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Old 01-15-2010, 12:15 PM
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Question lower but still durible

i have a 93 ranger. i wanted to drop it a lil for looks and for traction..i think the rear is to high and to stiff. i want to lower it maybe a inch or 2 but still have the duribility. so no flipping my leafs..sorry but alota people tell me to do that...it drops it. but thats it. its then usless. so any other idea would be good. thanks
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iv got a 94 ford ranger. most baisic truck u can ever get. no power stearing. manual locks and windows. got a JVC KDR200, with a pair of Pyle 6" X 8" Blue Label 3-Way Speakers and wired an antennna. its a 2.3L 4 banger, with a 5 speed manual transmission. it had 117,400 miles on it wen i got it. i plan on dropping it a few inches. in the procces of repainting the interior. i want new headlights and taillights and paint my factory rims black. plan on getting a cheap sub and put in it.
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Old 01-15-2010, 08:10 PM
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flip yall hangers... itll be a 1.5 inch drop since your std cab
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Old 01-15-2010, 10:18 PM
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wat are the hangers exacly? and is my truck still going to be like it is now? i mean i haule wood and shit in it.
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iv got a 94 ford ranger. most baisic truck u can ever get. no power stearing. manual locks and windows. got a JVC KDR200, with a pair of Pyle 6" X 8" Blue Label 3-Way Speakers and wired an antennna. its a 2.3L 4 banger, with a 5 speed manual transmission. it had 117,400 miles on it wen i got it. i plan on dropping it a few inches. in the procces of repainting the interior. i want new headlights and taillights and paint my factory rims black. plan on getting a cheap sub and put in it.
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Old 01-15-2010, 10:38 PM
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These are teh hangers Stock

Flipped



Yes you'll still be able to haul stuff it will level the rear out with the front
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Old 01-16-2010, 07:18 PM
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o shit ok. cool..can you explain how to do it? and is it a hard prosses? thanks man..
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Old 01-16-2010, 07:33 PM
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ill do a write up later tonight for it and make it a how to

but no its easy as hell
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Old 01-16-2010, 07:33 PM
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Easy, grind the rivits off, flip them then re install with grade 8 Nuts and bolts
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Old 01-16-2010, 07:48 PM
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ight thanks smakes...and wat u mean rivits - casper..thanks guys
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Old 01-16-2010, 08:40 PM
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if you look at your stock hangers, you'll see the rivits that I'm talking about
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Old 01-16-2010, 08:44 PM
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dont forget billy, only 6 rivets, the other 2 are bolts...

was ford stuck on stupid when they made that decision? lol
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Old 01-16-2010, 09:39 PM
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u mean like pop rovit type things?...so what am i supposed to do to replace them? let me no wen u post ur thred man
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Old 01-16-2010, 09:41 PM
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itll be up later tonight, prolly close to midnight pacific time lol. and theyre not pop rivets. you have to grind the head off of em then use a punch and pop them out. then replace with grade 8 hardware
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Old 01-16-2010, 09:52 PM
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wats grade 8 stuff? sorry that was stuf i wAs never good at. that the size? or the thred type?
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Old 01-16-2010, 10:07 PM
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thats teh strength of the bolts.

youll need 8 each of the following
and they all need to be grade 8

3/8x1 bolts
washers
nylock nuts (they have nylon around the threads, so the bolts cant back out of the nuts from road vibration
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Old 01-17-2010, 08:19 PM
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you think you can post pocs and stuff so i can see? and did u post the how to thred?
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iv got a 94 ford ranger. most baisic truck u can ever get. no power stearing. manual locks and windows. got a JVC KDR200, with a pair of Pyle 6" X 8" Blue Label 3-Way Speakers and wired an antennna. its a 2.3L 4 banger, with a 5 speed manual transmission. it had 117,400 miles on it wen i got it. i plan on dropping it a few inches. in the procces of repainting the interior. i want new headlights and taillights and paint my factory rims black. plan on getting a cheap sub and put in it.
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