I thought that I would make a thread of my Rangers transformation from stock to where it is currently.
I purchased my 01 4x4 off-road 4.0l sohc ext cab in August of 2008 and was eager to personalize it.
To my knowledge, it came with every possible option. Which I was pretty excited about. And now for the picture story


Stock





I did a small T-bar crank, about 1"




Cranked the T-bars another inch and added 6400 Beltech shackels for the rear. It lifted the rear about 1-3/4"





Next up I forked out way too much for some BFG A/T KO's ($1,000). They are 265/75/16 and look awesome. Also I maxed my #1 T-bars out.





I hard wired my radar detector in.





Put in a 12v power source in the bed.





Painted the headlights. Baked them at 215 degrees for 12 mins I think. The pulled them apart and taped them off. Sprayed, sealed, and did some head light restorer. They really didn't need it but I figured why not, since they were off.

Before:



Baked, and Pulled apart:





Taped off and ready for paint. I used Krylon Fusion Satin



Finished and assembled




Installed






Next up I painted my front bumper, bed caps, fender flairs, and grill. Again using Krylon Fusion Satin
Removed the Flairs, they really didn't want to come off.





In the process of painting




Bumper off for some paint




Cleaned up with some soap and water, then ammonia.




Its time to paint again




Bed caps done painting and ready to go on!




Now it's photo shoot time with everything on. I also removed my step bars since they were faded and a little rusty on one side. I plan on sanding and painting them, but I am still unsure if I will put them back on. I like the look of them off, but I like the protection from rocks that they provide.













I also did the turn signal mod, the fog light mod, and put in some new door speakers, but I don't have and pictures of those.

Future:
Soon I am going to be putting in some back-up lights, some brake lights under the tail gate (the kind with the 3 red lights, like on trailers. I'm not sure what they are called), turn signals on the mirrors, and I really need to wax it. Also I have been tossing around the idea of some clear corners, and blacking them out to match the headlights. Some time soon I will be tinting the front windows to match the rear stock tint.

 

Did a great job man. Keep up the good work.

 

Looks very clean. I like it lots!!!

 

Nice transformation. I bet you can blame every mod on this site. LOL

 

Looks so much better with everything black man.

I gotta say though lose the pin stripe and the decals and do the 06 style, that would look Great!!!

And like you said tint is a must

 

Very clean... Looks great. Why did you pay a grand on all-terrains though??

 

Looks awesome.

 

Looks awsome!! Def more uniformed now!! coulda bought some of these for $800

 

Looks a lot better that before. Nice work. x2 on losing the pinstripe.

 

Yea I am getting the new decal itch. I was thinking about the new decals for the fx4, and new badges.
I was thinking about losing the pin strip as well, but I am just worried about scratching the paint or having lines from where the paint is not faded.
Do you know if they come off pretty easy?

 

Well I wanted to stay with my stock wheels which are 16", and tires for 16" wheels are about twice the price of 15" wheels.
Also I got A/T's because I do a fair amount of hwy driving and I didnt want the mud tire humm. Plus most of my driving is on road, so I chose the longevity of an A/T

 

Yea pretty much, I was planning on leaving it alone, until I found this website. All these SOB's have influenced me...lol

 

Nice... I like the idea of putting a power source in the bed!!

 

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haha welcome to the club, i was going to leave my truck stock and not do anything to it until the warranty was up/it was paid off. year and a half later, its lifted, new rims, over sized tires, sound system, and on and on, once you start, you can't stop haha

truck looks awesome, its amazing what a bit of paint can do as far as those plastic exterior pieces look, makes the truck look brand new!

 

That's hilarious we did basically the same thing. Even named similar, you'd think that it was a straight copy.

 

Looks good. I like it.

 

General Tech and Electrical????

Sweet truck non the less

 

Looks good man.

 

Yea I wasn't quite sure where it should go, its not a project really.
It's just a bunch of little stuff. So someone can move it if need be.

 

nice job that turned out sweet

 

Looks good man. Good work on the whole project!

 

Amazing what such subtle stuff does to the big picture.

Paint looks great, the slight lift is more aggressive, the tires are nice and the 12V in the bed FTW!.

 

something about your headlight mod makes me want to do it now!

 

nice looking truck