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Old 12-26-2013, 05:13 AM
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I am a bit late at making this lol. I have big plans for it over the next few months so I decided that it would be cool to finally make one.

Anyways, I bought this truck out of the blue in the fall of 2010. One rainy Sunday morning as I was watching TV I thought about owning another ranger someday. I immediately looked though Craigslist and found nothing exciting. Not exactly sure why but I decided to check carmax (worst buying experience ever btw) and they happened to have a low mile 03 level II twin stick about 2 hrs from me with a free transfer option. I immediately called them, placed the transfer and Tuesday afternoon I was officially a ranger owner again.

So the quick specs at the time I bought are:
2003 fx4 Level II 'twin stick'
59k miles
one owner
bone stock, other than a ford bug shield and a soft tonneau.








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First mods were 900bt headunit, expy silver hvac controls, kicker subwoofer (no pics lol) 5% tint and 06 corners



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Old 12-26-2013, 05:21 AM
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I have big plans for it over the next few months so I decided that it would be cool to finally make one.
Let it begin! lol


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Old 12-26-2013, 05:55 AM
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Found a good deal on 15x8's and 32 mts so i grabbed them. I kept it like this for a while, and mainly just little bs here and there. I had another project at this time.





Sorry for the lack of pics, my computer died and I made a new facebook around this time period.

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That brings the 'next stage' lol. In a nutshell, went to the 'black out' theme.
mods:
15x8 ion alloys
32x11.50 Yokohama Geolander at/s
TRS D2S retrofits
'headlight modded' tails
last cat delete, flowmaster series 10 muffler and duals at 45* angle
06 headlights (recommended for anyone/everyone)











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next stage.

Ditched the blackout theme and went for a more 'oem' look. self explanatory

15x8 pacers
33x12.50 MT MTZ's
06 tails and corners







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next 'stage'

black out again. lmao

15x8 procomp wheels
33x10.50 bfg km2
modded headlights







and what finally ended this stage 6 weeks later lmao



my dad picked up an ultra low mileage 07 and was sold on the dsg alcoas

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back to oem lmao















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sundown SA-8







new toolbox



starting the retrofit.





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Let it begin! lol

lol!!

As soon as the mustang goes Im gonna start ordering up
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Old 12-26-2013, 07:27 PM
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I think you should give us a taste of your old truck!

Keep up the flipper flopper look attitude! lol. Clean ride.
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Old 12-29-2013, 02:35 PM
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lol thanks shane.



found this pic from years ago with my old mr2
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Old 03-07-2014, 05:00 AM
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I think you should give us a taste of your old truck!




here is my old truck as you requested lol.. (note the 'throw back' r-f sticker from when thomas 'blackout' use to make them)

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here are a few more recent pics of the ranger.




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Old 03-21-2014, 04:38 AM
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So Ive decided to make this a thread dedicated to all of my cars, not just the ranger. Ive asked a mod to update the thread title to reflect this change.. anyways..

Haven't really done anything to the ranger lately.. I guess the most notable thing is the lack of front tint. Got busted here recently and just removed it. not worth the hassle anymore. here is the last picture I took.



mall crawlin like a bawse!
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Old 03-21-2014, 04:57 AM
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so anyways, I bought a new DD about a month ago now... its a 2004 silver svt focus. Needed/needs a few things so I got a pretty good deal on it. Here are the first pics I have of it.



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Old 03-21-2014, 09:38 AM
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damn, no love here! haha

anyways, first fixes/mods were powder coated red valve cover, plugs, wires, motor mounts and a few leds.





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updates on the focus:
first was moar low!



then factory projectors:


next was tint, euro grill




after that: black markers, tie rods, ends, cv shaft, tires, alignment and intake



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Old 04-01-2014, 05:20 AM
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Stop modding the focus and mod the ranger!

Jk looks really good.

But seriously, why haven't you cranked the bars and added shackles to this ranger?
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Old 04-01-2014, 05:51 AM
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thanks man.

lol, the focus is pretty much done now. just a few small things here and there.

The bars are cranked a bit, and have been going up and down over the years lol... the plans over the next 6 weeks on the ranger are: 32s, more crank, alignment, ujoints, replace all fluids, and tint. Im not running shackles because the 31 spline rear sits a little higher over the basic 4x4 ranger. So its not something I need/want.
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Old 04-01-2014, 08:03 AM
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thanks man. lol, the focus is pretty much done now. just a few small things here and there. The bars are cranked a bit, and have been going up and down over the years lol... the plans over the next 6 weeks on the ranger are: 32s, more crank, alignment, ujoints, replace all fluids, and tint. Im not running shackles because the 31 spline rear sits a little higher over the basic 4x4 ranger. So its not something I need/want.
Don't forget the body lift!
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Old 04-01-2014, 02:48 PM
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no bodylift in the future. I was really on the fence but I love my alcoas too much.
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Old 04-02-2014, 04:20 AM
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Cleaned her up a bit yesterday
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