Thread: 2000 Never ending Ranger

Started out as my buddy Nick Thompsons truck, he bought it new in 2001. first thing we did was put the camburg 5.5, got axis simulated bead locks on BFG 33X12.50X15's, & cut & pulled the rear bedsides. about a year later he revvsss the hell out of it, drops the clutch & the rear end blows up, we went to the ford junkyard out in LA & found a 8.8 explorer rear end with 4.56's and threw that in. 2003 or 2004 we take it to glamis & get stuck in 3rd gear, we drove it all the way home in 3rd gear & made it about 1 mile from his house. thats when he ended up getting this crew cab silverado & he never drove it agian. his dad calls me up out of the blue & asks me if i want to buy it for $2500 & the first thing i said was "hahaha is the tranny fixed???" he said "ohh yeaaaa i just threw a new one in!" & he knew i needed a truck at the time so he hooked me up. couldnt thank him enough for the deal. about a year later when the motor hit 100k i have a rod go threw my oil pan on the 55 freeway doing 70, that was pretty fun so i had a place in norco replace the 3.slow motor for $2300. brand new motor, i think it had a couple thousand miles on it. well since then as you can see i put some $$$ into it.

started by putting KarTek Pro Competition seats with sliders...& just recentley i bored out the stock seatbelt hole & put those polk 4.5's in there

a few weeks later i came across some Dixon bros spring plates that i bought from (HnM Expy) on here. orderd some threat shackles from Dave (87-RANGER) & then another few months rolled by & i came across a set of brand new national 9 pack leaf springs from another kid on here. went to deaver & picked me up some u bolts & installed everything.(the u bolts are painted now)

Then picked up some rear glassworks unlimited glass for real cheap cause the ranger was "rolled" that the glass was on, so i figured no big deal my grandpa could fix it for some brew. a few months later i realized Tim over at RRP lives less then 5 minutes from me so i went to him for a badass bedcage when i got the $. me & him threw our ideas together & came out with this...




since then ive just repaired the glass with my gramps. fixed passanger side glass & closed the gas door up. lightly sanded my bedcage, primerd & flat blacked it. & threw on newer ranger mirrors.
(passanger side glass before)

(passanger side glass after)

(gas door before)

(gas door after)

new mirrors & paint





in the next month i plan to have 16"bypasses for the rear, front Fiberwerx 3" glass, 8.8 Differential cover from Ruffstuff Specialties.

my next update will be over the weekend, Tim will be taking out my sliders & solid mounting my seats where ive been wanting them mounted, along with throwing a skid plate on the front.

truck looks good. are those 33" spares? i plan on mounting my spares the same way.

Originally Posted by bigdognathan

truck looks good. are those 33" spares? i plan on mounting my spares the same way.

decided to keep your truck??? there 32X11.50s

man those pics are HUGE!

truck looks good, its nice to see the progress of peoples trucks like this.

Originally Posted by AAAlovesME

decided to keep your truck??? there 32X11.50s

yeah. not one person seems interested in it. so might as well keep it.

Originally Posted by doyouquaxu

man those pics are HUGE!

truck looks good, its nice to see the progress of peoples trucks like this.

hahaha i was waiting for somebody to say that. i didnt want to go back & resize them. get a bigger monitor

Originally Posted by bigdognathan

yeah. not one person seems interested in it. so might as well keep it.

times are rough man. id like to see you finish her up anyways

killer deal on the truck, i like the trick looking spare setup. good work on the fiberglass repair too.

Originally Posted by TBS_kyle

killer deal on the truck, i like the trick looking spare setup. good work on the fiberglass repair too.

thanks man, my gramps busted that out no problem. i have some trick add-ons to the fiberglass coming soon also

What brand jack is that? HF?

Originally Posted by Marnes2986

What brand jack is that? HF?

Whats the front look like man? This pic has me wondering haha.

dont need to warn me about my camber, im getting it done monday.

its gunna look stupiddd with no front fiberglass for a week haha

Okay i thought you had no glass up front lol. Oh well at least you got something right? Looking good man keep it up

Originally Posted by rangerbrandon

Okay i thought you had no glass up front lol. Oh well at least you got something right? Looking good man keep it up

New RRP Fab bumper going on tomorrow along with new solid mount seat mounts.

do you have a cage or no

Originally Posted by LVbLaCkRaNgEr

do you have a cage or no

unfortunately i dont. def in the next year i should have one

i thought its not a good idea to have 5-points and no cage?

