Finally begining my Ranger build up.

[HIX]

I ditched the Exploder back in July and toyed w/ building up a Scrambler I bought for the last few months. I finally decided to sell it and picked up a Ranger SuperCab.

Explorers are nice and all but I love pickemups!

Here is the mods to come soon....

6 inch lift Superlift if I can pick up the parts for the front on the "For Sale" board or Skyjacker 6inch Stage 2 w/ ext. radius arms. OR.....maybe the 4 inch system w/ 2 inch body lift.

33 inch BFGs on 5x8 or 5x10 rims

Locked rear

Possible NOS system for when the 4.0 just doesn't cut it.

 

[riffman]

hey man.....long time no read, eh? i didn't hear that you ditched the exploder...when was that?

are you looking for tire clearance only? if so, i think you can just run a 4" lift to fit 33's.....thats what a fella on here named Kampy did.....if you wanted to, you could probably run 35's with a body lift...just my two cents..

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he just won a mud race here....sorry, its kind of a bad pic.....

 

[HIX]

I like the Tractor Tire look on your Exploder! I bet you were the only Explorer there to run the bog.

I want to add abody lift just so that the frame hits the rocks before the rockers do. It saved my ass many times w/ the exploder.

I have been hearing great things bout the skyjacker lifts. They have 4, 6, 8 inchers for the explorer and rangers.
Anybody have one?

Did you guys know the 97's have a different 5 spd tranny? Supposedly stronger than the previous one.

[Edited by HIX on 10-09-2000 at 07:39 PM]

 

[riffman]

Thanx! you want those tires? im trying to get rid of em. too small for my tastes!! Actually, i wasn't the only explorer there. there was one other one. he even beat me, but thats because i was dumb. long story.....

I know exactly what you mean with the body lift!!! it saved me a few times, untill a big pointy rock gouged my rocker pannel...OUCH!! so i don't really care anymore about body damage...

http://members.home.net/engcamron/P1010023.jpg

hmmm...that guy, kampy, has a skyjacker on his ranger i believe. he likes it from what i can tell, but you would really have to ask him. PM him...or he might see that i posted in a ranger forum, and wonder,"what the hell is riff doing in a ranger forum?!?"

whats different about the new tranny, anyway?

[Edited by riffman on 10-10-2000 at 06:02 PM]

 

[HIX]

I did some looking around and the new tranny is an auto not manual. It is a 5spd auto w/ stonger internals....I hate autos anyway.

 

[Kampy]

I have a trailmaster not a skyjacker but I do like it. At least I've never had any problems with it. I really don't think there's a dimes worth of difference between most kits anyway as long as they are spec'd the same.

 

[HIX]

Hey Kampy. I think I am going for the 4 inch w/ a 2 inch body lift. Later on I want to go to 35s.....Think they will fit?

 

[RangerX]

Hey HIX, what year is your Ranger? In my opinion, larger tires fit a little easier on '93+ Rangers than '91-'94 Explorers. You'll still have to trim the rear of the front fender, though. I run 35"s offroad, and 37"s on road, with 2.5" suspension and 3" body.

 

[HIX]

It is a 97 supercab. It has 31s on it now but I need more. Watching you roll over got me thinking about the top heavy factor. I want to stay as low to the ground as possible...but because of the supercab being so long I think I need to go a little taller than you due to the whole break over angle thing.

I cant wait to see your ranger after the rebuild...Any pics up? Does it feel tons lighter than it did befor? Can you still haul stuff in the bed?

 

[Kampy]

Depends if you want to hack the fenders up. I had to do a little modification to my front to get 33's on with 5 inches of lift. 35's would not fit on mine right now, but with a 2" body lift I really don't know. Sorry I can't be of more help.

 

[HIX]

I hate dealers!

Dealers SUCK! I did a title search on my truck and they lied about the mileage! Turns out my beautiful 97 w/ 45,000 miles really had 145K! And get this...it was in a flood in South Carolina! I will tell you one thing the guys in their detail shop should get a raise! This thing was spotless. Anyway I made them take it back.

The good news is I bought a 94 SC Mazda b4000 from my dad's friend w/ a verified 60k for 6k less than the dealer ripped me for. That just leaves more money to build it up! I like the way the Mazda front end looks anyway. The inside doesn't look as carlike but I guess if I wanted a car I should have bought one.

If you are in Denver stay away from the Mike Shaw dealership.