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One heck of a transformation!

ChallengerDave

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Amherst NY
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2004 Sport Trac XLT
Well after one long night it feels like a bigger and better truck. Well it is. A few weeks ago I did a torsion twist and a shackle lift. I bought a set of BFG A/T 33's on 15 inch American Racing Baja wheels, a set of Rancho RS5000 shocks, and a PA 3 inch body lift. I read around that the body lift took at least 2 days to do. I figured me and my buddy could knock it out in an afternoon. We did that and installed the shocks and wheels in about 8 hours. I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out. It rides soo much better mostly due to swapping the stock wooped shocks out with the Ranchos. Im dropping it off at the shop tmw morning for an allignment. After that one more night of fabrication for my buddy's blazer to finish his brushguard with winch attached, and my truck to remount my brushguard. This weekend Ill be taking it to Whispering Pines off road park to see how she handles everything.

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Had to break it in the funway, but I must have gone through some toxic dirt because it just stained my wheels. Ill be polishing them after work tmw.


Let me know what you all think. Or if anyone In NY wants to meet up at Whispering Pines on sunday let me know!
 



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Ill take more tmw when I get that brush guard mounted up again. Hey what tire pressure do you have your 33s set at. I just set mine at 30 because 45 was way too much. I could see center of the tires were doing most of the work.
 






Looks very nice (and solid with those wheels/that color combo!)

I agree w/ LONO - I'm ready to see more :) I want to request a full on front shot, and a full side shot out in the sun! lol


Checked my tire pressure before work- first time since I had them put on - and the drivers side were 37ish and the passenger side was 33... Fixing that first thing in the morning..
 






Alright alright. Ill have more pics up as soon as I can. I have been getting alot of complements on how well it looks. Including one lady that asked me who made this truck, across 4 lanes of traffic. lol.
 






i like to run mine at 35 psi. its my weekend toy, but it still sees mostly pavement. if you are dding it, under inflating will give you more traction, and over inflating will help you save on mpg's, but both will wear your tires out prematurely and could possibly be dangerous.
 






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