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Well I'll deal with it when I have to do it lol. Still waiting on some parts from Morgan then I'll start
 
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Bring it to a C&C shop.
 
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Get outta her adam!
 
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Two packages came in the mail! Can anyone guess what they are?
 
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mirrors. says it right on the box
 
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You are correct! Figured no one would look that hard lol.


 
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Looks good! Should have gotten the paint to match caps though.
 
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Oh man, I figured it would have been fish or something!! What's up Mike? Your making my smashed up truck look bad with yours!

What about some pictures of your stereo set up?? I am still trying to figure out what to put in mine, that isn't junk!
 
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Haha hey chad how ya doin! I'll post up some stereo pics in a lil bit. Its a Sony explode head unit with a Polk 12" slim sub and boss amp.
 
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Heres a teaser


 
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i see lift spindles.. double lifted FTW! cept im not anymore.. haha.

shackles are on their way to ya bud!
 
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So I finally got the spindles and coil spacers in... not without a lot of trouble though. >:(

Everything came off way to easy so I figured I was in for it later in the project. I was right.
First this that went wrong was summit sent me the wrong front shocks. The lower mounts were for something totally different so I had to get stud extenders for my stock shocks until my new fronts come in.

I had almost zero clearance on turning so I had to do a LOT of trimming on the lower control arms but that normal.

Everything went well for a while till I got to installing the brakes again. Apparently ford shipped a small number of rangers with a front caliper that is slightly undersized compared to the normal and I was lucky enough to get those calipers on my truck. So I had to machine down my rotors. Now I'm running custom 11 inch rotors haha. All in all it was fairly easy to do the install. Ended up doing my lower ball joints also.
Want to giver a big thanks to everyone who answered all my questions!





 
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it's BIG. them tires aren't cutting it though haha
 
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I Know! haha Its killing me already. Just paid some college bills though so tires are going to have to wait a lil while.
 
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it's BIG. them tires aren't cutting it though haha
x2 it looks so gay lmao. looks huge tho


oh mirrors look nice on there btw
 
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How much from ground to fender? Looks huge :)
 
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same exact size as Morgan's before, aka fricken huge hahaha. Mine sucks to get into with jeans on and im only at 39" high.... planning on getting steps?

oh and your triple lifted technically haha
 
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Nope! No steps! I guess it is triple lol
 
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nice work!
 
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looks like the tire might rub at full bump. needs some glass fenders.
 
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no full body shots yet!?!
 
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I'm waiting for shackles from morgan then I'll do the body shots. Looks gay cus its two inches low in the back.
 
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so is mine...

 
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