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Pics of the rat rod ranger!! lol

I've taken the grille out, I'm going to paint it, and installed the bed body lift.

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dude i want your tires so bad! lol looks like my truck halfway through!

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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
Man I want those tires! Looks good, lift that bumper and get some gap guards too!
I thinking screw the bumper. I'm going pipe!!

Gap guards maybe, I might try and make some?
 

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Originally Posted by seed60
I thinking screw the bumper. I'm going pipe!!

Gap guards maybe, I might try and make some?
I can get you the dimensions on mine.
 
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I can get you the dimensions on mine.
Hell yeah, thanks. I'm sure I can find some thick plastic or rubber sheeting to use.


Any good ideas on gap guard material??
 
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Yeah something like that would work. I would check at Lowes or someplace like that for it
 
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Body lift installed, minus air conditioning :(. Still haven't done anything with bumpers, but it shouldn't be long.



 
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Looks good man, now finish it up!
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
Looks good man, now finish it up!
Thanks, I know it right.

I'm painting up the grill and stuff today to match the headlights I got ordered. As far as the bumpers go, its time to start designing up some sexy pipe bumpers.

I'll probably be cranking the t-bars this week and see how well those 35's fit!!!
 
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i have a friend that made some gap guards out of shingles
 
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Originally Posted by seed60
Thanks, I know it right.

I'm painting up the grill and stuff today to match the headlights I got ordered. As far as the bumpers go, its time to start designing up some sexy pipe bumpers.

I'll probably be cranking the t-bars this week and see how well those 35's fit!!!
I hope your using tubing instead of pipe lol.
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
I hope your using tubing instead of pipe lol.
I'm gonna be using pipe. Probably 1 1/2" Sch 40. I can get it for free and welded up for free. So if I bend them all up I can just make some new ones. I think it'll be alright, it's pretty stout stuff.
 
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Originally Posted by seed60
Got my taillights today.

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w/o flash


Can you say sexy?!?!?

Doesn't look like my body lift will be here til next week :(

Never been a big fan of those but them do look good on ur truck!!
 
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Thanks.

I painted the grille up yesterday and it looked damn good. Drove the truck to work this morning and a rock or something chipped the paint in one spot :( Time for touch up already!
 
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Originally Posted by seed60
I'm gonna be using pipe. Probably 1 1/2" Sch 40. I can get it for free and welded up for free. So if I bend them all up I can just make some new ones. I think it'll be alright, it's pretty stout stuff.
I don't know about that, I remember reading something about that stuff not being able to bend easily or something.
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
I don't know about that, I remember reading something about that stuff not being able to bend easily or something.
Yeah, it doesn't bend as easy with that hard seam in it and will kink if you're not careful. I'm just gonna have to be easy with the bender.
 
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AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG, door dings!!!! Somebody got me at lunch today :(
 
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get those 35's on now!
 
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hey i got those same tail lights off ebay a couple months ago nice to see im not the only one with them! haha..did you have problems hooking them up? cause i did.. my brake lights had three prongs when the casing had two?

nice im doing the same thing to my truck right now but with just 33's not 35's im wishing i ordered 35s now..
 
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Originally Posted by OmegaRanger
get those 35's on now!
I'm gonna put them on Friday. I've still gotta crank my t-bars to clear them and then go get it aligned.

hey i got those same tail lights off ebay a couple months ago nice to see im not the only one with them! haha..did you have problems hooking them up? cause i did.. my brake lights had three prongs when the casing had two?

nice im doing the same thing to my truck right now but with just 33's not 35's im wishing i ordered 35s now..
They fit like stock, didn't have any problems.
 
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wow....lookin good man!! Had the 35's on the front to check for clearence yet?
 
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I put them on right after I did the body lift and they are gonna rub more then I like. I probably would of just left them on and cranked last week but I want to get everything aligned up so I'm not tearing up my new tires. Hopefully cranking the tbars will give me the clearance I need.
 
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With 15x10's your gonna need to trim up your valance for sure. I know when put mine on i had to ateaat and thats with 33's n i didn't do the bl yet thats gonan be done sat!
 
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Bumper is off for right now. Probably gonna try and fix my bumpers up this weekend.

Hell yeah on the body lift!!
 
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Alright, I got the tbars cranked up last night, got 2 1/8" out of them and left about a 1/4" of the bolt uncranked, and got my tires mounted. No rubbing issues as best I can tell.

This thing is sexy!!!! I'll get some pics when I get a chance.
 


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