Rangebe...version 2.0

[legoms013]

Drooling....

 

[kroussinoffroad]

so why have we not seen a mocked up tire in position yet? I'm anxious to see this thing on its own weight and in action. should be killer!

 

[-Nathan-]

haha you and me both. Slowly accumulating parts and working with what I have as my budget allows. I am also in school full time taking 16 classes this semester (yes I said six-teen), seeing patients all day, and studying at night. Plus I still dont have rims yet...trying to find cheap 17x9 8x6.5 steelies is tough up here. I actually have almost all the parts for the rear suspension, might take a break from the front and start on it, not sure. Plus I got quoted 22$ per foot of 2" .25 wall DOM

 

[wahlstrom1]

My retail is $17.50 over the phone... I get a better deal when I show up and pay cash, how much do ya need?

 

[legoms013]

haha you and me both. Slowly accumulating parts and working with what I have as my budget allows. I am also in school full time taking 16 classes this semester (yes I said six-teen), seeing patients all day, and studying at night. Plus I still dont have rims yet...trying to find cheap 17x9 8x6.5 steelies is tough up here. I actually have almost all the parts for the rear suspension, might take a break from the front and start on it, not sure. Plus I got quoted 22$ per foot of 2" .25 wall DOM

What are you studying towards? And what do you do for your "patients"?

I thought 4 or 5 classes was bad enough (what I take) plus a 25 hr a week job

 

[-Nathan-]

I have one more year of Dental school finishing my DMD(doctor of medical dentistry)...this is year 7 of 8...

 

[snoopjonnyjon]

16 classes and still finds time to smoke Cohibas with SJJ.

 

[88_Eddie]

Plus I got quoted 22$ per foot of 2" .25 wall DOM

shit! i thought it was expensive down here

 

[-Nathan-]

I havent had any time this week to work on the truck, so I was anxious to get in the shop tonight. I was highly motivated, beware....the following pictures are not for the faint of heart......
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Was working alone so tore that sumb!tch off the frame by myself and set it outside

Going to grab some chevy 64" leaves tomorrow, and some others to create a pack to have re-arched. Also going to be fabbing my own front hangers/rear shackle hangers and modifying/beefing up a set of belltech shackles. Im trying to find a decent place to find DOM for the front radius arms, and figured since I have most things I need for the rear I might as well get started.


Oh, and the bed will not be going back on....plans include a shit ton of tube and glass bedsides.

Stay tuned.

 

[kris97ranger]

going.to inboard the leafs?

 

[ltuck808]

glass bedsides?/

 

[-Nathan-]

no, will not be inboarding the leaves, want them wide and stable.

fibreglass.....aka 'glass

 

[-Nathan-]

picked up some chevy 64" leaves from the boneyard today, will clean them up and mix/match with my ranger pack before sending them to be re-arched later next week. And to clarify, I am doing a shackle reversal. Thinking Ill pick up a bender come tax return time...

 

[DBD]

Wow you're really overcompensating after losing your old ranger. This thing is gonna be a monster.

And uhh hi Jon!

 

[-Nathan-]

Haha yep. Swing by sometime, with SJJ, and we'll have a Cohiba or something.

64" leaf on top, ranger pack minus eyes on bottom. Thinking Ill run 3 of the chev leaves, and the 2 ranger leaves. Remember this is getting a Sterling 10.25 (i.e. HEAVY). I plan on dropping the shackle hanger a couple inches to account for the reversal, how much should I have them re-arched?