Ok, the ranger is undergoing "wholesale" changes getting ready for the upcoming show season.

I have been doing some research and found the wheels and tires that I am going with and also found a few other things.

I have a body lift already and will be putting it on when the wheels and tires show up. But I know that as stated before that when running the 35's with just a bl that glass fenders will be needed for extra clearance. Well while researching I found full front end replacements. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the full front end kits? Even looking at the 150 conversion.

Any input. Also the lift will be following shortly after but I want to go with the Dixon kit so I will wait until after the season and I can down the truck for winter again.

 

yea ive seen the front kits, dont know if anyone here has one. but yea im getting fenders and prolly just 33's for now cause i too eventually will take the BL off and my plan is to get the Dixon 4x4 kit someday

 

Well the fenders aren't a problem if you take out your inner fender wells as well. I mean i've seen rangers with stock susp running 35's and glass fenders with no rubbing. Witha BL you should have no problem. Just make sure you get some sort of a gap guard if you are going to put this into a show. Now, as for the 1 peice kits, They are pretty nice. Fiberwerx Xtreme kit is by far the best looking on a ranger IMO if painted correctly. With the f-150 HID it would surely be a show stopper if it was painted right. Now, what you have to understand is that fiberwerx's products aren't actually 1 peices, They are 2 peice sets that use a latch setup.

The only problem I think you will have is with the stance. if I'm not mistaken the f-150 clip is based on a ranger with approx 4-5"s wider per side but I might be mistaken, You should call up fiberwerx and see how big their flares are, if they say anything about 5 don't get them.

 

got any pics of that^?

 

Awesome, thanks for the info. The tires I am planning on running are 15.5" wide. And I am going to work on the offset a bit to space them out a little more.

I will give werx a call today and see what they have to say.

Yeah, I know they aren't really 1 piece, they have the little quarter fender thingies. But primarily I will just lift the hood off to do work :)

As for a pic, here is one, you can go to www.fiberwerx.com for more.

 

Darnit. It is a 6" bulge. Welp, looks like I will have to run with a pair of fenders. There just isn't any way that I think I could fill up a 6" bulge with a 4x4 I can't even find a fiberglass one piece front end with a 3" bulge in just the ranger style.

 

Hey Cass, the Dixon Kit says that it is 4" wider per side on the 4wd model. Do you know if I ran this suspension like I plan to and ran the 14.5" wide tires that it would fill up the 6" bulge?

 

Good Lord thats a wide tire!

I have 6" flair glass with 12.5" wide tires on 8" wheels with a 3.75" backspace, they stick out by a good inch past the glass...

 

Cool, that is what I needed to know. Now maybe I can back down a bit on the width of the tire since I know it will fill it up.

But I also got called from a buddy of mine when he saw this post and told me to go SAS or go home lol

 

Welp. I will be ordering fenders and bedsides within a week! As for the suspension, it will be getting an SAS as they can do it cheaper than the cost of the Dixon kit with shocks. Plus I can run some bigger tires that way too :)

 

awesome news!

 

Heck yeah! Then I can go wheeling with Jey and not have to walk along side lol

I am thinking about getting a D60 and cutting it down and putting a cut 9" in the rear but that will be another topic down the road.

 

that's a lot of work!