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[railman]

what ya towing the Ex with next week???

gettin' closer.....

l8r, John

 

[Kyle M.]

When you coming up my way to get that truck?

 

[4.0B2]

When you coming up my way to get that truck?

You mean this one?
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112931

 

[Josh40601]

what ya towing the Ex with next week???

gettin' closer.....

l8r, John

Dad's 2500HD

When you coming up my way to get that truck?

Too late buddy, already came, drove back, and traded the truck off for another Ranger for my momma.

 

[Kyle M.]

Hmmm, guess I have been to busy lately to keep up.

 

[Josh40601]

yep. You building all them exploders and stuff.

 

[AgPete139]

Are those smoked corners & headlights actually street legal?

Still loving the truck, BTW.

 

[Josh40601]

legal enough

 

[Josh40601]

sold the wheels and tires today.... D's on training wheels now.... But there are some new meats sitting in the building that will hopefully be on tomorrow night.

 

[4.0B2]

wow that looks sexy!!! hahahahahaahahahaha

 

[Josh40601]

i thought so.

 

[3.0ranger1227]

Needs the flares back too!

 

[Josh40601]

yep, those are going back on as well.

 

[Josh40601]

Well, some of you will like them, some will hate them. The tires are too small, i know. They are almost brand new so i will use them this winter, then go with a set of 35's after. I am digging the big 20" wheels though. I think they show the axle placement extremely well.

As you can see, I only cleaned 1 wheel real good. (These were given to me from my step dad. I did have to buy adapters to fit 6 lug Chevy wheels though.... More on those later....)

 

[Josh40601]

I ordered a set of adapter plates from Lucky's Autosports (Lucky's Krazy Kustoms) in Lexington, KY. The spacer plates were perfect. 1/2x20 lug nut hole, 1 7/8" thick, perfect. the silverado plate on the other had was a totally different story....

not only did they charge me 400 freaking bucks, they also didn't mill the center out enough to cover the lock outs.

What was their excuse?? "Well, you didn't tell me you had lock outs"

I simply replied with, "Why didn't you mill the same center out all the way through?"

"That's how they come. You're the builder, you should know"

I said ok, and hung up. I will never do business there again. So i had them milled by another company, and installed the spacers, adapters, and wheels, which is what you see above...................................




















then this happened.....

The reason was due to the wrong lugnuts. Lucky's installed METRIC studs and never decided to tell me. Maybe that is my fault, but figuring as 99.9 % of American troucks run a 1/2 .20 lug nut, i just assumed that was what they installed..... I was wrong.