2000 Ranger 4x4 Off Road Project

[Ejay]

Couple pics from Corova Beach NC

 

[Dirtman]

Im afraid of horses. Make them go away!

 

[Naddanme]

Looks like your bedliner paint job turned out nice. How much did you use and how many coats. Thinking of doing something similar. Thanks

 

[Blmpkn]

Hmmmm… I think I know the cure for my less then stellar body repair skills.

Probably comes in a rainbow of colors too?

Tons of colors, the company has a sense of humor too.. As a bunch of the colors have funny names. They call a shade of yellow "golden showers" lol.

 

[Blmpkn]

Looks like your bedliner paint job turned out nice. How much did you use and how many coats. Thinking of doing something similar. Thanks

He used monstaliner, check out their website. Lots of info.

 

[Curious Hound]

Im afraid of horses. Make them go away!

They’re just big goats with better diets. You’ll be ok.

 

[Ejay]

I purchased the 2 gallon kit, I rolled on 2 coats and probably had about 1/2 gal. left over. note: I had already sprayed the bed with Raptor liner. If you decide to try it there are a lot of very helpful videos on youtube with lots of pointers. Overall I am pretty happy with the finished product.

 

[Naddanme]

Thanks that helps. Looks good to me. Probably gonna do this to mine but I wanna get it muddy first lol so I have a few other project taking priority.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I'm pretty convinced when my truck needs a facelift I'm going this route. Hopefully a couple three years out.

Every time I've taken the wheel flares of a Ranger... all the hardware breaks. I end up tacking like 10-24 bolts on a strip of thin metal and inserting those into the channel the plastic gizmos from the factory sat. Did your flares come off nicely? Reuse the hardware? Those pieces aren't available to buy... well they are... but you have to buy new flares to get them.

 

[Ejay]

Flares came off fine, messed up a couple of the Christmas trees but they are easy to get, I didn't break any of the other clips but I think they are available now if needed.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Hmmmm...

Everyone I've taken apart were bolted on... with like an 8-32 bolt molded in a plastic runner. I think there are 3 runners with 3 bolts each for each wheel opening. Not a Christmas tree pin. My guess is someone had them off before you bought it.

On the bright side... I will be considering push pins in the future. I had thought of doing that in the past but wasn't sure if the retention factor would be an issue. Do they stay in place good?

 

[Ejay]

Mine hadn't been off before, here is a youtube video showing how another guy did it, (I actually seem to have had less trouble than this guy did).

 

[Uncle Gump]

Well in all fairness... I think the only ones I've done were on 93 - 96 MY's. I bought a few back in the day to repair and flip... all those were bolted in... and every bolt broke.

So you're saying even the holes in the face of the fender had push pins?

I guess I will see what my 06 has when the time comes.

 

[Ejay]

The lower holes inside the wheel well had push pins, the ones on the face were the white plastic clips. There are also a some small screws where the mud flaps attach.

 

[oldgeek]

It's been a couple years. How has the Monstaliner held up on the body?