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Think we are dropping into the 40's... but Brenton lives in Savannah, near/on the ocean, he is used to mild weather!
 
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Originally Posted by 034x4
Well steve, i'm moving to california for ~1.5 years for school in january, so I won't be able to do another one until then. That should give you some time to gather all the parts though .
damn, well if i dont do it before than ill hit ya up when ya get back lol......


on the sas note, on a ranger, how reliable do you think this is?? i mean like doing some long distance driving and stuff like that, thats one of the things holding me back from doing it, i just dont want it to be only good for off roading once its done, i love to drive my truck everywhere and i want to keep it like that....
 
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i would think its a lot more reliable if built right. A lot less moving parts, more simple suspension setup, and if anything did go wrong, its all right there, not much stuff to remove to get to the problem.
 
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Originally Posted by xp1ik99
damn, well if i dont do it before than ill hit ya up when ya get back lol......


on the sas note, on a ranger, how reliable do you think this is?? i mean like doing some long distance driving and stuff like that, thats one of the things holding me back from doing it, i just dont want it to be only good for off roading once its done, i love to drive my truck everywhere and i want to keep it like that....
i had a lot of long distance driving on mine. i drove mine 7 hours to help jesse with his sas. and when i was going to college in daytona beach i drove home all the time and its 2 hours 1 way. my truck has been straight axled for a year now.
 
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looks good guys. theres gonna be a lot of big rangers on here.
 
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mines not too far off in the future
 
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Wow it only took me about an hour to load those pics... haha. 56k bites!

Lookin' good looks like you guys might be finishing up... hint, hint!
 
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Wow it only took me about an hour to load those pics... haha. 56k bites!

Lookin' good looks like you guys might be finishing up... hint, hint!

56k?? what is that??? j/k with ya man! they must be working on it still probally the reason for no progress pics
 
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Hey Dub i called and told him you wanted one of the calipers, he was gonna toss them... so just send him a PM or something.. i called around 3:30 and they had just dropped the axle under it
 
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Hey Dub i called and told him you wanted one of the calipers, he was gonna toss them... so just send him a PM or something.. i called around 3:30 and they had just dropped the axle under it
sweet if hes just going to toss them then i will take them both!! and whatever else he justs wants to get rid of.....i can always use extra parts!
 
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yea he just didn't want um sittin around forever which i can understand.... i'm sure he will work something out withcha... later
 
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Hey Dub i called and told him you wanted one of the calipers, he was gonna toss them... so just send him a PM or something.. i called around 3:30 and they had just dropped the axle under it
So have you talked to them lately??? Is it done yet?
 
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So have you talked to them lately??? Is it done yet?

im callin him right now
 
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i feel like were waiting to here the final score of a football game that isnt televised.
 
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well here it goes not finished but the end of one of the tubes was bent tried to bent back and it broke so jeys gotta weld on another end that looks like a C um...axle is under..just needs steering done..Jey is gunna work on it durin the week and brenton is goin back up friday to pick it up to get it for the meet on saturday..hopefully on saturday
 
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Originally Posted by HighRollerII
well here it goes not finished but the end of one of the tubes was bent tried to bent back and it broke so jeys gotta weld on another end that looks like a C um...axle is under..just needs steering done..Jey is gunna work on it durin the week and brenton is goin back up friday to pick it up to get it for the meet on saturday..hopefully on saturday
Thats good and bad news I guess. Atleast it was caught before he started driving it.
 
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ouch, what a bummer. but something was bound to happen with a project going on that deadline.
 
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ouch, what a bummer. but something was bound to happen with a project going on that deadline.

yea so i dunno if he has to weld on a new tube or just the C flange thingy..but i think the steering, and brakes is whats lacking..I THINK

brenton said jeys got a ton of pics that should be on tonight or tomrorow
 
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ouch, what a bummer. but something was bound to happen with a project going on that deadline.
aint that the truth.
 
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Originally Posted by HighRollerII
yea so i dunno if he has to weld on a new tube or just the C flange thingy..but i think the steering, and brakes is whats lacking..I THINK

brenton said jeys got a ton of pics that should be on tonight or tomrorow

Sweetness...i cant wait to see it!!!


fawking friday is going to be here b4 we know it....iam amped up for the meet!!!
 
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Originally Posted by DUB Offroad Edition
Sweetness...i cant wait to see it!!!


fawking friday is going to be here b4 we know it....iam amped up for the meet!!!

lol you will laugh when you see people lookin at you funny in a row of rangers they are like wtf..lol its great..
 
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Originally Posted by HighRollerII
lol you will laugh when you see people lookin at you funny in a row of rangers they are like wtf..lol its great..
i cant wait dude.....get to hang with other ranger owners!! and the convoy is going to be awesome...i expect to take a ****load of pics!!!!!
 
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Originally Posted by DUB Offroad Edition
i expect to take a ****load of pics!!!!!
I would expect no less.
 
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Originally Posted by DUB Offroad Edition
i cant wait dude.....get to hang with other ranger owners!! and the convoy is going to be awesome...i expect to take a ****load of pics!!!!!
ahh yes, the newb hazing will be awesome
 
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I would expect no less.

lmao!
 


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