project: LEMON LAID

Damn, I can't believe I don't have a better bed pic when the axles and underside of cover were painted and the molding on bed floor......that pic looks like shit compares to how it looked righ before the BD.....but I gives you idea of how far it will go I to bed on 20s (sitting on gas tank, so another 1-1.5 inches if on rails)

jeff359 wrote:

Everything Doug said, plus 2. I just brought mine home, but after an inspection 20s are tight on a Ranger. You gotta clear everything out. The KP rear is the way to go if you can spring for it. I had a KP on my FSC also...it is awesome. Once you go cantilever, there is no other way. If you haven't seen Dougs Ranger in person, pics don't do it justice. It stands out, even in flat black primer. His truck is the reason I let Doug and others talk me into a Ranger.

You got a nice start, take pride in doing a domestic that you won't see like every S10. The lines are better in the Ranger, and the reason you don't see more is they a biotch.

"seen" is the operative word there! Lol. thanks jeff.

Clenzer72 wrote:

jeff359 wrote:

Everything Doug said, plus 2. I just brought mine home, but after an inspection 20s are tight on a Ranger. You gotta clear everything out. The KP rear is the way to go if you can spring for it. I had a KP on my FSC also...it is awesome. Once you go cantilever, there is no other way. If you haven't seen Dougs Ranger in person, pics don't do it justice. It stands out, even in flat black primer. His truck is the reason I let Doug and others talk me into a Ranger.

You got a nice start, take pride in doing a domestic that you won't see like every S10. The lines are better in the Ranger, and the reason you don't see more is they a biotch.

"seen" is the operative word there! Lol. thanks jeff.

"seen", yes. Will it rise to where it was and better, yes. Now back to baggedsplash...keep it up. When folks say "it is hard" IT IS ONLY FUEL THAT MAKES IT EASIER. With that said, Rangers are very tough...now go to work and do yourself proud.

another small update.

came home and sanded the rear fender lips down quite a bit because the tires were rubbing against them. after plenty of sanding, i got it to so the tires didnt hit. heres 2 pics of it aired down to show you it sits:





i THINK i may go get a set of thinner spacers to see if that may help. if they dont work then oh well. thats about it. just waiting on the KP 4-link to arrive now!!

damn thats a close fit....

thats how my 18s were..
and will be again im sure

IMHO I think you need to see the axle man...or swap those rims. your clearance on the inside and out is really tight. Looks good, but you will get some side to side movement even with the wishbone KP links and who knows what can happen...especially as a dialy.

i think that you need to get the 4 link on, throw on the stockers and bring it down for a weekend and me and you redo your bag brackets...may be a little more work than you planned, but will end up better in the long run...

the 4-link showed up today...w00t w00t!! im going to start on it this week sometime and HOPEFULLY have it done this weekend. along with putting that on, im going to relocate all my air management stuff under the bed as well.

i also picked up a pair of Caddy tail lights this weekend at the junkyard and those are going to be put in my tailgate when i get to that point.

rite on man! And I agree with Paco, screw them spacers.

well its been a bit since ive updated but things are going slow but thats ok. anyways, the 4-link is on. well 95% done but its essentially done. i just gotta tighten up everything pretty good. heres a pic:


sorry for the bad pic but ahh well. friday i PLAN on getting some POR-15 and start on that nasty mess...lol.

currently im trying to figure out where i wanna put my air management. heres a before pic of everything in my bed:


yeah it was a nasty mess. i wanna try to put everything under the bed to try to clean up the bed and i wanna be able to haul my crap in the bed instead of cramming everything in the cab. heres a pic of the bed and what i got for room (note: stock gas tank IS staying in the bed somewhere):


and heres what little room i have under the bed to put things:


i know i can put my compressor (Viar 480) in between the frame rails but i have NO clue what to do with the air tank. if you got any ideas (pics would be awesome too) of how i can mount my tank, please post it!!

