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Old Dec 3, 2011
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Lifted my ranger and other goodies!

Finally finished my lift and installing most of my parts. gotta parts my lights on the grille guard and my CAI. anybody fit four kc's on a grille guard before? and mine sits a little to low because of the body lift. anybody else have this problem and what did you do?
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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great looking truck! how many inches is the lift and what size tires? i like the way that sits
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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Looks good!

The grille guard seems to sit too low.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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Truck is looking good!

You might have to customize your grille guard mounts in order for it to sit higher.

Im not sure how they are setup and how they mount, but you might be able to drill more holes further down on the grille guard? Or weld some more mounts on it.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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Looks great man, chop the guard and re-weld its position or weld on different brackets
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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yea im thinking im gonna have to get either new brackets made or chop them. if i chop and reweld think itll be strong enough?
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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thanks for compliments though
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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I like the truck minus the grill guard.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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yea im thinking im gonna have to get either new brackets made or chop them. if i chop and reweld think itll be strong enough?
Yeah as long as you get quality welds on it
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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sweet. that shouldnt be too hard. i know a guy that can weld pretty good
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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That's likely the best way to go... just cut 3" out of the brackets and it should sit back up where it was before!
 
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Old Dec 3, 2011
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awesome.. ill try that as soon as i get a chance
 
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what tires are those i like em. Trucks looking good
 
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Old Dec 4, 2011
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its a 3 inch lift. and 33inch kumho venture m/t's. havent really had em in mud or wet pavement yet so cant really rate them on that but as far as road noise i havent noticed much at all and i went down to about 12-13 mpg
 
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