best years for ranger?
so i am looking into buying a ranger. my budget will be around $4500. i was wondering what the best years for the ranger were? i really want 4 wheel drive, extended cab, automatic, and the 4.0L. i was thinking around the range of 1998 - 2001ish. i just want to do maybe two or three inches of lift and maybe 31" tires and leave it at that. i will be using it as a daily driver and i also want it to be able to take me out into the woods to go hunting or camping without any trouble.
let me know what you guys think! |
98+ 4wd you can run 31s stock.
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Might be hard to pickup a 4wd with that budget..not impossible, just more difficult.
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I'd make the suggestion of finding one with the Torsion Bar front. much easier to lift just crank the bars.
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well i have found quite a few around that price. give or take $500. but i am willing to wait to find the right deal. i dont want to crank the torsion bars or any of that. i would do a suspension lift
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Personally, I would get an 01-03 in that price range. It may take a while to find one that price though. I really don't care for the 98-00 front end and I love the 01-03. Also, for 4x4 reliability, late 2000 would be best because that is when they went to live axles and the previous model 4x4 hubs were problematic.
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Well suspension lift on a 4x4 will be over $1000. I would say 90% of the the t-bar owners on here have cranked there bars some.
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most people in this gen do body lift because of the cost. i know I am and wheel at the dunes often with no issues it normally serves DD so it doesnt need a $1500+ lift kit. Quote:
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what are the problems between the two axles exactly?
i havent really looked into lift kits yet so maybe i should take a peak then lol |
98-99 has pulse vacuum hubs. which are prone to fail replaceing with a manual hub made by AVM/rugged ridge. fixes the problem. in mid 00 they switched to live axle set up IE no hub in a sense. and have been using it ever since
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or you can run AVM's. if you dont want to do that. I said Rugged ridge. because AVM is a company from out of country controlled by Warn, but is being sold as rugged ridge now in USA. |
Could get a 97, they still have the TTB suspension which is a lot cheaper to lift the suspension. Or you could get 01+ and put 200 bucks in a body lift and put 33's on it.
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my advise is, if you want a 4wd, find something with a transfer stick insted of that stupid transfer switch that kinda works.
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