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Hawt.

But I thought you were against exo cages?
 
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Originally Posted by mossyoak03
next mod should be a good camera thats not blurry
you arent kidding! i hate this freaking thing. its all i got unless i bring home the work camera.
 
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Originally Posted by Johnbaum13
Hawt.

But I thought you were against exo cages?
its a love/hate. i like it but dont like it. i may change it later idk its a crap ton of work to just change.

im not sold on it right now, but i think it will grow on me. wait till its painted and it will blend in decent. plus its good body protection.
 
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I like the cage. it looks awesome.

good job zach.

just let me know when you want to come sas my ranger and do a 3link front and rear with me.
 
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thanks!
 
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lookin good man!
 
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I love what your doing zach, maybe when your done and you get the time you could right a how to so if some one else, lets say me, could go by your example. I know it's alot to ask someone to do cause it's alot of writing, I just thought I would throw it out their. like I said great job man can't wait to see the end results.
 
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I'm pretty sure a how-to would take weeks to write and would be like 100s of pages long.
 
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Originally Posted by mossyoak03
next mod should be a good camera thats not blurry
fluorescent lights = not good for taking pictures....
 
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Lookin great zach. It makes me sad that it's going to start being abused more since it's like perfect now...but you got and built it, to use it!
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
I'm pretty sure a how-to would take weeks to write and would be like 100s of pages long.
Yeah I know, but would be great hehe, I imagine it would be long but I was just making conversation.
 
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Looks good so far but dont you think you should add more support to your upper mounts for the rear air shock so they dont tear apart like you front did?
 
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Man, that flows nice!! Love how you brought it up 'behind' the where the fender will be!! You made some nice smooth bends on that! Bet it was reallllly time consuming to get it right!! What's the roof lookin like, looks as though you already have a few bars up there!!

And you are using ballistic fab 3.o's on most everything on the link set up aren't ya?
 
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Man, that flows nice!! Love how you brought it up 'behind' the where the fender will be!! You made some nice smooth bends on that! Bet it was reallllly time consuming to get it right!! What's the roof lookin like, looks as though you already have a few bars up there!!

And you are using ballistic fab 3.o's on most everything on the link set up aren't ya?
Im pretty sure he used 2.63's on everything
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
Fred because they are not "bushings" they will travel like option #1 too.

WE will see, thanks for the tip though. If I have issues I will look into that.
Just out of curiosity what are they? The build is looking good!
 
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lol normally i say its a never ending project, but what the hell are you going to do next to it zach... lol you kinda hit on everything......sased, 3 linked, 5.4L what the hell else can you do.


O yeah btw truck looks awesome man can't wait to see it all finished up
 
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Originally Posted by billet03
I love what your doing zach, maybe when your done and you get the time you could right a how to so if some one else, lets say me, could go by your example. I know it's alot to ask someone to do cause it's alot of writing, I just thought I would throw it out their. like I said great job man can't wait to see the end results.
dude.. there's no way haha.

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Yeah I know, but would be great hehe, I imagine it would be long but I was just making conversation.
pirate4x4.com is your friend for stuff like this.

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lol normally i say its a never ending project, but what the hell are you going to do next to it zach... lol you kinda hit on everything......sased, 3 linked, 5.4L what the hell else can you do.
oh don't try him... or me, this hobby is never ending

Coil overs rear
New seats and harness's
Atlas? Stak?
4Ds
Bead locks
D60 front
Beef up the rear 60 or get a 14bff
Selectable lockers
Supercharge the 5.4 (you know you wanna, Zach)
Keep redoing the front bumper
suck down winches
limit straps
bump stops


see what i mean? haha the list is endless
 

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looks badass! that exo looks good on there so far, I was unsure of the looks as well.

And yeah time for us to setup a new camera fund!
 
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Originally Posted by 99ranger4x4
dude.. there's no way haha.



pirate4x4.com is your friend for stuff like this.



oh don't try him... or me, this hobby is never ending

Coil overs rear
New seats and harness's
Atlas? Stak?
4Ds
Bead locks
D60 front
Beef up the rear 60 or get a 14bff
Selectable lockers
Supercharge the 5.4 (you know you wanna, Zach)
Keep redoing the front bumper
suck down winches
limit straps
bump stops


see what i mean? haha the list is endless
you are right on track but no supercharger. I want twin turbos!
 
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wow.. twin turbs on a 5.4....

*drooooooooooooooooooooool*
 
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haha twin turbos i would love to see that lol


looks good man keep it going
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
you are right on track but no supercharger. I want twin turbos!
hahahahahaha

5 ton rock wells?
20 ton forklift axles?

i forgot to add, $20,000 worth of custom 9" axles would be sweet
 
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Originally Posted by 99ranger4x4
hahahahahaha

5 ton rock wells?
20 ton forklift axles?

i forgot to add, $20,000 worth of custom 9" axles would be sweet
nah a soon as hes finishes up this round of stuff with the ranger hes trading it for a mustang 5.4l with twin turbos
 
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looking awesome man
 


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