Well she is not completely done but the cab is 95% complete exept the front bumper,air intake,nerf bars,seats and battery hook ups

We started at about noon and quite at about 8:30 the bed should be gravy lol or i hope so lol

in case your wondering why we started with the cab is we where short the star drive for the bed bolts till way later

last forgive me on only 3 pics my batteries for the camera died more will come tomorrow

im happy but wow what a step up to get in the cab lol


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a few things where a pain cab bolts but nothing a torch did not fix lol
radiator and tranns cooler do to the limited space and finally the parking brake
to witch we have not solved yet but if push comes to shove ill have my mechanic fix lol

one question for you 3.0 guys what did you do with the AC line under the alternator

 

Looks great man. Sorry I don't have any answers to your questions I haven't done mine yet. Can't wait to see more pics. Overall how much of a PITA was it?

 

Looks good man. Why'd you take your nerf bars off? I left mine on during the lift. For the AC line mine wasn't in the danger zone so to say. I got the T55 for the bed, I can stick it in a envelope to mail it to you if you want me too.

 

your in for a work out to say the least lol

just remember 3 main tool
1=star drive
2=torch,flipping bed bolts are hell and fight you every thread lol
3= big channel locks lol

in all from a scare for 1st timers a good 7.5 experts a 3 lol

the nerf bars i thought where in the way do to we took 1 bolt out whit out heat till i remember the TORCH deal lol( i could kick my self in the a@@ for that lol)

as in the drive i have 1 now but when we went for big channel locks they only had a complete set and i was not going to burn 20 more bucks for tool i may never use again

and snape me a pic of your ac hose if you would

 

At least your's will be done faster than trent's. lol. looks great man. Still really dig your corners man.


What about the parking brake? I didn't touch mine and still works fantasticly.

 

looks good Joey!!!

 

according to the instructions i had to remove it from the original location now i cant get the links apart to put in the relocation bracket in

as in the corners i scratched one up a bit to day but i guess its the price you pay for mods lol


thanks makes me happy i never got those front tow hooks from you though

like i needed another thing to remove lol

 

I just skipped that part of the instructions and didn't take mine apart lol. Did you use air tools? My bed bolts came out super easy with the impact, all of mine did beside the core support. And Shane screw you, I have a ton of crap to do beside working on the truck all day, sorry I'm not fast enough for you. At least I'm doing my own work instead of paying some else to do it for me unlike some other members on here. Silver do you want a pic from under the truck looking up like towards the fan?

 

thats hot

 

[QUOTE=04blackedge;1018081]And Shane screw you, I have a ton of crap to do beside working on the truck all day, sorry I'm not fast enough for you. At least I'm doing my own work instead of paying some else to do it for me unlike some other members on here.QUOTE]

Woah dude....i was joking around man. jeeze. you know me.

 

looks good but why did u completly dismantle the front end? does that need to be done on the 01 and up?

 

u shouldnt have to move the ac line, nor the break line, nor dismantle ur front end. i have done 4 BLs on rangers now.....we never did any of that. yes a torch n c-clamps will be ur best friend. also if u have a drill press it would come in handy to...if not im sorry for the 2 blocks u have to drill out for the front

 

Looks good! question for the others though..

So what do people usually do that have hitches and do a body lift? Just get some kinda custom hitch welded in? Figure the exhaust needs to be picked up as well.

 

the reason i took the grill and light out is i did not wont to scratch heck out of them

trent as in the ac line i looking for it by the alternator. its tight right there


ok im off to finish this thing lol

 

I gess all truck ain't the same, but on my truck when we did the body lift I ended up shreding my A/C line...(Sorry don't know, took it to Ford and had them fix it.)...& my E break hasn't worked since we did the lift. The cable does not have three inches slack in it stock to reach the bracket after the body lift was put on. I need to move/make the bracket for it

 

You suck, come do mine!

 

Shane I was just messin lol, came out a little strong though. Joey I'm gonna go get as many pictures as I can haha

 

Here are some pics Joey, let me know if you need anything else. I couldn't find my camera so I had to use my phone.

 

it may a wile before i take this task on again lol



any how done except the rear bumper ,missing some parts out of the kit

give me a hour or so to post the pics need to take a shower and return some tools

and thanks Trent looks how mine is but no rust lol

 

finally!! looks good so far

 

Thats not rust its dirt lol. The headers are rusted if thats what your talking about.

 

ok here u go






















3 things to finish up
1 is the rear bumper and 2nd is the pesky parking break

finaly next week im going to buy new hoses for the trans cooler and relocate that to its original location,the new location makes it hard to get to a few bolts and seams like its getting less air flow now

 

Looks awesome!

 

looks good

I cant wait to do mine

what size tire do you have?

 

32's and 33's would be the cats meow but 32's and 4.10 on a 3.0 is the best
set up out there in my opinion