i keep on looking at the snapshot section and now i wish i got 4x4. i have never seen a Ranger with a lift kit and with big mudding tires.

the rangers here look, words can not describe them.

if i had stumbled on this site before i got the ranger i think i would have got a fx4, don't get me wrong i still love my ranger.

the things that this truck can do and the way it looks man.


the rangers look cooler then some of the V8s with liftkits. buy this i mean every thing is tight and fits the look, not like what i have seen. damn.

sorry for venting.

 

nothing wrong with 2wd. still very capable.

where is your signature? you should make one

 

zabeard,

where do i go to make one.

 

up top, in the UserCP menu.... click that... then, there will be a list of menu's on the left side.... click Edit Signature, and it'll take you to an empty box where you can add details and specs of your truck (like year, model, and mods)

 

in the upper left of the ranger forums screen is says user CP click it

then click "edit signature" on the left side in the column

 

bah beat me to it.

 

go to the user cp button at the top of the screen... and there are many 2wd trucks that can do almost anything a 4x4 can... mine will be someday

 

thanks

 

John Griggs (N3ELZ) is a perfect example... looking at his truck, you'd never know it was a 2wd. he'd probably be able to wheel better than me, and i have 4x4

 

Strider0o0,
i looked at N3ELZ'S site and he has a nice set up, his truck looks like a 4x4, that is cool

sorry, for my ignorance i thought 4x4 could only go mudding. yes i am new to it all. i came from having a 69 camero, and a honda prelude to a truck and now i know what i have been missing.

 

Hey, I get stuck more than some, and less than others, and some of the others DO have 4x4's, lol.

Hey, the secret is this: even "mild" wheeling is outdoor fun of the first order. I often have as much fun driving a dirt road as challenging an obstacle -- the obstacles are more exciting, but just getting out in the woods is therapy for me (and ask anyone here -- I need it...)

Welcome to the site!

 

n3elz,

you have a nice set uo, and by the pic i made the assumptions that you had a 4x4. now i will look at what i can do to my truck. n3elz (hero)

 

hey man, as long as you have a winch or someone to pull you you out! mines a 4x4 but if i get stuck its ok, someone will pull me out.

 

Well, you flatter me too much, brother. I'm no hero -- just another guy who got bitten by the wheeling bug and is making the best of what he's got. I got my truck BEFORE I decided I like wheeling (in fact when I got it, I wasn't interested in wheeling). It was Carl (buckgnarly) on here who talked me into it and I blame HIM!

I'm eventually doing a 4x4 conversion. I'll get a lot of criticism for it, but it really depends on your goals. I really like my truck with the mods I've done, and I have no desire to start over. It's a compact platform with a long enough wheelbase to have good stability, and I'll be putting a solid axle Dana 44 from an F-150 (I already have the axle) on. It's still a ways off, though.

Just one piece of advice: ease into wheeling. A 4x2 has to be driven with some degree of "gusto" to make it past certain obstacles and having the judgement on what's "enough" speed withou it being to much has to be developed. Too little and you get stuck (not so bad) -- to much and you can break things (not so good)...

My rear locker helps considerably now, but if you look on this board for all the picture posts I've done from Wharton, then you'll see a picture over and over again (even though they are different pictures): my truck, butt down in a hole, but with the front wheels up on solid ground. With 4 wheel drive, and a front locker perhaps also, I'd have been outta' there. But with the locked rear in deep soft muck -- or worse, with the differential on the bottom and both rear wheels in ruts where they don't touch bottom --.well, that's all she wrote as they say.

 

Bah. sometimes you lose traction even 4wd wont save ur ***. Nothin better than a winch, a locker, a hilight, big tires, lift, someone to tow ya. 4WD rocks in the snow though.

Aaron

 

even more important than lockers and tires are friend to help when you get in a bad situation. Before he did the conversion, daytonabchranger was/is running 40's with a 2wd.
i dont know how far you are from houston but you should try talking to some guys from "str-offroad". some of those guys are 2wd, some are running 35's.

 

mine's a 2wd, but with the intention to lift in a couple years maybe

 

lowered is another way to go, at first youll think its stupid than the more you see it itll grow on you.

Im 2wd Im capable of nothing but driving on paved road But I have gone through 6-7 inches of road with a 5/7 drop with no problems its all how you drive and knowing how to operate your vehicle and having a feel for it if something does occur like spinning in snow or mud. I took my truck through a trail or 2 and got it muddy a couple times when i was stock height and it supprised me I hit this puddle and it was like close to 2ft deep prob and besides getitng thrown around and my like 300 pound buddy from school getting air born which i thought was impossible and hitting his head on the celing it did a nice job. I member it was during break at school travel period i came back to school with a muddy truck and a bunch of wtf looks lol.

 

And a 300 pound bud with a headache, lol...

Especially when 2WD offroading, seat belts are a good idea offroad because of the speed involved -- not that Ranger's have much headroom ANYWAY...

 

haha yeah I dont wear my seatbelt anyways Yeah I know bad habit but next time I go offorading ill put one on, Not that my truck will be offroading anytime in the future I get stuck looking at dirt.

 

I don't wear my seatbelt while offroading. It almost always gets in the way and the point of offroading here isn't jus zipping around hittin stuff. It's about crawling through mud and stuff. I'd never risk tipping the truck so i have no need of a seatbelt while offroading.

Aaron

 

Ha ha! Well, you don't have to hit stuff to get thrown around, as such.

I'll tell you though, those Corbeau Baja offroad seats are starting to look pretty good. Like sitting in a big comfy hand, lol...