Originally Posted by LVbLaCkRaNgEr

i thought its not a good idea to have 5-points and no cage?

its not if im not mistaken. only running the lap belts for now

How did that mirrior swap work out? Would like that try that on my '94 ranger

Originally Posted by ineedtruck

How did that mirrior swap work out? Would like that try that on my '94 ranger

super easy. have to grind off the 2 bottom little plastic stubs so it fits flush & thats it.

what style mirror did your truck come with? like the electric one or the manual?

Originally Posted by ineedtruck

what style mirror did your truck come with? like the electric one or the manual?

the small ugly ass manual ones. there for sale in the stock parts classifieds

oh sweet, deffenitly wanna give this a try on mine now. lol those tiny fuckers are ugly as hell

Originally Posted by ineedtruck

oh sweet, deffenitly wanna give this a try on mine now. lol those tiny fuckers are ugly as hell

dude do it.

How are you liking your 5.5 kit so far?

Originally Posted by TBS_kyle

How are you liking your 5.5 kit so far?

the 5.5 kit is well worth the money! this last past week in ocotillo i tore the drivers side uca mount rite outta the frame but everything managed to stay straight. that kit is solid! it will actually be up for sale in a couple weeks, going LT!

Bumper pics yet son?

Originally Posted by rangerbrandon

Bumper pics yet son?

only one i got from ocotillo in new years that u cant really make out....

still got to take pics of the solid seat mounts. ive been laggin on gettin my digital from a friends.

next update will be long travel/shocks/1-piece clip & hopefully cage.

Whos kit did you decide on and damn where do you work need help i wish i could spend money like that haha

Originally Posted by rangerbrandon

Whos kit did you decide on and damn where do you work need help i wish i could spend money like that haha

my original plan was to go to bms & have them throw there LT on the front but i also thought about the $$$. would love to go threw them, just dont have that much rite now. so im having Brandon @ BTF throw on his LT/engine cage & mount my 1piece clip. still deciding on what 1piece, prob the fiberwerx 97-03 f150....

looks good! I next thing to do CAGE!!! safety first

Originally Posted by AAAlovesME

my original plan was to go to bms & have them throw there LT on the front but i also thought about the $$$. would love to go threw them, just dont have that much rite now. so im having Brandon @ BTF throw on his LT/engine cage & mount my 1piece clip. still deciding on what 1piece, prob the fiberwerx 97-03 f150....

Same thing happened to me BMS wanted 8500 drive in drive out too much. HAve tim install it im sure that would save some money.

Originally Posted by TRUGGY

looks good! I next thing to do CAGE!!! safety first

yea but 1 of my upper control arms already ripped out the frame & my buddy wants to buy my 5.5 so i might aswell sell him my kit & get LT! next thing will be cage forsure!

Originally Posted by rangerbrandon

Same thing happened to me BMS wanted 8500 drive in drive out too much. HAve tim install it im sure that would save some money.

dont get me wrong. id love to go there & get some of there work done, like i said, just dont have that much to fork out yet, unfortunately. yea i was thinking about getting the bms kit & having tim do the work, but im really liking Brandons a-arm kit & i think its pretty rad to have a little bit of work from all the garage fab guys that do good work....thats if they dont mind tiein into eachothers work....

Nice man, your making great progress lucky bastard

Originally Posted by rangerbrandon

Nice man, your making great progress lucky bastard

haha thanks, i appreciate the comments!

p.s. you already have LT lucky bastard!

Originally Posted by AAAlovesME

haha thanks, i appreciate the comments!

p.s. you already have LT lucky bastard!

Yes sir, caged and linked by summer too bitch ! haha

Originally Posted by rangerbrandon

Yes sir, caged and linked by summer too! imma bitch ! haha

yes you are

Originally Posted by AAAlovesME

yes you are

Hahah do you got the 3.0 or 4.0?

Originally Posted by rangerbrandon

Hahah do you got the 3.0 or 4.0?

3.slow but really its not that slow. keeps up with my friends 04 4.0 but i think its gunna take a shit on me real soon here