Thread: DD Ranger build

where did u get those beams from because im looking for the same exact thing for my truck.
nice truck by the way.

Originally Posted by trevor2472

where did u get those beams from because im looking for the same exact thing for my truck.
nice truck by the way.

^^thanks,
i got the steel beams from the junkyard, and had OVREBO1 here on DR build them for me,

Little update: Camburg shackles.

So after looking at Project Falkor, i decided to go hit it hard and put the new rearend in, and get the driveshaft hung, and take it for a little spin around the yard, still gotta top off the rearend with oil, run back brake lines and brakes, then start on the rear cage and gonna mount a 22 gallon fuel cell with two 33" spare's upright in the rear, get shocks and front glass

Very cool truck! I have a couple questions for you. Up front, how much travel do you have, and how much of it is bump and how much is droop? Also, what rear leaves did you end up going with?

Originally Posted by nb11

Very cool truck! I have a couple questions for you. Up front, how much travel do you have, and how much of it is bump and how much is droop? Also, what rear leaves did you end up going with?

Thanks man, up front with the stock radius arms im pulling 13" of travel, if i remember right 4" til bump and 9" droop, for the rear i ended up just making a custom leaf pack, so i used the stock main leaf and added a f100 pack to mine so it has 5 leafs, rides really good so far ive only been able to drive it at slow speeds cause i dont have shocks yet,but im sure with the new shocks itll be soft and perform well.

Remeber.. keep it simple !! Looking good tough.. Im still stuck with the nine inch :/ situation

Originally Posted by Aguilar

Remeber.. keep it simple !! Looking good tough.. Im still stuck with the nine inch :/ situation

I know simple is easy to say but like you've said before you want more and more! So today I ordered shocks and fiberwerx front 6" bulge fiberglass, next is gonna be a simple rear cage design, I have ideas on what I want to do but no definate plan yet, and I have to adjust the pinion angle as our work bench at work leans forward so the angle is off so.I'm gonna get a 4° shim kit and will be good to go, doing the nine inch was a lot more work.than I planned to its been four months since I started the swap! But its worth it in the end

I also got two new bfg mud terrains for the spare mounted on black wheels, so I have six matching tires now,

hahaha .. oh well ... you in now man .. just spend your money right and try for a cab cage soon ..yup Ive learned that nine inch diff are kinda tough to build and install in rangers.. Ill get mine in soon ... but your truck is giving me inspiration to get back on the ball on mine !! looking real pro now !! keep at it !!

Originally Posted by Aguilar

hahaha .. oh well ... you in now man .. just spend your money right and try for a cab cage soon ..yup Ive learned that nine inch diff are kinda tough to build and install in rangers.. Ill get mine in soon ... but your truck is giving me inspiration to get back on the ball on mine !! looking real pro now !! keep at it !!

Well I'm glad I'm inspiring you I got inspired by project falkor and then I was determined to get the truck done, I dropped $1200 bucks into it today, but its well worth it, it hasn't been driven since September 16th so its been a while, I think yours has been over a year now right, that's gotta drive ya crazy, lol, I think I'm gonna do the rear and front cage then tie it all together through the cab,

got shocks lights and spares mounted today

mounted skid plate and two hella 500's behind the grill fiberglass should be here this week finally

Originally Posted by LTRANGER661

I do the same think when people cut me off or ride on my ass I just flip on my dust light. It's actually purty damn bright. My girl does the same thing but I've never been a pushover so I don't give a shit. Lol sounds like u are the same

I do the same exact thing lol, If someones riding on my ass or cuts me off I shine the lights at them!

Originally Posted by jonleon

I do the same exact thing lol, If someones riding on my ass or cuts me off I shine the lights at them!

Its kinda hard not too lol

Little update fiberglass came-Fiberwerx 6" bulge

Jealous of the progress! What vehicle did you pull the 9" from? its looking alot better with the added width

Originally Posted by PreRunSnow

Jealous of the progress! What vehicle did you pull the 9" from? its looking alot better with the added width

The nine came out of a 77 f150 the rear sits 81.5" wide, it's got a limited slip with 4;56 gears so it pushes the 33" tires perfect no more raping it going up hills LOL

Little BS update got my tubing ordered today going with 2"x.120 dom for the rear cage

Coming along nicely! This is about the look im going for with my 91. One question though...Have you noticed any problems with running the stock radius arms? I didnt thing you were able to run them with a 5.5 in lift but i guess you can. Any way you could get a few pics and post them up of what they look like at ride height ? I am gathering parts up and planned on building new radius arms after i got everything together.

Originally Posted by midwestprerunner

Coming along nicely! This is about the look im going for with my 91. One question though...Have you noticed any problems with running the stock radius arms? I didnt thing you were able to run them with a 5.5 in lift but i guess you can. Any way you could get a few pics and post them up of what they look like at ride height ? I am gathering parts up and planned on building new radius arms after i got everything together.

With the 5.5 coils I had to cut one and a half coils off to get them to work with the stock radius arms or else they would have been fully extended and bind up the radius arm bushing ill try to get some pics up soon I'm in the process of moving and just got a lot going on

Got the fiberglass mounted installed new cam bushings so now it has negative camber

Lol, dude, you should redo your brake lines before you snag them on something.

Looks good BTW. Whens the rear glass coming?

Originally Posted by ovrebo1

Lol, dude, you should redo your brake lines before you snag them on something.

Looks good BTW. Whens the rear glass coming?

ive had the brakelines like that for a while and havent had any problems with them yet! lol, im gonna work on the rear cage here within the next month and hopefully i can get rear glass soon after! ive just been to busy between moving and getting my welder set up, i got all my tubing already, so more progress to come and i wanna try to come out sometime next month so we can go play with the trucks! and ride dirtbikes to!

got a new grant steering wheel, hopefully gonna be able to start the full rear cage next weekend.

Heres the plan for the rear cage vv

finally got the back half caged still have a few tubes to run and gussets to add behind the shock mount, but happy with the end result, truck rides really good,theres a little articulation pic still had 3" to bump, right shackle just starting to drop

went and played with the truck today performed great til i made a wrong turn and ended up stuck in a foot and a half of mud, thanks to some locals they pulled me out, bad thing is i burned up my clutch and broke my exhaust hanger, made it home but now im bummed cause i gotta fix it, oh and the guys friend that watched him pull me out said i was slinging mud 50 ft in the air said it was awesome

Truck is coming along good. Quick question are your beams 4.5 inches over?

Originally Posted by 85dangerranger

Truck is coming along good. Quick question are your beams 4.5 inches over?

there 5" over, and i have to run wheel adapters since the wheels i have are 5on5.5 so that add 1.5" per side

blacked out the front glass,