Jimmyspy14
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- Location
- Toledo, OH
- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
So after meeting up the Jim and a few other forum members at the Dearborn Meet & Greet, I'm gonna try and be more active over here (I frequent a few of the "other" ranger forums). Seems like a build thread is a good place to start.
Ok, this is about the third build thread I've put together, so bear with me if I leave some steps out. Aslo ignore the FRF banner on the older pics, I stole them from my build thread over there... haha
I bought the truck a little over five years ago from a shady little used car stealership. Here she is in all her 5 owner, 2 accident, 120,000 mile glory.
First "mod" I did was a radio shack CB radio, so I could play trucker.
Next came a new set of shoes. 265/75/16 Hankook Dynapros. I absolutely loved these tires.
Then I blew up the transfer case doing dumb stuff. I went through a miserable winter in 2wd before swapping in a junkyard BW1354
Shortly after that, I moved the Dynapros over to a set of Cragar Black D-windows.
Rare shots of me doing maintenance (my MO is to wait until something breaks... I'm trying to be better haha)
Had a shackle collapse on me, so on went new shackles and spring hangers
Broke the frame doing dumb stuff
Fixed the frame
Made a "custom" rear cross member after the factory spare tire carrier/crossmember rotted away on me. I'm in a constant battle with rust.
Made a front hitch out of a class III receiver I had laying around. I believe it came off of an econoline van.
This photo also shows the Harbor Freight lights behind the grille. Those went on at some point in here. You can also see all the cancer on the core support. That gets addressed later on (spoiler alert).
Scored a explorer roof rack from the junkyard. You can also see the 06+ mirrors in this pic. Some jacka** broke off both factory mirrors and caved in my passenger door. In later pics you can still see the wrinkles in it that I couldn't get out. I was not a happy camper -___-
Broke a leaf spring. Don't know if this was from doing dumb stuff or not. Probably was.
So, I put on a set of junkyard explorer springs and belltech 6400s. I was also able to ditch the factory lift blocks.
Then I bought a car. 2006 Ford Focus Zx5 5spd. This was probably the best "mod" I've done for the truck to date.
Bought a superlift. Found it on Criagslist, BNIB, for 800 bucks. Some guy had purchased it and then decided torsion keys were a better option. I wasn't about to talk him out of it. I also picked up a set of 33x12.50 Duratracs on DC-IIs from CL to go with the lift (not pictured)
Installed said superlift. Sorry, no install pics. I put the lift on in the driveway, in December, in northern Ohio.... pictures weren't high on my priority list haha
Made some "custom" sway bar end links
Had a local shop make a double cardon front drive shaft with a slip joint. You can also see the Neapco adapter on the tcase.
Bought some expo power/leather seats
Bought a new to me bed from a local junkyard (old one was rotted all to hell). Not rust free, but way better than what I had.
Found some more rust (shocking).
Fixed the rust (please excuse my piss poor welds). Cut out all the cancer and replaced it with fresh 18ga sheet metal. As I type this, I'm reminded that I'm going to have to do the passenger's side at some point
Bedlined the floor before putting the carpet back down.
Got the interior back in. (somewhere along the line I picked up a full length expo center console from the junkyard)
Painted the rockers with bedliner and mounted a flag pole in the bed. Cause Murica (The tailgate has since been replaced. There's a good story to go along with the "bullet holes" that were it haha)
Installed a JL audio 8" sub
Built a pintle mount
Replaced the drivers side valve cover gasket (still need to do the passengers side)
Bought some stuff
Well, that brings us up to Jan. 2017 (give or take). And my laptop is about to die, so I think this is a good stopping point for now. Stay tuned for future installments...
Ok, this is about the third build thread I've put together, so bear with me if I leave some steps out. Aslo ignore the FRF banner on the older pics, I stole them from my build thread over there... haha
I bought the truck a little over five years ago from a shady little used car stealership. Here she is in all her 5 owner, 2 accident, 120,000 mile glory.
First "mod" I did was a radio shack CB radio, so I could play trucker.
Next came a new set of shoes. 265/75/16 Hankook Dynapros. I absolutely loved these tires.
Then I blew up the transfer case doing dumb stuff. I went through a miserable winter in 2wd before swapping in a junkyard BW1354
Shortly after that, I moved the Dynapros over to a set of Cragar Black D-windows.
Rare shots of me doing maintenance (my MO is to wait until something breaks... I'm trying to be better haha)
Had a shackle collapse on me, so on went new shackles and spring hangers
Broke the frame doing dumb stuff
Fixed the frame
Made a "custom" rear cross member after the factory spare tire carrier/crossmember rotted away on me. I'm in a constant battle with rust.
Made a front hitch out of a class III receiver I had laying around. I believe it came off of an econoline van.
This photo also shows the Harbor Freight lights behind the grille. Those went on at some point in here. You can also see all the cancer on the core support. That gets addressed later on (spoiler alert).
Scored a explorer roof rack from the junkyard. You can also see the 06+ mirrors in this pic. Some jacka** broke off both factory mirrors and caved in my passenger door. In later pics you can still see the wrinkles in it that I couldn't get out. I was not a happy camper -___-
Broke a leaf spring. Don't know if this was from doing dumb stuff or not. Probably was.
So, I put on a set of junkyard explorer springs and belltech 6400s. I was also able to ditch the factory lift blocks.
Then I bought a car. 2006 Ford Focus Zx5 5spd. This was probably the best "mod" I've done for the truck to date.
Bought a superlift. Found it on Criagslist, BNIB, for 800 bucks. Some guy had purchased it and then decided torsion keys were a better option. I wasn't about to talk him out of it. I also picked up a set of 33x12.50 Duratracs on DC-IIs from CL to go with the lift (not pictured)
Installed said superlift. Sorry, no install pics. I put the lift on in the driveway, in December, in northern Ohio.... pictures weren't high on my priority list haha
Made some "custom" sway bar end links
Had a local shop make a double cardon front drive shaft with a slip joint. You can also see the Neapco adapter on the tcase.
Bought some expo power/leather seats
Bought a new to me bed from a local junkyard (old one was rotted all to hell). Not rust free, but way better than what I had.
Found some more rust (shocking).
Fixed the rust (please excuse my piss poor welds). Cut out all the cancer and replaced it with fresh 18ga sheet metal. As I type this, I'm reminded that I'm going to have to do the passenger's side at some point
Bedlined the floor before putting the carpet back down.
Got the interior back in. (somewhere along the line I picked up a full length expo center console from the junkyard)
Painted the rockers with bedliner and mounted a flag pole in the bed. Cause Murica (The tailgate has since been replaced. There's a good story to go along with the "bullet holes" that were it haha)
Installed a JL audio 8" sub
Built a pintle mount
Replaced the drivers side valve cover gasket (still need to do the passengers side)
Bought some stuff
Well, that brings us up to Jan. 2017 (give or take). And my laptop is about to die, so I think this is a good stopping point for now. Stay tuned for future installments...