so heres a few shots of how the truck sits as of right now. ive got a pile of parts to install, and a week off school. so hopefully ill get around to fixing a few dents, painting the sides, lining the bed, and installing the tool box. on with the pics!

 

Quite the incline on the driveway huh? Truck has a lot of potential....

BTW, welcome to RF!!

 

good lookin truck cant wait to see it with the new mods!!

 

she we was soooo stock....


explorer roof rack installed



exploder OHC



next week is 3 in body lift time and 35's. woot for upness.

 

nice truck. i think i just read the how too on the roof rack. dont know if it was here or not.

 

thats one hell of a kustom you got there..and you are a bad boy for driving just a bad *** kustom..

 

Kustom with a Capital K

 

Hum, that's a good idea using the Exploder roof racks! Looks like you're making progress.

 

bumpncarstereo- it was here that you read it. i wrote it. very easy to do and well worth it for me.

highroller & mark- nice sarcasm.


the name is of my company. we do custom creations for hot rods and engine work on most cars. the truck for the most part is our company hauler. we are moving rather soon and have finished up our customers projects and moved our attention to the ranger for the next month. lots of upgrades from being just a daily driver to a very nice "KUSTUM".

 

O man does that bring back memories. I wish i still had pics of mine that stock...

Good luck man.

 

Looking good. Is your OHC on a slider?

 

I think thats just the roof crossmember without a headliner.

 

its just the crossmember. i put the headliner back in just havent taken any pics.

 

added a few things onto the truck lately. white face gauges w/ blue bulbs in the cluster, black seat covers with more pockets than i know what to do with, q-logic 12 in sub box with huuuge port, 4 new sets of fog lights, 4 gauge cluster next to mirror and a bunch of stuff thats been bed linered. ill post some more pics up tomorrow when its day time.

 

Id upgrade the square rearview while i was at it... preferably an explorer auto dimming one..

 

the small stock mirror are garbage. that mirror allows me to see both blind spots on the side of the truck and the whole rear window.

 

a week off eh?

where do you go to school?


that brings back memories of my stock truck too i kinda miss it but mostly dont.

 

what is that black thing at the top right of the windshield?

 

....^^^^

 

Im just trying to figure out why the heck you put that gauge cluster in front of the passenger seat.

 

haha
i read through fast.. my bad nvm

 

Me too, I don't like it.

 

the reason they are mounted there is because i already have pull handles and switches mounted to be pillars. they actually fit in rather well. i have a trans temp, oil pressure, A/F ratio and true battery voltage gauges going in. all of those gauges are focused on off roading. i have a LOT of other electronics in the truck when i go off roading that this was one of the last places i could mount these. ill try to get some better pics of it, probably from the drivers seat.

 

also, the gauges are pointed at a 45 degree angle, facing the driver.

 

i graduated from Universal Technical Institute back in February. Two days after graduating i got a job working for smeding performance building hot rod and race car motors. its not too bad a job.