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    New Front End

    I got my truck back from Baker Motorsports with a new wider front end. I had extended beams and new radius arms put on. The beams are 4" wider per side. Next on the list are now coilovers. The front sits a little lower since the springs are bowed, but once i recover from this the coilovers...
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    Wider beams

    So i realize i'm on crack and am spending money on my truck that was going to sell. Baker Motorsports are building 4 inch wider beams for my truck. I'm going to sell my drop down brackets when the beams are on. I'll take some pics of this little journey.
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    HAHA...Extended 2wd Beams

    Well i just need to talk to camburg, but they told me i just have to pay for parts and they will install everything for free. Now its time to go in dept. :thumbsup: I'm going to see if the ranger beams will work. Or they will make it work :chug: I'll keep you posted.
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    Truckhaven-Nov28-29

    Who's game? I'm going to delete the other thread that is titled truckhaven. Hopefully with having the date in the subject title we will get more responses.
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    Truckhaven...

    Truckhaven Nov 28-29 Anyone up for a run anytime soon to Truckhaven? My dad and i just got back from working on my grandma's house at the salton sea. The house is on the other side of of the sea from salton city. The weather was perfect out there. What days are people able to go? I have...
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    Have codes..Any suggestions

    I found that i have some codes. The codes are 172,176, 511, and 565. The 172-6 numbers were funny. Originally my codes were that i was running way rich so they were 181 and 186. Took out my chip and now i'm running way lean. Also taking out the chip got rid of the 511 code which is a PCM...
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    Truckhaven..When to go

    Who's up for going out and having some fun? Just list what weekends are better for you and we'll try to nail down a date. Brian Kennedy when will you be up and ready to go?
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    New Gears and Locker

    Made the appointment today. The truck is going under the knife on Weds at 8:00 and will be recieving new insides. I'm putting in 4.88 gears and a Detroit Locker. I will be taking out my auburn and 4.10 gears. The shop is going to clean then up and i will put them up for sale. This should be...
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    2wd 35's FIT

    I just put on 35's on my truck and they fit. So any of you 2wd guys want 35's they'll fit with 4"s of lift. I do have perry's front fenders though.
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    Rattling Tranny (auto)

    I've read alot of posts on the auto tranny's, but havent really found out about the rattling. When i get on it i can hear rattling coming from the transmission. This has progressively been getting louder. I have 111111 miles on it. I've had the tranny flushed about a year ago. I lose full...
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    Truckhaven Once Again

    Curious to if anyone is ready for thaven trip? I just fixed my truck so its ready to go. The weather is starting to get warm, but with a couple of these cold fronts its nice out there (well now atleast). Pretty much any weekend is good for me. My dad wants to get out there too. Now that he...
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    Blew the head gasket

    my truck is leaking water like a siv(sp?). Its leaking from the passenger side. Luckily no water is in the oil. Its not a freeze plug. My question is while i have the engine apart, what should i do, besides the obvious of replacing all the gaskets. i'm not to happy with this, but...
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    Return from T-Haven 2002

    This was a good group that we had out there. The stockers kicked ass and well, the modifieds....they always rock. We ran all sorts of trails and everyone did very well. We had some cool break downs. Such as an exhaust pipe bending forward and going through the right rear tire. That was...
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    What to do Next

    Well with school being out, i'm working all these extra hours. I have an itch to modify something on my truck. I just don't know where to begin. I've tossed around the idea of getting rid of my auburn and putting in a full locker. Also thought about either new coil buckets, heim radius arms...
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    Front Fenders Are on!!

    Well, i finally got my front glass on..The right side fit perfect without any modifying. The Driver side was a completley different story. The mold for the driver side was alittle off..i think i'm going to put more fiberglass on it and then sand it down to get everything to fit up right. The...
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    95-98? Fabtech Lift..Soon

    Well guys..While i was at Fabtech this weekend having my truck worked on. I was talking to them about lifts for the new Explorers. The guy told me that right now they have one in the works and it should be out in a couple of months. It's pretty much like the Procomp, but for around 450 he...
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    Offroad and Tightning Bolts

    Not sure if this should go in another forum, but i justed wanted the guys/gals out there with lifts to make sure to keep track of the bolts on their drop down brackets. After tightning mine this past weekend and scaring me...I had no clue on how loose they really were. Now after every wheeling...
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    Quick Trip to T-Haven

    Next week i'm out of school.....and start my summer vacation. I wanted to get back out to Truckhaven before it gets WAY to hot. Was curoius if anyone would be interested in going. I dont think i'll stay over night, but if people wanted to stay i more than likely will. Thought about a day...
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    2wd offroad tires

    Alright..I'm eventually looking at getting some new tires for my truck. I've been going back and forth over either 33 or 35's. Also the type of tire i'm looking at. Because i mainly deal with Truckhaven which is sandy i was looking at maybe something like the thornbird or going with 2 sets of...
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    Al4d to C-4

    Alright..i need some help..I've been looking at alot of 4.0 Ranger prerunners and most if not all run a C4 instead of the al4d. My question is where are the kits to do this? Since the al4d is computer ran how would you run the c4? Isnt the c4 run on vaccum? Well the al4d runs on vaccum too...
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    Daylighters..Found for a good $

    Just for FYI. I'm in southern cali, but this might apply to more depending. At Costco or Sams cant remember they have the 100W KC daylighter for $68 and thats for the kit. Just thought if anyone was looking thats a good price for them.
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    Where are all the 2wd people?

    Who has put a lift on their rigs? Being 2wd. I'm the minority around here. We should see if we can get a little prerunner section. I wanna know what guys have lifted their 2wd and what lift they have and all the other modifications that you have done. and yes i have contemplated selling my...
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    Offroad lighting ?

    i was looking at the 40 series PIAA's and also the 80XT PIAA lights. Also considering i think the 520's. I was looking at running 2 sets of lights on my truck. 1 pair on the safari rack and the other pair on the front bumper(prerunner). I was trying to figure out what lights to buy. I know...
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    Guy's dont get mad..need some help

    I love my explorer, but with all these trips you guys have been going on i feel left out with only being 2wd. My old 1980 toy 4x4 is sitting in the front of the house. I want to start making it a nice offroad vehicle. It has the straight axle in the front. What would be a good start for it...
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    Truckhaven over/before Thanksgiving?..anyone

    hoping the weather is better. I have the whole week off of school the week of thanksgiving. I thought about going out to truckhaven to have some fun. I was curious if anyone was interested. I'm gonna talk to my dad and see if he'll take out our to@*ta. Thanksgiving i know everyone is going...
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