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Pics request: Lowered Rangers!

Old Apr 1, 2007
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Pics request: Lowered Rangers!

Ok Im trying to get some ideas here, its a toss up between lifting and lowering my 2wd, I just want to see some pics of lowered truck and please post the tire size you guys use. Any lowered pics are welcome and also please note how much of a drop you did! Thanks!
 
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Old Apr 1, 2007
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if its coil spring front suspension just lower it but thats me


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Old Apr 1, 2007
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not trying to be an *** but damn does that look so much better one color.. please paint it
 
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Originally Posted by Redneckstone
please paint it
give me some money and i will
 
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Old Apr 1, 2007
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yeah its coil spring front... Ive been lookin into maybe getting black cobra rims kinda like D and Nickster, Just alot of lifted rangers on this site and they look amazing, but I dont think its me, almost to many lifted trucks in AZ period....
 
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get mach 1 wheels aftermarket look so much better then just plain black look here at toms truck
 
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They do look quite sharp
 
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the black one's with 17x9 and 17x10.5 package on ebay are the ****
 
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I really like the ones D has too, they are kinda expensive but man do they set off the truck!
 
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there about the same price as all the other one's on ebay....
 
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-Bl...QQcmdZViewItem

$395.00 buy it now with like $80 shipping how in hell is that expansive? explain...
 
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looked so much better imo then

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give me some money and i will
didnt you sell the black one? use that money
 
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na the ones I was lookn at were expensive LOL 395 aint nothin for sweet rims =-)
 
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Im really sick of these pics but oh well, 3/4 drop on 18 inch saleen replicas.

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Old Apr 1, 2007
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Cobra R's Replicas. 17 X 9 with 225/45 tires. 5.5"/5.5" drop.



Saleen Replicas. 17 X 9 with 245/45 tires. 5.5"/8" drop.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2007
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Heres mine dropped 2/3


 
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My suspension is DJM uppper and lowers with belltech coils and the back is flipkit.

The rims going on are 17's with 235/45/17
 
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Old Apr 2, 2007
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Im really liking that 2/3 drop with some meat on the tires!
 
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Originally Posted by IR0NS1N
Im really liking that 2/3 drop with some meat on the tires!
Once you drop it your going to want to go lower its an addiction.

Hey now Im dropped 5/6 with some meat on the tires.
 
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heres pictures of my buddies truck.. the frame is 2x3 box tubing layed flat..
its about 1/2" from laying doors.. adn about 6" takin out of the windshield...
the windshield is now raked about 20* but i dont have pics of that...
and its on 20s i believe...

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Old Apr 3, 2007
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Heres my '03....2/3 drop, 17" wheels, 255/50/17 tires. I chose this tire size because it looks really beefy, are wide, and are almost exactly the same overall height as the stock size tires that came on the truck so no problems with the speedo being off or affecting anything else.

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Old Apr 3, 2007
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Originally Posted by klc317
Heres my '03....2/3 drop, 17" wheels, 255/50/17 tires. I chose this tire size because it looks really beefy, are wide, and are almost exactly the same overall height as the stock size tires that came on the truck so no problems with the speedo being off or affecting anything else.

Nice truck. If I lowered a truck thats right about where i'd want it.
 
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