Well, I Finally got the BL on! Figured i would start a new thread instead of putting the pics in the old one..

There are still a few things I need to do

1) bumpers
2) Exhaust
3) gap gaurds
4) get that ugly piece of plastic under the radiator off

gunna take the truck to the shop next week to get the bumpers put on(my mechanic is going to modify the brackets to make the rear bumper fit a lil better and make the cattle gaurd fit.) and go over everything to make sure its all good..

here are the pics.. let me know what you think!










back tire clearance:


Front Tire Clearance:


just a random pic of the suspension:


let me know what you think!!

 

oh, and i dont know about you, but i am TOTALLY digging the Ghetto redneck liscence plate mounts:)

 

where the hell you from????

truck looks good...needs some paint on the front control arms and crossmember

 

where am i from lol? why lol?

and i live in germany


and i know some parts needs paint.. to be honest i dont have anywhere to do it.. cant do it at the auto hobby shop, and if the cops catch me doing it in base housing parking lot, well lets say it will be a bad day for me...

 

It is the weird plates that had us all wondering.

 

oh lol.. i figured it was the car that i was parked next to.. the plates look normal to me lol

 

Didn't even notice that goofy thing next to your truck. So are you stationed or something over there? Seems weird to have a personal vehicle over there if you are from here.

 

Looks awesome man! Hope to be DL'd when I get back also

 

yeah.. i am stationed over here.. we are here for two plus years, why wouldnt you want to bring your personal vehicle over here?

 

ARe you going to be making a new rear and front bumper? or run the stockers.. truck looks sick!

 

well, that is a good question.. i was going to run the stockers, but now that they are off, i really have the itch to build some new ones, but i dont have the access to the tools or materials i need.. So, i am going to take down a few pics of some bumpers i like to my local fab guy and see how much he would charge to build it..

I will probably end up waiting till i get back to the states though.. that way **** isnt in euros lol..

 

wow you tower that car Lol

 

I think you should flex your truck on the hood of that little euro POS next to you! lol

Truck is lookin good! Nice choice on the tires... I want those sooo bad!

 

I didn't know you could. The idea just seems weird to me I guess. I also don;t have a clue as to what it is that you are really doing over there and the situation and all. Does everyone have their car shipped over there? How much does it cost? See what I mean? I guess I have questions I didn't even know needed to be asked because I too was unaware, lol. Very interesting. BTW, those were rhetorical, you don't need to answer them, but just trying to show you what we over here might be thinking.

 

your truck looks like matts in the first picture

 

NICE!!! Aboot dang time!!


But...that back end needs some more lift to better clear those tires on the bed's front wheel well opening!! Shackle time!!

 

Shane- i know the rear needs more lift, i have been thinking about getting some add a leafs.. or shackles whichever.. oh, and i have some questions about the lift.. the "kit extensions" for the fuel filler, yeah, they were too small( diameter).. they were about two sizes to small.. so whenever i put gas int he truck it leaks a little bit.. any ideas?


Kyle, im going to learn you a few things lol..

The military will pay to ship your vehicle overseas.. One vehicle PER military member. And you have to have ATLEAST ONE year left on station. they also pay to ship it back. that easy lol. .Alot of people get their vehicles shipped over, some do not.. Some know there vehicles will not pass the inspections over here.. germany has some gay laws..

 

that my friend is EXACTLY what i thought when i looked at it lol.. HUGE COMPLIMENT.

 

Never heard of that except on the '08ish truck's venttube.

If it were me, I'd try to find some thin wall electrical conduit that fits the rubber hose and put that in. I don't know what kit you went with, but both summit and PA kits come with two different filler neck extentions: both different diameters. Never heard of this issue on 98-05 trucks. I know mine fit pretty dang tight..I even heated up the rubber some to allow the extention tubing to slider better into the rubber.

You may be able to make what you have work....by cutting a V in both sides of the rubber hose....doing this allows the diameter of the rubber get smaller wheere your clamps will be. Give that a shot.

 

Shane- i got three tubes.. One for the vent tube (which was too small) and two for the filler.. I used the bigger one. It was still too small.. im gunna try finding a larger diameter steel pipe..

 

Well thats cool, and good looking truck. Ever been on the Auto-Ban?

 

every day i get on the autobahn. its not all its cracked up to be lol..you juts get to go really fast.

 

Haha. What does your ranger top out at? And how fast you ever been?

 

Shane- i noticed something earlier while backing into my parking spot. My bed sits off-centered. it sits to farther to the drivers side.. its not that much, but it sticks out past the cab on the drivers side. any ideas?

 

david- i havnt taken the ranger past 85.. dont need to go that fast.. ive been 160MPH in a rented mercedes CLK220. that thing was fast lol..