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LTRANGER 04-26-2011 11:20 AM

Bed cage and light rack design!!
 
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Picking up this light bar tomorrow then building more of my bed cage.
What do u guys think of this design? -Tommy
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2004xlmiller 04-26-2011 11:27 AM

Re: Bed cage and light rack design!!
 
idk if the X pieces are necessary, the blue lines. but other than that it looks sick!

LTRANGER 04-26-2011 11:31 AM

The blue ones are support from it flexing while going 30+ in the desert the red ones will be welded to the frame and the green and blue to my existing bed cage. I might put gussets too I'm not sure yet but it would help the strength of it. I'm also gonna put heims on the light rack so I can fold it down so my gas mileage isn't completely screwed


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LTRANGER 04-26-2011 11:34 AM

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This is what I'm aiming for. This is a truck I was gonna buy a few months ago
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LTRANGER 04-26-2011 11:36 AM

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Folded down
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2004xlmiller 04-26-2011 11:44 AM

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those look good! make it, post pics

LTRANGER 04-26-2011 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 2004xlmiller (Post 403610)
those look good! make it, post pics

I'll Take pics of the whole build so if anyone else likes it they can do it.and I'll put up my build from my front bumper so u guys can have a idea of what it looks like


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2004xlmiller 04-26-2011 11:53 AM

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cool

doyouquaxu 04-26-2011 01:25 PM

Re: Bed cage and light rack design!!
 
is your cab caged?

LTRANGER 04-26-2011 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by doyouquaxu (Post 403685)
is your cab caged?

Not yet but I'm considering keeping the truck and fully caging it and keeping all my interior. I'm also looking for a mildly built ranger that I can fully cage and make that a off road truck only that I can jump and not have to care about breaking it.


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doyouquaxu 04-26-2011 02:06 PM

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cab cage first. lights on your bumper should be more than enough. you don't want to go faster than is safe.

BCobe 04-26-2011 02:09 PM

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Thats fucking sick. The fold down idea is awesome also!

LTRANGER 04-26-2011 02:34 PM

Im stalling on the cab cage because my interior is nice or I would have done that first. I know it should be done first in case of a rollover all the force would be on the front of the cab. once I get another truck soon I'll do it for sure


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doyouquaxu 04-26-2011 02:43 PM

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not to mention your life is in danger when you roll...

LTRANGER 04-26-2011 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by doyouquaxu (Post 403802)
not to mention your life is in danger when you roll...

Yea I'm aware of that. I'm gonna build another truck that I can go out and play in jump,roll break and what ever else I can do to it. I'm not worried about a rollover in this ranger because I don't have coil-overs yet so I'm not smashing on it. I have been doing desert runs lately with some local guys but nothin to intense.


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