Been a few years. My truck now ("Project F*ck-it") . Pic heavy
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So, it's been a few years since I was on here. I think the last time I was here I was 20 and had just got my 2007. I'm now 24 and I've been... Busy?
https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 The story begins in early 2012, when my dear ranger was caught in the center lane of a 4 lane highway here in Dallas during a baseball sized hail storm. Traffic ground to a halt immediately and I could not escape, I had to just sit there and take it. Geico took one look at it and deemed it totaled, estimating the damage to be well above $5k. At the time, I only owed $5k on it and it only had 55k miles, so I opted to take a $4500 check and keep the truck. I paid the last $500 on it, and when I had the title, it was time to have some fun. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/emmmaurgh/ranger/3.jpg[/IMG https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 First step was some 35" Maxxis Buckshots that I got for a hell of a steal on Craigslist for $100. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 I picked up some 17" Mustang GT rims and I paid Wal-mart to slap them on, because the overriding theme of this project is I really don't care how bad I ---- up the truck. Amazingly, the 35" tires fit, but I had to rip off the front valence and chop up the front bumper to keep them from rubbing, and I could barely turn without the front rubbing and running over the slightest bump would bottom them out. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Starting with the fender, I sanded down all the hail dents and filled them in with Bondo, sanded them flush, and then painted over the fender with roll-on Rhinoliner. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Over the next few weeks, whenever I found time in between fulltime class and fulltime work, I gave the same treatment to every body panel, filling in all the hail dents and Rhino lining the truck. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Time for the fun to begin. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Front end work https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Rhinolined and lifted on 35s. Finally, no more rubbing or bottoming out. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Some cheap lettering. Going with an Evil Dead / Army of Darkness theme. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Roll Bar from Craigslist https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Little zombie pizzazz for the dash https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 First weapon. Mounted on 3/8" bolts with nice little wing nuts. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Decided I didn't like the way the roll bar hid the lettering and I didn't like the cheap vinyls anyhow so I re-did it with a projector, lots of packing tape, a razor, and elbow grease. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Second weapon. Same mounting. https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 Headlight grates https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 https://www.ranger-forums.com/attach...ine=1364796758 And a little blood to spice things up. That's how it sits now. Oh yeah, and it's a 2wd 2.3L with 64k on the clock. Got a lot more planned, but that's it for now. http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...70036394_n.jpg Oh yeah, I also have this. It's a 1994 2.3L 5speed 4x4. Street Legal dune buggy. "The Stig" |
I don't even want to know how much worse your thought process was when you were 20.
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poor truck...
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^x2
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oh lordy.... turned into something you see in the walmart parking lot..
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this makes me sad. at first i was thrilled to see this thing getting fixed and lifted with those tires, loved the rhino liner...then it went to hell in a hand basket real quick.
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T F Poor truck. |
Awesome!! What's a deadite?
Other truck needs cage. |
Originally Posted by seed60
(Post 2038178)
Awesome!! What's a deadite?
Other truck needs cage. |
Does your insurance have a clause about coverage when the the machete rattle loose and hits another car?
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Originally Posted by atrocity
(Post 2038185)
Does your insurance have a clause about coverage when the the machete rattle loose and hits another car?
"NOT COVERED" :biggthump |
I like it. You should show up to a movie theater at midnight Thursday for the Evil Dead premiere.
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Wow....nerd.
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Looks like I'm going to take the minority opinion here and echo the loving sentiments of all Evil Dead fans. This thing is awesome. I like the Rhino Lining a lot. I had the body line down done on my ranger and gave thought to just doing the whole truck, but the paint's not bad enough yet. The only thing I would change is MAYBE turning the machete blade-side facing into the bed. Other than that, this thing rules.
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