My new ST!

[ChallengerDave]

Well im soo stoked, I brought her home today, I traded in my 99 sport for it.

Let me know what you think, so far i have planed just a body lift, 33's, and maybe a safari rack.

But i have just one question for you guys. I bought a Manik brush guard off a friend, problem is that the mounting brackets are long gone. Now i know that company has gone belly up. So getting those parts are out of the question, or is it? any ideas? maybe someone here has ran into this problem. Thanks!

 

[rngmStr]

dang................. that is a nice rig! Throw some lift under that thing with a tire/wheel package to set it off and call it done. GOOD DEAL

 

[Pjibs]

I like the blue!

 

[ncranchero]

Love the blue also.

Manik guards can still be bought new on Amazon, etc so they must still be around.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Great looking Trac man.

Hold off on buying a set of brackets for your Manik brush guard since you'll need to make custom ones for the body lift.

Here's a couple pics of mine, I have since removed the Yakima roof basket and Tal & Hadas rear sport bar, thinking about selling them.

I have a 1.75" torsion twist, lift shackles, 3" body lift, and in those pics I had 285/75/16 with 1.5" spacers.

These are the new wheels and tries (33x12.50x15, 15x8 4"b.s.), getting rebalanced as we speak, will have pics of them all on the truck hopefully today or tomorrow.

 

[Blake A]

MidnightRebel I love that roof rack on your rig why get rid of it? But if you do sell it how much you need??

 

[DTDK]

i would love both the rack and the bars

 

[MidnightRebel07]

I'd take $1k for both with lights, mounting brackets, fairing and spare tire j-hook hold down I made for it.

They would have to be local pick up only due to size.

I'm still kinda up in the air about selling the Tal & Hadas rear sport bar because I'm one of only seven other people in the U.S. that have one and they don't make them anymore.

 

[Blake A]

How much for just the rack and cross bars under it? or are those not for sale?

 

[MidnightRebel07]

I'd take $350 for the rack, no the cross bars aren't for sale, I have my l.e.d. lights mounted to them. I bought them from ebay for I think $120 shipped if that much.

 

[Blake A]

Im really looking around for one to put lights on like you did. is it the loadwarrior or megawarrior?

 

[MidnightRebel07]

MegaWarrior, it's big enough that you can mount it directly to the roof rack it self ad don't need crossbars.

 

[Blake A]

oh really? wow i didnt know that at all. awesome

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Yeah the loadwarrior looks funny on the ST beacuase it's so small, JMO..

 

[ChallengerDave]

Damn MidnightRebel, your truck looks soo good. and that makes me want a safari rack even more. Well since im about ready to order up a body lift kit, what do you guys suggest? IM ready to dive right into this truck and get her up to my specs, haha

 

[MidnightRebel07]

3" Performance Accessories Body Lift, the listings will show for '01-02 but work for '01-05.

I'll sell you mine if you want, you're only 200 miles away.

 

[ChallengerDave]

I may be interested, PM me about it.
So ill wait on the brush guard till i lift it, Souldnt be a problem fabricating some new brackets, but does this mean ill have to eliminate my tow hooks?

 

[MidnightRebel07]

If you want to keep the factory ford tow hooks you have to notch out a two pieces of your front bumper coveror you can get a set of S-10 tow hooks and mount them in place and not have to cut up you bumper cover. You can get these at any junkyard.

 

[Clusterpup]

MegaWarrior, it's big enough that you can mount it directly to the roof rack it self ad don't need crossbars.

I have the same rack. I thought it was a loadwarrior but I guess it could be a mega warrior (I got it used). I don't think mine is wide enough to mount to the roof rails and it doesnt look like the one in your photo could either. I'm going to have to look at mine again.

 

[Clusterpup]

Actually now that I look at mine it is a little narrower so it must be the load warrior.