Mike's 2004 Ranger Build

[Mcleary316]

I have owned my truck for 3 years now so I have done a lot to it so far. Lets see if i have pictures of it all...
First off:
The day I brought it home

For some reason I thought it was a good idea to put in my own fog lights it...:dunce:

Not long after I got myself a pair of HIDs from eBay. Lucky for me they actually don't suck like most of them do.

The next thing I got was cat-back duals with a flowmaster 40.

I went for a while without doing anything and then decided I needed some different rims.

My next project was at the end of last summer. 3 inch body lift!

The latest big project was the Expo 8.8 swap I did last christmas.

The last mod I did was to add a hitch receiver.

 

[Mcleary316]

Next was 06+ mirrors....

Put on an LED cargo light from Buggman LEDs.

Next came the lift that went down late August 2012. 3" spindles, 2" spacers, and block & shackles in the rear.:


Everything came off way to easy so I figured I was in for it later in the project. I was right.
First this that went wrong was summit sent me the wrong front shocks. The lower mounts were for something totally different so I had to get stud extenders for my stock shocks until my new fronts come in.

I had almost zero clearance on turning so I had to do a good amount of trimming on the lower control arms but thats normal.

Everything went well for a while till I got to installing the brakes again. Apparently ford shipped a small number of rangers with a front caliper that is slightly undersized compared to the normal and I was lucky enough to get those calipers on my truck. So I had to machine down my rotors. Now I'm running custom 11 inch rotors haha. All in all it was fairly easy to do the install. Ended up doing my lower ball joints also.

Put some stickers on:

aaaaaand lastly I got a new grill of Craigslist for $15, new in the box! Only catch was it was sonic blue originally so I had to paint it.

 

[Mcleary316]

More or less how she looks today:

 

[RangerBoy94]

Looks good but get some bigger meats!!!

 

[Mcleary316]

Looks good but get some bigger meats!!!

Just getting the cash for them and the time to put them on at this point! Not to much longer...

 

[chrwilkins30]

What size you going with?

 

[Mcleary316]

35x12.50x15 KM2s.

 

[Mcleary316]

Did Seafoam through the brake booster lines yesterday. Sorry neighbors!

 

[Mcleary316]

Quick question... I'm getting ready to order my new rims here in a bit and was unsure of the backspacing. They have 4" backspacing. Do I need to get spacers for them? If so, how big of spacers?

 

[Mcleary316]

Ouch!

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

Nice work!!

I hope u get the bigger tires soon

 

[Mcleary316]

Nice work!!

I hope u get the bigger tires soon

Thanks! Should have them in a few days now.

 

[miller time]

I love the move lp the truck looks good

 

[Mcleary316]

I love the move lp the truck looks good

haha thanks. Its one of my favorite additions so far

 

[Mcleary316]

FINALLY got my tires on!