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you kinda have to look through his started threads via his profile. He posted lots of updates not really in just one thread. some old pics are still there and hosted others are missing.
 
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Originally Posted by INT3RC3PTOR
you kinda have to look through his started threads via his profile. He posted lots of updates not really in just one thread. some old pics are still there and hosted others are missing.
Oh okay, cool truck though, makes me almost wish I had got 31's instead of 30's
 
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ohh I like that :D did he have a build thread?
Just don't do the hood scoop.. ghey.
 
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Originally Posted by RLong31
Just don't do the hood scoop.. ghey.
hah I wouldn't do that, especially a non functioning one
 
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Had an awesome yet very cold day out quading! 700+ pounds in the A** end and you could hardly tell it was there for power going up hills, plus it gave me the prerunner stance




I left the big quad for my dad, "Bertha" we call it weighs well over 800 pounds and was VERY tight in the Ranger box, with some hardcore sag going on

 
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Nice stance. Hella flush haha. I'm more of a dirt bike guy but quads are still fun
 
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Originally Posted by 00GreenRanger
Nice stance. Hella flush haha. I'm more of a dirt bike guy but quads are still fun
Kinda sad but I've never driven a dirt bike, I've always just liked quads because you can drive them all year (Well maybe not -45 but you get the point)

The ones in the pics are actually just my dads and grandpa's, I'll be buying my own next year hopefully
 
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Originally Posted by UltraHDGames
Kinda sad but I've never driven a dirt bike, I've always just liked quads because you can drive them all year (Well maybe not -45 but you get the point)

The ones in the pics are actually just my dads and grandpa's, I'll be buying my own next year hopefully
Holy crap those are f'in huge quads, wow!

You can ride dirt bikes too.. I always like riding quads until I learned to ride on 2 wheels.. nothing like it.
 
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Holy crap those are f'in huge quads, wow!

You can ride dirt bikes too.. I always like riding quads until I learned to ride on 2 wheels.. nothing like it.
lol the grizzly 660 is actually pretty light for it's size....Bertha(the arctic cat) not so much...had about an inch left over on each side on the box
 
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Have pictures of the ramps you used to drive them up?
 
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Have pictures of the ramps you used to drive them up?


it does the job and will fit with the tailgate closed
 
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Found out the limits of a 2wd with an open diff today haha, I had just gone to canadian tire to pick up some "Traction Aid" things like this -


Right after I went to a parking lot that I knew hadn't been plowed yet to test them, long story short the snow got REALLY deep fast with tons of ruts and I got stuck. Oh and the traction aid plate thing is useless with an open diff, all it does it stop the tire from spinning that it's under, the other just blazes right up and you go nowhere! Lucky my buddy in his 4x4 Dakota showed up and towed me



Doesn't look to deep but at certain spots were well over half way up my tires and he made it look easy...defiantly need that locker already

 
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Yeah a locker would definitely help. Seems like with an open diff you would need two of those traction ramp things. I would just hate to not have the 4wd option while driving in snow haha
 
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Originally Posted by 00GreenRanger
Yeah a locker would definitely help. Seems like with an open diff you would need two of those traction ramp things. I would just hate to not have the 4wd option while driving in snow haha
When i bought it I thought it came with 2 ramps but I was wrong, guess I'll return it on Monday for the better one. And yea the 4wd would be nice at times but this is my first vehicle so I didn't have a lot to spend on it.....plus 24mpg
 
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Originally Posted by UltraHDGames
When i bought it I thought it came with 2 ramps but I was wrong, guess I'll return it on Monday for the better one. And yea the 4wd would be nice at times but this is my first vehicle so I didn't have a lot to spend on it.....plus 24mpg :D
Gas mileage is definitely nice. Then again I only drive mine 4 months out of the year since I'm at school most of the year and don't have it with me.
 
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Originally Posted by 00GreenRanger
Gas mileage is definitely nice. Then again I only drive mine 4 months out of the year since I'm at school most of the year and don't have it with me.
I drive mine everyday to work so I need the better mpg, saves more money for mods haha
 
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I drive mine everyday to work so I need the better mpg, saves more money for mods haha
Yeah I get it. There is no way I would DD mine to work haha, I'd get a commuter car. Start saving some money to get a 4wd!
 
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Originally Posted by 00GreenRanger
Yeah I get it. There is no way I would DD mine to work haha, I'd get a commuter car. Start saving some money to get a 4wd!
My dad uses his Fx4 Ranger as a DD and drives way farther to work then me everyday, must add up!

No way I'm buying a 4x4 never mind a new vehicle anytime soon, love this thing way to well and 95% don't need 4x4 until I get to adventures
 
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Originally Posted by UltraHDGames
My dad uses his Fx4 Ranger as a DD and drives way farther to work then me everyday, must add up!

No way I'm buying a 4x4 never mind a new vehicle anytime soon, love this thing way to well and 95% don't need 4x4 until I get to adventures
My dad DD a 91 ranger for a while and then got a 05 honda civic lol lots of money in gas. But then again gas has been falling like crazy around here.. 1.95 a gallon where I'm at. As long as the 2wd does what you need!
 
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Originally Posted by 00GreenRanger
My dad DD a 91 ranger for a while and then got a 05 honda civic lol lots of money in gas. But then again gas has been falling like crazy around here.. 1.95 a gallon where I'm at. As long as the 2wd does what you need!
Gas is so cheap here also! I think it was 79 cents a lt last time i checked! And haha ya we'll find out about that tomorrow when i go offroading with that Dakota guy. I'll post plenty of pics of me being towed
 
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Gas is so cheap here also! I think it was 79 cents a lt last time i checked! And haha ya we'll find out about that tomorrow when i go offroading with that Dakota guy. I'll post plenty of pics of me being towed
Nice! Looking forward to the pics! Don't feel too bad about having to get towed haha I get stuck all the time and have to get towed out by friends that have built rigs
 
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Had an awesome day at Seddons Corner with my buddy, was really fun but short

Impressive for stock suspension I'd say...and I'm ordering spacers and shocks later this week :D


Not tuesday but still..


His rear left tire was completely off the ground...silly dodge can't out flex a Ranger!

These is where the trip kinda took a downfall...while stuck in the deep snow he managed to push snow up through the frame into the engine bay pushing the power steering line against the manifold melting it

We would have been nothing without a shovel and tow straps
You can faintly see me stuck out in the distance(only time I actually couldn't shovel my well out of and had to be towed)
 
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Looks like a fun trip! Sucks about the power steering line though..
 
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Originally Posted by 00GreenRanger
Looks like a fun trip! Sucks about the power steering line though..
Yea it was a real bummer but we both really want to go out there in spring, and by then I'll have a locker and he'll have a lift and tires hopefully!
 
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yeah looks like a fun place to goof around!
 


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