Kyle M's Ranger Rebuild

[kris97ranger]

man that sucks about the tree i know how u feel i rolld my truck about 2 weeks after getting it "finished" but at least ur getting on with the rebuild. i may have missed it but howd u hit the tree?

 

[Kyle M.]

man that sucks about the tree i know how u feel i rolld my truck about 2 weeks after getting it "finished" but at least ur getting on with the rebuild. i may have missed it but howd u hit the tree?

Pretty crazy situation, but I hit a deer first, it went under my passenger side tire, my truck pulled to the right and put me into a slide, went off the road and hit a tree.

Sorry about your truck

 

[kris97ranger]

yea that sucks. and i wish i had kept mine... i was halfway done rebuilding it when my gf brought her 63 mercury m-250 home and i got my 06 f 150 so there was no room. so i scrapped ti then the next week one of my buddys told me i coulda built it at his farm... in an heated garage. im still kicking myself

 

[Kyle M.]

Still workin on it, nothing picture worthy yet.

Should I box the frame? Gonna need to decide it soon and I keep going back and forth on it. HELP!

And I did a photo chop on it so i can see if I like it with a shorter box....
Original

Chopped rougly 12"

Do that or bed cage?

 

[Andres629]

Chop the box imo. Or if you do a bedcage, at least hang the fenders so it LOOKS like it has a box. Haha.

 

[86 slo-vo]

looks good...me personally...i like tube beds

 

[88_Eddie]

chop that bitch!! i think it looks good

 

[kunar]

short beds always look good... even if they are only 3 or 4 feet long.

 

[koda6966]

Hack the fenders, run a tube bedcage and hang them on it.

 

[Bray D]

Chop the bed. No question.

 

[crawlin91]

I say box the frame and bob the bed, or back half it and tube the fawker

 

[kris97ranger]

id bob the bed. looks much nicer and if u just hang bedsides i dont see it being as functonal

 

[Rangered06]

id defanently bob the bed never know when u will need to haul a lot of beer lol

 

[fx2prerunner]

i'm guessing this will never see road use again? I'm stuck on the look of the box on the expidetion ranger, short box looks cool make sure its big enough for a tool box for the off road essentials, if this is a dedicated trail rig, it will see some HEAVY use, box the frame, you want your flex in the suspension, not the frame, IMHO, lovin this build by the way, really like the progress.

 

[Kyle M.]

The plan is to keep it steet legal. I am going to have the fuel tank in the bed also, so room will be tight.

I am going to keep the bed for now, just bob/shorten it. Also I am going to box the frame, I will start on that tonight most likely making templates. I need to box it so I can figure out my crossmember mounts.