up.
 

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Clean looking truck! Welcome!
 

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Thanks for the welcome everyone. Lots of things left to fix and modify on my project so I look forward to your input in the future.
 

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Welcome to the forum! I agree, that's really a cool truck. What specific tires are you using? I'm planning to buy a set, I'm currently looking for ideas.
 
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89XLT4x4

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Thanks. They are 35 x 12.5 x 15 Maxxis RAZR MT. They don’t howl much at speed on the road and were the only on/off road tire I found that carried a 40k mile warranty.
 

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