New Ideas Have a new idea for your Ford Ranger? General discussion of new ideas for the Ford Ranger.

X-Tended gap guard mod...Offroaders check it out.

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 04-30-2006
rangererv's Avatar
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dearborn Michigan
Posts: 4,376
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
X-Tended gap guard mod...Offroaders check it out.

So I got suck of cleaning mud off the filler neck and everything else on the underbody everytime i go offroad..so i made a guard to block it. I wanted to git this done before i went to the sand dunes because of how much of a mess sand makes... Its stupid that ford didnt do this from the factory but o well.
Well here is what I did.
before

making
Name:  435d0565.jpg
Views: 155
Size:  65.8 KB
The design
Name:  4f68eea8.jpg
Views: 136
Size:  79.8 KB
Bolted up
Name:  3548b0e9.jpg
Views: 129
Size:  46.1 KB
Name:  f44c067f.jpg
Views: 158
Size:  86.4 KB
Name:  e415ba4f.jpg
Views: 165
Size:  93.7 KB
Name:  6d74eba6.jpg
Views: 164
Size:  46.0 KB
Name:  9b21b35f.jpg
Views: 119
Size:  46.0 KB

what cha think??
 
  #2  
Old 04-30-2006
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Huntsville, Tx
Posts: 827
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
redneck engineering at its finest. looks good though.
 
  #3  
Old 04-30-2006
Red_Ak_Ranger's Avatar
RF Veteran
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 17,221
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
nice
 
  #4  
Old 04-30-2006
gatorblue92's Avatar
RF Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Delaware
Posts: 8,238
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
hey good idea!
 
  #5  
Old 04-30-2006
rangererv's Avatar
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dearborn Michigan
Posts: 4,376
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Originally Posted by texasbullseye89
redneck engineering at its finest. looks good though.
haha thats for sure
 
  #6  
Old 04-30-2006
zabeard's Avatar
who?
iTrader: (8)
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: IN
Posts: 26,044
Likes: 0
Received 10 Likes on 10 Posts
looks good evan.
 
  #7  
Old 04-30-2006
Trigger01's Avatar
RF Veteran
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 18,788
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Originally Posted by texasbullseye89
redneck engineering at its finest. looks good though.
^haha^ I am a proud member of the Redneck Engineering Club. It looks good Evan, what is it made from?
 
  #8  
Old 04-30-2006
dsef82's Avatar
Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
Posts: 434
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
so what did you make it out of it looks good
 
  #9  
Old 04-30-2006
HighRollerII's Avatar
RF Veteran
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 10,073
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
looks good E-man..

I still gotta get mine put on b4 this weekend also
 
  #10  
Old 04-30-2006
04lvl2's Avatar
RF Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Palm Bay, FL
Posts: 5,600
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Looks good Evan, looks like I am next lol.

To everyone else they are made of the same stuff he used for the gap guards, just off of the big roll instead of precut. The stair liners if no one remembers.
 
  #11  
Old 04-30-2006
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
Posts: 1,022
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Nice ev, i think im going to need to do that here soon!
 
  #12  
Old 04-30-2006
rolla_guy72's Avatar
Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Posts: 3,256
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I think I'm gonna get a welder friend and have him make me some aluminum ones and then get the whole thing Line-X'ed that would be really awesome.

Nice job BTW. Did you use the stock hole where the bolt is? I don't remember if there is a hole there.
 
  #13  
Old 04-30-2006
rangererv's Avatar
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dearborn Michigan
Posts: 4,376
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
^^ ya ther are 3 holes up there. Looks like ford was thinking of putting them in but never did.
And by the fender flair, i just mad a small hole and pushed it through the push pin the holdes the fender flairs on
 
  #14  
Old 04-30-2006
rangererv's Avatar
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dearborn Michigan
Posts: 4,376
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
and for what i used, it was at aco hardware store.
Its considered stair covers. Looks like this on the reverse side
 
  #15  
Old 04-30-2006
karrbass4life's Avatar
Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 3,072
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
Think a place like Home Depot or Lowes would carry that?
 
  #16  
Old 05-01-2006
04lvl2's Avatar
RF Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Palm Bay, FL
Posts: 5,600
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by karrbass4life
Think a place like Home Depot or Lowes would carry that?
I am almost positive that they do as I have bought it there before for another project of mine.
 
  #17  
Old 05-01-2006
rolla_guy72's Avatar
Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Posts: 3,256
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I have looked for at Lowes, where I work, several times, but I haven't asked any of the specialists about it, yet... I'm sure they'd know exactly where it is.
 
  #18  
Old 05-01-2006
rangererv's Avatar
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dearborn Michigan
Posts: 4,376
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
ya, i'd think they would have that stuff for sure, i donno y they wouldnt
 
  #19  
Old 05-01-2006
01xltranger4x4's Avatar
Member
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: May 2005
Location: MI
Posts: 3,200
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Good idea, my gap guards block the other side, i need to get something to block the front like yours.
 
  #20  
Old 05-01-2006
rangererv's Avatar
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dearborn Michigan
Posts: 4,376
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
ya, its was easy to do once you make the 1st one cause you can just reverse it and trace it for the other side.
 
  #21  
Old 10-14-2006
garebel's Avatar
Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: C.S.A.
Posts: 43
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by texasbullseye89
redneck engineering at its finest. looks good though.
 
  #22  
Old 10-14-2006
jtslmn720's Avatar
RF Veteran
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Kent State, Kent Ohio
Posts: 7,367
Likes: 0
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
wow 5 month old thread just for a thumbs up...

but good timeing because ive been looking for this thread lol...
 
  #23  
Old 10-14-2006
5speedin2.3's Avatar
Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Livonia, Mi
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
or you could look for an older ranger like mine and yank em out.
i have a spare bed in my back yard
 
  #24  
Old 10-29-2006
UNCCRang49's Avatar
Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Apex, NC
Posts: 328
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
my 98 came stock with those. but since ive had the truck they have both been ripped off offroading, lol.
 
  #25  
Old 10-30-2006
Rooks's Avatar
Member
iTrader: (7)
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 1,867
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Wow... I should really do something like that. Getting tired of that big gap... stupid body lift.. haha...
 


Quick Reply: X-Tended gap guard mod...Offroaders check it out.



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:01 AM.