So my next project will be a 2wd ranger with a 2.3 Turbo motor. I was thinking about how cool it would be to lighten up the truck with some fiberglass fenders and then I remembered that they make a lot of fiberglass pre-runner fenders for rangers. How cool would it look with those fenders front and back on a lowered 2wd ranger with wide wheels and tires?

 

would it really lighten it? idk...

 

i think it'd look retarded

 

real retarded...

 

yeah bad idea

 

no bueno

 

From holding stock fenders and pre-runner fenders in my hands they feel about the same. Cause with the bulge there is more material.

 

ya i agree with all of them it would look stupid please dont do this and they are basically the same weight

 

the point of lowering the truck is so that it looks lowered... the flared fenders make it seem taller.... defeats the purpose

 

thats a negitive

 

bad idea... would look terrible

 

waste of money bro. 2wd??? upgrade to 4 it wouldnt make sense with a 2.3 ur truck needs more power than that 2.3 makes no torque and thats what u need....

 

He was talking about a 2.3T not a NA 2.3. The 2.3T would make better hp/tq then any other motor in the rangers. Not to mention that have been around a few decades and are very reliable even with high boost.

 

really..?

the 2.3L's torque output isn't very far from the 3.0


im about to make my truck 4wd, ill let you know how that works out.

i see jeeps with 4bangers running around on 35's all the time, weird.


you have no idea what the 4cyl's are capable of.

 

Those damn 2.3 liters will not die, we got one at school that we beat the **** out of and it keeps coming back for more.

 

just don't hydrolock em haha.

 

down here in hillbilly hell their lots of 4-banger 4X4 rangers. Im thinkin about gettin one just to show up all the 4-banger yotas that are ridein on 35s with 6inch BLs.

 

it would look dumb! look at the front end pics of my truck with 6" wide fiberglass fenders, stock rims and 10.5 wide tire.. AND thats with the front track width at 73".... doesnt fill the fenders at all... its a little better now with different offset rims

 

lol, ok....I couldnt see it in my head.

This is not going to be a 4x4 because it's going to be a street truck.....I already have my 4x4. A 2.3 trubo motor can make tons of hp cheap and with a light 2wd short box ranger, the truck will move. There are guys running easy 11's and 12's in the 1/4 with the stock shortblock and head......and this is in a heavy turbo coupe. Not every truck needs to be a 4x4.....lol

 

So Jeff....

I'm assuming you bought that little white truck?

 

nope...... just collecting parts for now until I find a truck.

 

I would like to see what a photo chop of this would look like. If you are looking for speed and power stuff, with the flares it could be a good road race look. but like I said a photo chop is in order. another option is to maybe add the fender flares like those they had on the 80's model "dually" rangers they my made. if you had a 83-88 and put those front and rear with some creative fiberglass work they could pull that look.

just a thought.

Arin

 

What I like about this thread is that it started abt a pre runner idea then went to 2.3T engines and 4 bangers then back to the fenders.... and the fenders .... "NOT SO MUCH.." Borat

But I want a 2.3T