It's about time and I figured I should go ahead and make one of these build threads before I forget everything.
I have a 2000 Ford Ranger XLT 3.0L V6 2WD in a beautiful, dented, scratched, chipped, and faded Harvest Gold. I have had the truck for a little under 2 years, got it in August of 2013.
As of 7/24/15 this is the list of mods done to my truck:
-Hard bed cover removed
-Roll on Herculiner the bed
-Chrome UWS low-profile tool box
-Gifted some 6K low/high HIDs
-Red LEDs in the interior
-Cool white, bright af LED reverse lights
-Removed air dam
-06 power mirrors
-30% front tint and 5% rear tint
-3" coil spacers and 2" blocks
-Replaced most of my front suspension
-31x10.50r15 Toyo A/T II's
-Throttle cable mod
-Ghetto lights inside toolbox
-Made some paracord grab handles
-Reese roof racks (the $30 ones from walmart)
-pads for roof racks
-21.5" SeaToughLED lightbar (originally a spot/flood combo, replaced with a dual color)
-Remove rear jump seats
-Re-did ghetto lighting in toolbox to be not ghetto
-06 tails
-Painted the "Ranger" in the door jam gold
-Removed roof racks
-Removed HIDs
-Removed crappy coil spacer and installed 3" Doetsch spindle lift
-Replace ball joints again (coil spacers suck) after <5K miles, all MOOG this time
-Various repairs were skipped/missed in this list (e.i. I chased a coolant leak for over a year, etc)
How my truck sits today:
Picture time!
First picture of the truck:
Bed cover off, before bed lining:
After bed lining:
Chrome UWS low profile toolbox:
Red interior dome light:
Originally ordered warm white LEDs for reverse lights on accident:
6K HIDs:
Murica:
Old and new mirrors:
Old and busted:
New hotness:
Wiring up the mirrors:
Killin that stock truck game:
Tinted:
The day it got lifted after a year of ownership (coil spacers and blocks):
Ghetto wiring in the toolbox:
Pretty picture:
Another pretty picture:
Again a pretty picture:
Paracord grab handles 1.0:
Paracord grab handles 2.0:
Reese roof racks:
Pads on the roof racks:
Original lightbar:
Close up:
Bright:
Interior setup with switch:
The dual color bar (current):
Cool things:
Sorry it is sideway, but new lightbar close up:
Flag:
Ghetto wiring gone:
Hidden wiring:
At night:
On a dirt road:
Palmetto trees:
Love this picture, but sideway for some reason:
Remove the rear jump seats, replaced spots with carpet:
Old and new tails:
06 tails:
Reverse lights (cool white finally):
Some light painting:
Pretty picture palmetto trees:
One of my favorite pictures:
The lights are off in the garage:
Roof racks are done (Too much upkeep, I'll invest in actual roof racks when I can afford to):
Shine:
HIDs are gone:
Spindles have arrived, good bye coil spacers:
How it sits now: