My ranger build lots of pics

[85rx7_93ranger]

Ok well this build thread will start kinda small but grow in the next couple weeks, im planning alot.
first off i got my 1993 ranger stx for 400$ with a bad tranny. It has the 4.0, 4x4, 5 speed stick, Limited slip 8.8 rear end, 3.73 gears. its the perfect start for a new DD/weekend wheeler build. hopefully ill like it more than my last jeep

heres when i bought it, 400$ trailered it home.

heres the rust, cab corner was gone which i thought was wierd because thats usually a chevy thing...then i saw the other side cab corner was perfect so i got to thinking looked to me like there was insulation in the drivers side corner which held moister because the computer was there and there was no insulation on the passanger side

then i took out the tranny....good damn it was a bitch! pardon my french but i am not to fond of ford engineering, have they ever heard of bolts? i mean shit everything was some sort of random ass clip that i didnt have a tool for so after a little bit of thisand thisand this haha i got it out.

that doesnt look good, not sure what happened but damn!

heres some nastys in the tranny

ok well now that the tranny is out i got a new one coming in the mail from a member here so i thought id fix that cab corner and rhino line from the body line down...here i started to cut it out then said f' it and just ripped it all out

a nice chunk that came off!

HOLY BONDO BATMAN!!!!

took off bondo that was about 3" thick, man i wanted to go back to the original owners house and knee him in the throat!

well anyways i started putting on some new metal..oh and if your wondering why its white? well i cut it out from my buddies s10 hood that he hasnt picked up from my garage, haha he had a laugh out of it.

Well i think you guys know how much of a PITA it is to weld body panels on without warping thin a$$ ranger metal so i let my drunk buddy give it a try lol he did pretty well

I thought this was a cool shot i got

ok heres the finished product, well the welding part anyways..now for the grinding.ugh no pics of that part cuz it just plain blows lol

i ended up with a few creases from bending the metal around the edges to match the corners right so i used the slide hammer and took them out...
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heres the corner, had to cut bend and weld back to make it close enough to bondo out

ok skipping that stupid grinding part which was an absolute pain..heres me applying bondo

i know i should be using duraglass but i didnt want to this time because im using such a small amount and duraglass is a B*TCH to work with lol

it gets better lol this one looks all wavy and shit

ok now for the sanding which is a great work out for my skinny arms

almost done with that, smooth as a babies a$$

ooooooooooo looking sexayyy

that lip there on the bottom pissed me off for about an hour trying to hammer it perfectly stright with the rest of the rocker but i got it

well shit this next pic was outa place but o well look anyways! ha

ok then i started to rough the paint up for rhino liner, started by hand then said screw it and whiped out the big ol' mikita

um idk whyy this pic was here but ok its ninja jeff i guess lol he helps me work on truck all the time

ok well here it is all covered up

close up of cab corner i guess

haha these next ones are cool..my neigbhor works in the minneapolis ranger plant, he makes rangers all day so he got me a bunch of parts to convert 93 over to a 09haha

even though my 93 is an stx im just gonna pretend its a Fx4 now haha

ok well here she is all done..for now! and this phone takes horrible pics its really not all shitty looking like the pic ill have to get a camera soon

well thats it for now anyways next week ill have my tranny in, just in time for snow! then i can finally put my rx7 away in the barn haha. then later next week ill order the PA 3" body lift and im gonna comb craigslist for some 33" tires and ill through up alotta pics for yall when im putting that stuff on

thanks for looking...for now

 

[copperminer2002]

whow,,thats nice work man, wanna do mine?

 

[85rx7_93ranger]

thanks

check this out i got bored waiting for the new tranny to arrive so i decided to do a badass paint job on the driveshaft...i think it looks cool anyways lol

 

[85rx7_93ranger]

now ill go get some pics of the T-case cuz i found out that thing is in worse shape than the tranny was, i tipped it over and parts fell out so the junkyard picked me out one with 80k miles on it for 75$ thats a good deal!

 

[85rx7_93ranger]

New transfercase

truck with all body work done

Now this is a fire!! haha got a new garage door so we burned the old wooden one and god damn that was a hot FIRE!!!

 

[Andres629]

Whoa, that body work deserves mad propers.
Mad propers.
There.
Good lookin' truck!

 

[broughton88]

hell yeah that was hot!! lol

 

[STANG3O2]

Nice work on the ranger. And it will be a sad day when the ranger plant closes for good.

If you are still looking for 33's. I have a set of MTR's, 2 new and 2 90%. Not sure if I want to get rid of my rims quite yet but I'd entertain offers. Just let me know.

Please ignore tire on first pic. It was replaced and is now bran new. Just the only decent pic of the rims I have at the moment.

 

[85rx7_93ranger]

cool how much? i pm'd you

 

[TS6034]

Nice job on that cab corner! You made that look so easy.

 

[dixie_boysles]

looks good, the only problem i see with the cab corner is the style line is now gone

 

[85rx7_93ranger]

looks good, the only problem i see with the cab corner is the style line is now gone

I know. lol the drivers cab corner was so gone i didnt even know there was a body line until i finished and looked at the otehrside..oops o well its good enough for a 400$ winter beater that ill prolly just end up doing a sas in after winter and wheeling the piss out of it hehe

 

[85rx7_93ranger]

update...for the most part my ranger build has come to an end, i have decided to start working on my rx7, going to finish building my race engine, rebuild my LSD because the clutch packs are wearing and getting sloppy. then ill pull out 2 small dents and prep and paint the car and the color i am leaning towards is a gunmetal grey, it will mostly all be done over the winter. although the ranger does need a #3 injector because its now running on 5 cylinders, i will post pics of the removal and replacement.

 

[mjonesjr]

You interested in selling the Ranger?

 

[85rx7_93ranger]

You interested in selling the Ranger?

well i just put in a new injector, all new injector o-rings(all 6), new intake gasket, new 4x4 hubs, new driveshaft, and a new magnaflow muffler(still too loud though) so im really planning on keeping it but how much are we talking?