Tbars "Squirrel"

[tbars]

Thanks You for all your help...

...All the work done to this truck was done between March '07 when I joined the board, and June '07, when I started my Project X...

Stats

Truck 1995 Ranger xl 4x4
D.O.B. 02/95
Nicknamed The Squirrel
Cab Standard cab
Bed Standard bed-6'
Wheelbase 107.9"
Motor 2.3L 4 cylinder w/8 plugs (autolite platinum)
Intake Air K&N drop-in cone filter
Exhaust Custom cut/bent 2.5" catback w/ stock manifold
Tranny Manual 5 spd-M50dr1
Transfer case Manual 1354
Front Differential Dana35-4.10-open
Rear Differential 7.5-4.10-open
Front Coils Stock 2" over w/ F150 coil seats
Rear Springs Stock 2 leaf w/aal's and stock 2" blocks
Shocks Pro-comp ES3000
Tires 32x11.50x15 B.F. Goodrich A/T's
Wheels Stock 15x7" Deerhoof's
Hubs Stock manual Warn hubs
Shackles Custom made 8" O.C. tig welded shackles
Shell Vision-w/carpet and light
Shell Tint From Factory
Carpet kit Custom built by me
Stereo Stock AM/Fm Cassette
Headlights Crystal headlights w/ Sylvania's Holagen Xtra Vision's 9007's
Corners Crystal corners w/ Sylvania Amber's
Trim/Bumper's Paint Krylon Fusion-Gloss Black
Window Tint Cab window's 15%-Ultimate Series-Lifetime warranty
Milage 163,000
MPG 17city/22hwy

...And here are some link's to a couple of it's latest trail runs...
Pismo Beach 6/01/07
Big Bear 1/05/08
Big Bear 12/08/07


...These are the links to the mod's that i have done to this truck...
F150 Coil Seat Install w/ Shackles
Painting of Trim
How to: Interior Lites on-Door Ajar
Ranger Bed Carpet Kit
2.3L catback exhaust


Thank You for taking the time to check out my Little Truck...
...This picture is of my Ranger when I first posted and the only mods I had done in this picture was add the shell...This picture was taken on a job I was doing up in Joshua Tree in July '06 right after I bought it...The tires on it were Uniroyal Range Rover 31x10.50x15's and the lift was stock 2" from Ford...

...This was when i started on my suspension...This pic is with the rear coilovers 04/07 (no longer on)

...Fishing up in Big Bear...08/07...Shortly after I built the carpet kit..

...As the Ranger looks now and since May of '07..

...These are some pictures of my ranger out playing and a couple flex shots...

 

[tbars]

...And some random shots in the snow...

East John Bull

White Mountain

...and one of my favorites, going thru deep, icy, water...

 

[Ranger44]

Nice truck.

I've got to appreciate the ol' 4cyl 4x4.

Mines taken me through some pretty nasty stuff.

 

[tbars]

...Thanks...She's my Daily Driver/work truck and she's a screamer compared to my Offroad truck..With gas at almost $5 dollars out here, I really appreciate her...

..My offroad truck..
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20930

 

[Ranger44]

Yeah just saw that exploder.

I was wanting to swap in a 3.0 (or well maybe even a 4.0 if it could have been had with a 5spd and the right price), but I had no luck finding one......

Therefore the 2.3 is staying in there.

I agree on the gas. I just fixed some things and started getting 22mpg over the 18-19 I was getting. I'm hoping an alignment and manual hubs will boost it up a little more.

 

[tbars]

..I have so much fun in this truck as I can go anywhere with it..

..Eventually, I will get an extra cab, 95-97, 4.0 or bigger, and make it a rock truck..

 

[Jspafford]

That is one clean ranger!!!

 

[tbars]

...Thank you...But it's dirty most of the time, lol...

 

[compleckz]

wow great truck, good work!

 

[Ranger_Boi]

very clean rig

 

[tbars]

...Thanks guys...

 

[koda6966]

Shes beautiful. I'm trying to imagine what my red ranger would look like with the black bumper and grill. I think I might just photoshop your bumper onto a picture of my truck, just to see how it looks. I can't get it to turn black in a regular picture right.

 

[tbars]

...I don't do p.s. but I believe you can just paint it in with p.s...You could also try painting it the same color as the truck...The 93 splash was painted that way...

 

[LoneRanger93]

I'm totally into the all black look, it would look sick with my taillights on it tho

 

[koda6966]

...I don't do p.s. but I believe you can just paint it in with p.s...You could also try painting it the same color as the truck...The 93 splash was painted that way...

It just doesn't look the same if you do it that way with p.s. but I had a picture that had ALMOST the correct angles for your grill and bumper. I think I used the 9th picture down.



I think I would need to add some more black to it if I did that. Maybe black fender flares or something. Or hell, just do a whole stripe of black. But I lack the painting skills to do that, and wouldn't want to pay a shop. I'll probably just go with a gray bumper or something.