thats about it for now, thanks for looking!!

nice progress... replace that rear cross bar in the frame and put a piece of box tubing there to give you more room then run a 5 gallon or 2 3 gallon air tanks back there between the frame rails.. keep em high enough to not drag

my tank is a 5 gallon. and thanks for the input! ive thought about that idea but i dunno how to weld...lol.

yeah i gotcha, you seem to be pretty stuck with everything bolted in the bed.

maybe i could build some type of box around everything to cover it up??

just wondering why the bags r mounted outside the frame rails so close to the wheel??

me to looks weird

the frames on a Ranger are a lot narrower than most minis, also the pumpkin is not centered on the axle so it makes it pretty hard to fit the bag mounts to the inside of the frame rails...you either have to run them on the outside like he has them or bag on bar....or get really creative with some sort of canti set up...i used to have mine to the outside like that as well before i built a rear clip and put the bags on the upper bars....

bout time u got a link setup!

lol yeah i know Kris! lol

**update**

sorry for being so long in doing updates but i thought that i would share my small bit of progress.

after trying to figure out what im going to do for the rear bag mounts, i decided to keep where they are at for right now. i MAY just get this instead: http://www.kplinks.com/product.php?productid=340&cat=49&page=1

a bit pricey but im told its well worth it. i may also contact a local shop to see if they can build something similar. i got a lead one place local ima try.

anyways, so the 4-link is finally all bolted in finally. heres a pic:

its a really good kit. i definately suggest it if anyone like me doesnt know how to weld.

after i was confident in that everything was tightened and looked ok, i decided to start tearing into the front end to start cutting and moving and removing things. heres a pic:

i still gotta take the passenger fender off, but 1 damn bolt hiding behind the air box is holding me up but by then i was just too tired to mess with the truck anymore. thats about it.

oh, i got a buddy coming over with his welder and we are gonna mount the air tank in the back between the frame rails this coming week. this will give me room in the bed of my truck to actually haul my crap to car shows instead of craming everything into the cab....lol. oh, and he may also be giving me his old fuel cell as well.

nice man

update time boys and girls!! sorry its been a while since ive updated but the weather has been shitty (my garage leaks...blah!) and ive been kinda lazy...lol. anyways, here we go!

i got the dash pulled loose so i can work on getting the HVAC box removed. its been a pain in the ass to remove and frankly im glad its getting removed. this has pretty much been the reason why ive been lazy because i just dreaded removing this damn thing. anyways, i FINALLY got the damn thing removed on the engine side so now i have a big hole in my engine bay:


i just gotta yank whats left of the box inside the cab of the truck which isnt gonna be tough to do.

then i cut the inner fender out on the passenger side so the wheels (20" Boss 308) wont rub on it. after that was done i decided to put a wheel on to see how it looks along with the fender. heres the result:


thats with a jack up underneath the ibeam holding it up but im sure that it will sit a bit lower once the truck is on the ground but i dunno. we will see. so far im content as to the way its looking.

more to come soon

small update.

i got all the cutting done on the drivers side in the front done. after all that was done, i decided to throw on all the wheels. before i did that tho, my buddy Phil came over and made a hose attachment for me so i can lift the truck up and down using the shop compressor. we got that made and tested it and the truck was able to lift up and down with the air bags which helps alot now! i also put new fittings on the bags in the front and rear. anyways, so i bolted up a fender and put the bed on to see what it will look like. over all it looks ok except the front sits higher than the rear but i guess that will be like that until i put my radius arm x-member relocators on. alsothe driver side wheel doesnt camber in like the passenger side does but i will do some more investigating on that later on. anywho, here are a few pics to see what it looks like:

side view:


rear-ish view:


front wheel:


i still got stuff to do under the hood but that part wont take too long i think. more to come soon!!

looks good man keep it up

Wow rangers seem to be alot more work than a dime. Good work youve done on it so far, cant wait to see it finished!!!