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i talked to a local guy that had those same tires on his excursion and he said they are great tires but they wear down super fast.

i guess he put less then 20k on his set and they have about 30% tread left.
 
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An excursion weighs a lot more than a ranger though.....
 
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BEAUTIFUL Zach! Good work!
 
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Originally Posted by RazorsEDGE
An excursion weighs a lot more than a ranger though.....
it was also lifted like 10" or more lol.
 
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Originally Posted by 5speedin2.3
did you change the transfer case?

you said something about the pump being bad, thats what happed to grants transfer case and it exploded lol.

you could always crawl under the truck and shift the transfer case if you had to.
that would work if he had too but he wouldnt have to do too much crawling cause that thing is huge.
 
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looks awsome.

How is your turning radius?
 
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turning radius isnt bad at all.

thanks for the comments guys
 
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sweet. i know those axles have some turning problems under the 3/4 ton trucks. Might be their steering problem.
 
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yeah it turns to the bumps. i am going out to see if i cant retro fit the sway bar on!
 
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sa-weet!
 
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yeah didnt work. lol ill have to think about it some more
 
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Looks good Zach, even with my shifter in my truck with no b/l. It still seems to be a bit short. I wish I could lengthen mine.

Brenton
 
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looks pretty good zach
 
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haha suckers. My level II t-case shifter and linkage are different and it was super easy to make an extension for it lol. Either way though, short or not, you can't beat the manual shift case.


BTW Zach what did you do for your radio bezel? You just have a non-functioning 4x4 switch there? I bet that would confuse some people who weren't familiar with your truck lol.
 
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you can hook it up so atleast the lights come on in 4x4 low and high. but yeah its just a sweet switch that doesnt do anything now
 
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Originally Posted by RazorsEDGE
haha suckers. My level II t-case shifter and linkage are different and it was super easy to make an extension for it lol. Either way though, short or not, you can't beat the manual shift case.


BTW Zach what did you do for your radio bezel? You just have a non-functioning 4x4 switch there? I bet that would confuse some people who weren't familiar with your truck lol.
lol yeah its just still there. I dont really plan to remove it. if i ever make a doubler I will use that for the front Tcase and the manual shifter for the main rear case. or vise versa...
 
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I got to drive it today hehe
 
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I got to drive it today hehe
hush son
 
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sorry dad
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
lol yeah its just still there. I dont really plan to remove it. if i ever make a doubler I will use that for the front Tcase and the manual shifter for the main rear case. or vise versa...
why wouldnt you do 2 manual cases?
 
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why not use the electric spare one i have? no need to buy anything then
 
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wow, your truck is looking AMAZING man, every mod is looking better and better. your my hero...haha
 
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lol thanks Nick.
 
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Zach stop posting pics! You're making me want to buy a plane ticket to come take it! lol...

It looks so good! I can't believe how good FW looks on our trucks! dang!
 
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can you drive to pa so i can take it around the block thats all i want to do is drive it one time. i cant wait till i have money to spend on my truck.
 
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