My name is Josh and I just got my new to me 2010 63K mi 4x4 with da stick shift. This is the newest, lowest mileage, cleanest vehicle I have ever had. I've always been a die hard ford guy, and if its not ford its German, my car is a 94 Audi S4 and the old whip has been pushing 15 lbs of boost for 20 years and now has 273k on the clock. So the ranger is gonna be my reliable DD to haul my dirt bike and tow my trailer when need be, allowing me to but a quite large turbo on the Audi after it gets new rods, pistons, cams and head work. Long term plan for the Ranger is the 5 split spoke wheels i see on a lot of fx4s, 31s and i like the idea of lifting it 2 in the rear and raising up the front to be level with that. An exhaust is in the near future cause i cant hear that mug at all. A stereo is a must as well. Got some fotos for yall and i look forward to makin some new innerweb buds-JD


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Welcome, nice looking truck. Pics of that Audi?

 

I can't take any new photos of it cause its way too junky right now. These are from when I was putting h&r race springs and bilstein sport shocks. Put on the front but not the back in these photos







Then I drove it into a street sign and exploded the bumper and zip tied it all back together and was good for a while then this happened......


caught it on the ground while I was turning around in the driveway


So now I got a red bumper. This is the dirt bike I plan to haul with the truck instead of putting a trailer hitch on the Audi.





It too is in rough shape currently undergoing full rebuild from ground up

 

Some older threads for you if you wanna lift it a few.

https://www.ranger-forums.com/genera...98/?styleid=13

My build prekey and AAL thread, it'll ride stiff but it'll be what your looking for.
https://www.ranger-forums.com/snapsh...e1417822336718

 

Thanks morris I've been looking at the early keys and aal or bds6400(?) shackles. I'm not looking to go sky high but I would like it to look good with 31" s. Shackles seem like they would be easier to put on.

 

I went AAL cus I wanted the extra payload. It's a simple suspension upgrade and it has worked well for me. Off road it did well. I've had my raptor in he bed and it's barely squatted. Like I said tho, it's rough and stiff.