B3200 PreRunner Build.

[Shawn@BMS]

Hey guys,
Sorry for the long delay. Just been really busy with racing and work. Well i made some time to get some much needed love towards the truck. Iv had some ranger glass (pre-runner fenders) sitting at my shop for about 3 months and finally got around to it. Obviously they dont fit without modding them as they are designed for a ranger. Would have been easy to swap the ranger grill and lights out but i wanted to keep the Mazda look. It look a good amount of time trimming and sanding but it came out great. Iv yet to see this done before. I guess sense my last pics i finished my tire gate as well. I also through some 2" spacers and camber kit on while i was at it. Im building a long travel kit, but im to busy to get on that right now. Ill get some shots tomorrow of the truck for up dates. I think i may paint her soon.....

Iv received A LOT of requests on my tire gate and bumpers. To be 100% honest i made them for fun. I dont build trucks/bumpers for a living so when someone asks me to build them parts im doing it the ol" fashion way. I dont have any fancy laser cutters, plasma guns, notchers, etc. Just a nice mig, tig, angle grinders, just the normal fab tools. So everything is very time consuming and not economical. Please do not take offense if my prices are "Crazy". Im not mass producing, just doing it for the hell of it. Really i dont really want to make them again as they were a pain in the ass. Sorry...

~Shawn

 

[Shawn@BMS]

Well i took some pics today of what use to be some good sandy power line trails. Not so much any more....

More soon..... I hope....

~Shawn

 

[bull90]

how much for those fenders? and where can i get em? they should fit on a 1998?

 

[Shawn@BMS]

There for a ranger. I had to modify them to fit. Looks like they will be even more work on the newer style Mazds too.

~Shawn

 

[Shawn@BMS]

I got 4 Fox 2.0 Pro Series Resi Shocks on the way. Picking up my full size spare on Tuesday.
~Shawm

 

[sabian0004]

badass mazda!.. your front suspension is just the 2" coil spacer kit?

 

[Shawn@BMS]

Yeah with 2" wheel spacers, Wont be like that for long. Im piecing a +6 mid travel kit together...
~Shawn

 

[shepoutside]

Wicked build, thanks for sharing !!!

 

[sabian0004]

thats awesome.. you have any issues with running those 2" wheel spacers? what brand wheel spacers?

 

[Shawn@BMS]

No issues with the spacers. They worked for the time being. They are Eibach's i think.
~Shawn

 

[sabian0004]

right on, thanks and again badass lookn mazda cant wait to see it with the long travel set up.

 

[Shawn@BMS]

Yeah im really looking forward to some real suspension....

Thinking of some new (to me) OEM seats. I have a regular cab. Any suggestions? Id like to have buckets.

~Shawn

 

[shepoutside]

Love this thread. I also have a mazda that I'm doing the prerunner " Style" on. See your dragging on the rear bumper. This is a pic of what I'm doing, so I can have a plate placement, as there sticky in my area about that. Mine won't wrap the rear corners. Thanks for sharing your truck with us, love your tire-gate.

 

[Shawn@BMS]

Got my full size spare (matching wheel and tire). Looks 100 times better than that puny stock wheel/tire.

Shepoutside, That bumper looks good. I had plans on building one similar but not having it wrap around like the rock crawler bumpers. I decided not to make a rear bumper. I think it looks clean and simple the way it is. I took A LOT of weight of the truck. The bumper would just add more weight and clutter up the rear..... But i think im going to build a light rack on the roof instead. Its going to hold 4 lights. Maybe get started on it next weekend.

Fox shocks should be here this week (Much needed).

More soon.
~Shawn

 

[mp3deviant721]

Damn. Last time I checked your truck didn't look as good as it does now. Keep up the great work.