man, this was a bad idea to read this thread, i want to do so many things to my truck now haha. how do those claws handle/drive, im looking at those for my next tire

 

theyre ok. they suck in mud. they kick butt on rock. handling on the road isnt too bad. im stilled geared at 4.10 so i dont ever have a problem losing traction. haha. not bad tires, but i def wont ever get them again

 

they kick butt on rock... until the rock gets the smallest amount of water on it.. then they suck lol

 

yea, ask the side of my truck about that one. if the tires get wet, they suck. but otherwise pretty good

 

you changing the title keeps messing me up

 

well yall revived this super dead thread and the coilovers have been on for a while now. i need to get workin on my other stuff and update this thing

 

reviving this old , dead, forgotten thread with these simple pictures...







not a huge fan of the rings but i can get new ones. no big deal. needed some new wheels because last week a wheel fell off my truck and needless to say that wheel is a goner. anyway, been wanting some beadlocks anyway and i got the set for $275. pretty much steeling them

 

whoever those belonged to sure did use them

 

yea, he used the crap out of them. i figure ill clean em up, prime and paint them. they will look good on the ranger

 

Those are sweet! I say keep the ring.

What size are they?

 

15s. gonna keep the rings for right now. might get new ones if i realize i dont like em. lol

 

to say JB used them is an understatement.. did you get the tires too?

 

no he had already sold the tires. its all good though. didnt really want them

 

booo:(

 

beadlocks! my buddy picked them up in austin today and sandblasted them for me. everything but the ring. just gonna hit the rings with a flap disc and clean em up. they were nice and clean and of course, what happens on the way home? rain....yes. rain in san antonio texas. longest drought since the 50s and it rains when i go pick up my freshly sandblasted rims.

but anyway, pics!







gonna rock the smokey beadlocks for now until i get my guy to cut me a new set. gotta come up with a kickass design though..

 

sweet,

 

sand blast them again and come up here.. we need some rain.

 

wow its been a while since i updated this thing. finally getting to work on the ranger again for the first time in a couple weeks.

heres whats happened since the last time i updated. transmission blew up, got a new one from a 2000. stupid me, its the wrong transmission. so i pulled the engine, got a good deal on a 351w(still in the truck so i have wiring harness and everything) and im gonna run it. took off the superlift/rcd conversion and put a d44 from a 79 f250 under there and an eaton ho72 in the back. and today i took off from work early and went and worked on finishing up my front crossmember..






also got the frame cleaned up quite a bit..




still have to cut out my old trans crossmember bracketry and the old gas tank crossmembers...


and need to gusset and finish up the front shackle hangars..


ill just gusset them and cut off the rest. keep it simple.

also scored a char-lynn orbital that im pretty stoked about.

 

Looks good.

 

damn, you got some work to do

 

my welding has gotten a bit better too. just working on making it more uniform now..

 

yea. its goin slow but now im actually able to work on it again. ill be ready to start the engine swap here in a couple weeks. im looking forward to driving it again. havent driven it since january

 

Truk lewks gud, Jake. Too bad I'm such a broke jigger I'd buy your c-o's. lol.

 

Nice work, wow a lot of steel.
351 hey, is this a street truck and is the computer staying or what ?

Welding looks good to me.

 

351? SAS? WHERES THE PICTURES MANG!!!