Kyle M's Ranger Rebuild

[bull90]

i approve the comp cut! but fix one of them... they cant be mix matching

good work kyle!

 

[Kyle M.]

The rears and fronts will match after I run tube. I also just went out and cut the rear a little more and added a radius in the corner.

 

[RangerSVT]

I like the comp cut fronts....almost enough to make me do the same to SVT!!
SVT

 

[Downey]

wow man havent seen your tread in a long time i just looked threw the whole thing and wow you have done some nice work and im excited to see you do the v8 swap you truck is built pretty much exactly how i want it built

 

[bull90]

you gonna put led lights in the rear? that might be a worthy look for the mazda make it look more like some halo vehicle

 

[Kyle M.]

I might put some light there, not sure yet.


Truck worked great yesterday, gave it the worst/best (you pick) beat down of the year. We ran a club comp at a local off road park. We didn't win, but lets not go there haha.

Here are a couple pictures, hope to have some video later...

Then the damage I found so far, I bent my front rim, the inner lip, easy fix and cracked the rear frame just behind the drivers spring hanger. It was an area I knew I was gonna have to work on, I noticed it buckling a few weeks ago. From the factory there is a lot of holes in the frame there. I will either plate it or chop it all off and start over with rectangle tube.

Oh, I also hit a tree pretty hard, broke a marker light, smashed my fender a little more and bent my hood lol, o-well.

pictures

bent rim

cracked frame

So now the part out begins, I am starting ranger version 2.0 here soon.

 

[kris97ranger]

part out? that sucks.....

or do you mean part out as rebuild with tons and a v8? oh yea and i thought you should know one of the tags for this thread is "derek jeter sucks!" i figured thatd entertain sombody

 

[Kyle M.]

part out? that sucks.....

or do you mean part out as rebuild with tons and a v8? oh yea and i thought you should know one of the tags for this thread is "derek jeter sucks!" i figured thatd entertain sombody

Yes lol

 

[kris97ranger]

sick... and im pretty sure this is ranger version 3.0 or 4.0 lol

 

[Josh40601]

Happy mother ****ing birfday brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kyle M.]

Thanks!


Got my wheels today.

Just gotta machine the centers to clear the 6D hubs and figure out what I am gonna do for protection. Some sort of rock ring, maybe thinking of getting some steel ones and screwing them to the rim. Guess we will see.

 

[kris97ranger]

No beadlocks?

 

[Kyle M.]

Gonna use inner air locks

 

[CHKNFKR]

Gonna use inner air locks

I expect a full write up of these as well as a 6 month follow up. if i ever get back to building my rig i'm running hard rubber inner beadlocks, when they catch fire i think the air locks will be next on the menu.

 

[Kyle M.]

I expect a full write up of these as well as a 6 month follow up. if i ever get back to building my rig i'm running hard rubber inner beadlocks, when they catch fire i think the air locks will be next on the menu.

Will do