i really do! maybe after i kill the grabbers

 

Are you going to get glass for 35s? Cause I think the 32s are perfect without it. The truck has come a long way and looks awesome!

 

for now ill be running some cut stock fenders up front, the rear should be fine with minor trimming and pulled bedsides. focusing on other things before glass. like the regear of the 8.8..

 

got one of the fenders cut, stripped and primered.

 

this headlight is almost done, the other side needed another coat.

 

Sweeet.

 

thanks mike

ugh ive got so much to do before the meet!!! and only 1 weekend and a handful of nights to finish it.

tire gate
finish cutting/painting the fenders
clean the inside really well
wash the outside and possibly wax it but that probably wont happen lol.
custom light tabs for the dually LEDs/wire those to a separate switch.
gotta make a shifter relocation bracket
remount the CB, make a custom bracket for that
mount/wire the PA

other **** im probably forgetting.

 

small update, but lots of pics haha.

pics from work this morning at work:




then it was time for an oil change, early yes, but got rid of that POS fram filter i had on it.


then she got hit with the powerwasher and got a bath, hasnt looked this good in months!










/whoring

 

I thought you cut the fenders?

 

i did..

another pic from today, finally got the CJ out from sitting on the side of the house. wasnt road worthy, and now it is again :D

 

These aren't the ones in the other pics....

 

ahh now i see what youre saying haha.

my room mate owns a 00 ranger with camburg 5.5, 33in grabbers, small cage, and an expo 8.8. i sold him some fiberglass for the front so he had his stock fenders laying around the apt. i traded some LEDs for them and cut em up! kinda pointless now, i called off the deal for the 35s.

 

yea the **** likes to be whored. playing with a new camera yesterday on my long drive home from work..

 

stopped in at ruffstuff specialties and only wanted to get some D ring mounts. theyve got so much cool ****.. i immidietly went into shut up and take my money mode and ended up leaving with some strap mounts, the D ring mounts and a ruffstuff 8.8 cover.

the cover, total beefcake. literally bulletproof.


also earlier in the day i picked up that rear bumper for $20. guy that sold it to me was chill, had a sweet ranger (first gen) dove tailed and SAS'd on D44s, leaf sprung on 37s. right after hitting ruffstuff, went over to a buddys and had him weld them on while i worked in my straps. one side is strapped the other feels neglected.









still gotta paint it, get my own D rings cause i borrowed thiis one for my trip. gotta make a license plate mount with a light as well.

 

Trucks looking awesome man, ive really been considering making a similar tail gate. I need to figure out something to do with my spare.

 

im hoping to have mine for sale by the summer. with this new bumper i want a tire gate that mounts to it, and stands up straight so i can run it with the camber shell.

 

How's the quality of the limit straps and the mounts? I just went to their site and saw they are reasonably priced. Some other places had them for $30 or more for just the strap. The whole kit and caboodle for under $60? Helluva deal. They don't look like they have the adjustable clevis though.

ORW has straps for $25 then the adjustible clevis is $31 each. I would like the feature of adjusting the length so I'm torn. Also can you post pics of how you mounted them?

 

the straps are great quality, mine are doubles so theyre not gonna stretch too much. i decided not to mount the clevis' due to lack of room on the coil bucket with the brake line right there. if the clevis goes up and down and wears into my brake line im ----ed.. so i drilled into the coil bucket and mounted it that way. only one is mounted, and i still need to relocate the lower mount, but yea ill post pics when its all finished. jumping strapless over the weekend probably wasnt a great idea, but all my shitty welds held on

 

Brake lines are behind the coil right? You could mount the limits in front of it no? Or vice versa.

 

kinda hard to see but heres the brake line on the back side of the coil bucket, same place where the clevis would mount to and wear into the line.

 

SINCE WHEN THE F DO UCA FOR RANGERS HAVE UNI BALL'S?? YOUR truck is my new favorite and that's coming from ME

 

since BTF uppers i have a bunch of jump videos and pics to post tonight from the weekends statewide ranger meet.

 

little update.. scored some fully boxed shackles (mig'd)


and some random pics from the meet:

 

also, an update on my 8.8. its for sale, part out whatever. dont want it. has 3.08s and a minispool the richmond 4.56s will also be for sale shortly, brand new. keeping the ruffstuff cover for myself.

 

4.56's for sale you say?...........