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- Joined
- Dec 11, 2008
- Messages
- 1,342
- Age
- 34
- City
- Lancaster, PA
- Vehicle Year
- 03
- Engine
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Manual
- Total Drop
- 3 front 5 rear
- Tire Size
- 225/60R15
Hey guys, I haven't been on here to often since I haven't owned a Ranger in a few years, I'm Active Duty in the Air Force and for the past 3 years I've been stationed in England. I finally got back stateside the end of September and immediately bought a 98 Dodge Durango 5.2L 4x4 from a friends boss, I'm the second owner :biggrin:
I swapped out the stock muffler on that for a cherry bomb extreme single chamber muffler, and kept the stock piping, and it has just the right amount of bark/rumble. Toward the end of October, and the end of my month of leave I took, I really wanted to find a Dakota for myself, and my wife was growing fond of driving the Durango (Just like I planned lol)
I found my Dakota at a dealer as a trade in, it's a 2001 Quad cab 4.7L 4x4, and it's one of the nicest trucks I've owned so far. When I bought it it had an 8 inch glasspack and 90 degree elbow dumped out the side, and that was just way too obnoxious. I had some spare exhaust lying around and fabbed up a muffler deleted exhaust that exited around the stock location.
Previous owner put in a Kenwood head unit, LED interior lights, and a Hot air intake (lol) Well we drove from PA down to NC to report to my next duty station and both the Durango and the Dakota did flawlessly. I love driving this truck and hope it stays that way. Only thing I would change is make it stick shift lol
After we arrived in NC
When I first picked up the truck
After I added a light bar to the Durango
Before the light bar, I replaced the original bumper with this chrome one from the junkyard, because the original was pretty rotted from having a bra on forever.
And when I first picked up the durango. It was used for family trips and business trips, hence the lettering on the door. That bra was taken off as soon as I got home as well.
I swapped out the stock muffler on that for a cherry bomb extreme single chamber muffler, and kept the stock piping, and it has just the right amount of bark/rumble. Toward the end of October, and the end of my month of leave I took, I really wanted to find a Dakota for myself, and my wife was growing fond of driving the Durango (Just like I planned lol)
I found my Dakota at a dealer as a trade in, it's a 2001 Quad cab 4.7L 4x4, and it's one of the nicest trucks I've owned so far. When I bought it it had an 8 inch glasspack and 90 degree elbow dumped out the side, and that was just way too obnoxious. I had some spare exhaust lying around and fabbed up a muffler deleted exhaust that exited around the stock location.
Previous owner put in a Kenwood head unit, LED interior lights, and a Hot air intake (lol) Well we drove from PA down to NC to report to my next duty station and both the Durango and the Dakota did flawlessly. I love driving this truck and hope it stays that way. Only thing I would change is make it stick shift lol
After we arrived in NC
When I first picked up the truck
After I added a light bar to the Durango
Before the light bar, I replaced the original bumper with this chrome one from the junkyard, because the original was pretty rotted from having a bra on forever.
And when I first picked up the durango. It was used for family trips and business trips, hence the lettering on the door. That bra was taken off as soon as I got home as well.
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