17" Wheels and more - New Member

[moosespears]

I bought a 2006 Ranger XLT last fall. It has a 2.3L and 5 spd 2wd. The truck had a miss when I bought it but didn't have any codes that it was throwing. So, in case anyone else is having this trouble, a new coil pack solved the issue for me. Also, I spent a lot of time looking for specific information for my truck accepting all different types of mustang wheels. There were a lot of questions still in my mind after all my research, but in the end, I ended up with a nice look. If anyone else has a similar truck, some eibach spacers from Summit and wheels off of a V6 2013 mustang worked great. I believe I went with 25mm in the front and 30mm in the rear. They've been great and have required no retorque in 10,000 miles. Really high quality spacer. I purchased the ones that had the centering rings. I also replaced the grill and bumper with the painted versions. I also removed the pin stripe. It really sharpened up the truck quite a bit. Now I think it needs about 3" or 4" of drop. Just thought I'd say thanks for the help since I've been dwelling behind the scenes. Here's a before a couple of after shots:


Before


After


After

 

[MastuhWaffles]

Cool, I think you should paint the wheels black. Also, welcome to TRS!

 

[moosespears]

I've flirted with that as well as the tail lights and badging. I'm not sure. But I think your right. I think a semi gloss black would look good.

 

[MastuhWaffles]

I've flirted with that as well as the tail lights and badging. I'm not sure. But I think your right. I think a semi gloss black would look good.

I'd go for it, I blacked out my emblems and stuff, it would look pretty sweet in all black. For the tail lights, I would get some replacement ones that are in a black housing an have bright led's. As well as the same for the front head lights.
You can have any color you want, as long as it's black.

 

[Andy D]

Basic black and low. Just make sure folks can see your lights

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I am not real big on black tail lights... IMO just leave them red.

You can get black headlight housings that only have the reflector chrome. Kinda gives it a neat look with the round chrome reflectors. I have toyed with the idea for my black F-150, I don't really like the nearly white edges they have though.

Tintshade the badges to give them a darker "black chrome" look. Black on a black truck and IMO you might as well just shave them because you won't be able to see them.

A little darker on the wheels would be ok, about the same shade as your valance would be sharp. Leave a bright ring around the bead and at the hub if you can (hard to see what the wheels look like in your pic) to give it a little contrast.

The thing I don't like about all blacked out trucks is unless the light hits it right all you have to look at is a black blob.