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Old Aug 5, 2011
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The best mod I've ever done

Paid my truck off, damn it feels good.

I haven't been online in awhile, been super busy, glad to be back. Plan for the truck now is it need shocks. Im thinking Bilstein(don't know witch ones yet) cause the SL lift shocks suck and are cupping my tires. Then I have to get new tires, Ill be lucky to get another year out of my MTs.

Ill start looking at shocks in a few months, too hot outside to work on the truck.

Anyways, whats new here? Anyone give me a link to shocks that will work, I only have about 2 1/4in suspension lift.
 
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One thing changed....RF has got sloooooow. Used too you would start a thread and with a hour you would have a page of comments, now its been 50mins and noone has responded.
 
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Yeah its slow. No shock advice but i paid off my truck a while back, and that is a great feeling.
 
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Originally Posted by k.blakeley
One thing changed....RF has got sloooooow. Used too you would start a thread and with a hour you would have a page of comments, now its been 50mins and noone has responded.
Agreed, it's ridiculous that people have lives and jobs outside of this forum. WTF guys. Get your priorities straight!!!!!

Congrats on getting the truck paid off, I'm thankful I never had to deal with car payments
 
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Agreed, it's ridiculous that people have lives and jobs outside of this forum. WTF guys. Get your priorities straight!!!!!
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You wouldn't understand, before your time

What happened to all the lifted guys? Shane still here?
 
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no shane hasnt been on in a while. i think he has left about all forums or something
 
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What about his buddy, dang cant remember is user name, he drove a double lifted silver ranger that was all HID and LED. Think he was the one that did a manual swap or might of been Shane. Its been to long.
 
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lol Trevor, yeah he still around. his truck has CHANGED. yeah Trevor done the manual LII swap. and is now SAS'd

https://www.ranger-forums.com/project-logs-82/trepaul86s-sas-build-up-115917/

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Mabey Beard wil chime in and help.

What happened to Matt (99ranger4x4) John Griggs (n36Lz) J.J. (Rev) (Camodown) (gumby)? Those are some of the old members I remember.
 
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lol Trevor, yeah he still around. his truck has CHANGED. un minuto

Yep thats him, whats he doing? SAS? I need to dig up old threads and catch up.
 
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he's DONE the sas LOL. pics added
 
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Originally Posted by dixie_boysles
lol Trevor, yeah he still around. his truck has CHANGED. yeah Trevor done the manual LII swap. and is now SAS'd

https://www.ranger-forums.com/showthread.php?t=115917

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Sweet...I need a headache rack for my rig, wonder where he got that looks damn good.
 
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Matt, Griggs, Rev, they're all gone. I'm here though! haha
 
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^meh

 
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Alot of the pnw guys got sick of the drama and childless that tends to come. Shames truck has changed a little bit too.


Any how as for your shocks, bilstien 5150's would be one of your better bets. Not sure on travel lengths, but bilstien has great customer service reps that actually know the product and not just the part number. Call em up.
 
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Originally Posted by fourliter dan
Alot of the pnw guys got sick of the drama and childless that tends to come. Shames truck has changed a little bit too.


Any how as for your shocks, bilstien 5150's would be one of your better bets. Not sure on travel lengths, but bilstien has great customer service reps that actually know the product and not just the part number. Call em up.
Thanks Ill have to find the best price, I know Bilstein prices their stuff like its gold.

Is that goofy bastard Aaron still here? Redakranger was his user name I think.
 
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Is that goofy bastard Aaron still here? Redakranger was his user name I think.
Yea, he's still around
 
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I'm still here Kevin.
 
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I'm still here Kevin.
I was hopeing you got perm banned j/k. Good to see some old faces again.
 
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Yeah pretty much all the big posters from pre-2007 have left. Sucks, lots of great minds that we lost.
 
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Working on it for ya!
 
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Yeah Matt sold his truck and hasn't been on in ages. Casey is still around but doesn't post much nowadays.
 
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Yeah, some Bilstein shocks will work as a replacement, but will require a couple modifications. I'm on my phone, but will post the info. later.

Glad to see you are back.
 
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