Ford Ranger Forum - Forums for Ford Ranger enthusiasts!

Go Back   Ford Ranger Forum - Forums for Ford Ranger enthusiasts! > >
Forgot Password? Join Us!

Welcome to Ford Ranger Forum

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread

  #1  
Old 08-03-2015, 04:10 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

First, before I tell you anything about her, I want to apologize. I got this truck on June 18, and was going to wait a month to put this up, because before then I had exams and no time to mod. Afterwards I did a lot of mods and forgot to post along the way. She is a '03 Edge with a 3.0 and a 5 speed stick. I got her with 104xxx miles from the original owner. While he mechanically took care of her he hated that he bought a ford and removed all ford badges but the one on the airbag (that he tried to). What I have done so far is a seat swap, some minor mods I am forgetting, and replaced all the badging. Picture time? Sure!

When I got her:

uploadfromtaptalk1438643238223.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438643275979.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438643304748.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438643333191.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438643361911.jpg

Sorry, I'm on mobile so I can post a max of 5 pics that turn out sideways.
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 08-03-2015, 04:14 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Next thing I did was a seat swap fro the stock seats (that were in great shape and later got sold for $80) to the beautiful seats my stock XL Fleet Ranger came with:

Before:

uploadfromtaptalk1438643546369.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438643577187.jpg

After:

uploadfromtaptalk1438643616300.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438643635985.jpg
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 08-03-2015, 04:14 PM
camodown camodown is offline
I'm kind of a big deal
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 4,848
Default

Looks good but she didn't used to be a guy did she?
__________________
Lifted and junk

Double Lifted Rangers
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 08-03-2015, 04:21 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

That same day, I wanted to track down the electrical issues I was having (turned out to be a dead battery from sitting a year) and swap the steering wheel for a leather one.

Engine bay:

uploadfromtaptalk1438643789884.jpg

Little did I know the wheel is stubborn and took 5 guys (not including autozone), 3 days, and 3 broken wheel pullers (autozone guys didn't believe they weren't working and broke them) for us to give up.
I still can't get the damn thing off, but every timeI visit the jy, I pull many off with my bare hands in disbelief 😧.

So pics of failure:

uploadfromtaptalk1438644072468.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438644091907.jpg
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 08-03-2015, 04:34 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Next, I decided to get my CHMSL working, the guy said he had tried to fix it but nothing happened. I checked the fuses and the wiring and nothing wrong so I almost give up when I check the bulb and it's blown! 😂 So I order LEDs off amazon and get those in with a new housing I had been holding onto (the current one had the leak)

Pic time again!

uploadfromtaptalk1438644417928.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438644436419.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438644452133.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438644467441.jpg

Fast forward a few days and I'm at a garage sale. I spot a Ford rim, ask if it's for sale, and what it's off of. Turns out it'll fit my truck and since I need a spare, I decide to buy it. Now the price the guy told me was $15, so I pay him. As I'm carrying it to my truck, he asks where I want the rest! He sold me 4 great rims for $15 when I thought it was 1! 😄

The rims:
(Only pic I have)
uploadfromtaptalk1438644839803.jpg
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.

Last edited by Kealel; 08-03-2015 at 05:03 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 08-03-2015, 04:39 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Finally I think that brings us to the last 2 days. I have spent lots of time at the jy, looking for things I want/need for 2 different Rangers (finally fixing up Penguin) so I have gotten *many* badges of all sorts an expo bezel to customize, and possibly an OHC

Batch #1:

uploadfromtaptalk1438645050794.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438645075517.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438645088855.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438645100833.jpg

Bezel:

uploadfromtaptalk1438645132377.jpg
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.

Last edited by Kealel; 08-03-2015 at 05:04 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 08-03-2015, 04:51 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

From today:

uploadfromtaptalk1438645205413.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438645216480.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438645226683.jpg

So I took all the v6 escape badges they had in there, the newest Ranger they had (actually 3 of the 4) was a 1997 and the 4th was a '94. Can't remember what was what but one was a splash and one was a STX. Suprising to me was that 3 of them also had power bucket seats and a center counsel, and that all had rolled so bad that all the seats and counsels were completely destroyed. 😢 and something I have never seen in a Ranger: a 6 disk changer in the backseat area!

Enough rambling! I almost forgot I picked up a shift knob! (But I'm not going to tell you I spent 4 hours wrenching on my own trying to get that f-er off before I gave up and found out the dang thing is splined, not threaded &#128545 so now I have a shifter waiting to be cut up and jb welded.

uploadfromtaptalk1438645683220.jpg

(Btw: that pic is after that 4 hours and it's still dang tight.)

Lalst thing of catching you up so far: I passed this milestone, and withen the week plan to pas 108k!

uploadfromtaptalk1438645845156.jpg
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 08-03-2015, 04:55 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Now, some pics of fun and love:

uploadfromtaptalk1438645952638.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438645998320.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438646021178.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438646035980.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1438646071086.jpg

*Note: none of the people in the pics are me, because I still haven't had my pic taken with her yet 😳
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 08-03-2015, 05:02 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Quote:
Originally Posted by camodown View Post
Looks good but she didn't used to be a guy did she?
Haha, that's actually a joke that led to the name! I wanted my next truck truck to be a girl because whenever something happens (some bad driver almost hitting me and I avoid somehow or some offroading victory) I always pat the steering wheel and say atta girl, but when I got the truck, I had a hard time saying it felt more like a she, and that was right when "Caitlyn" was everywhere and new so I liked that name when my friends suggested it!
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 08-09-2015, 03:35 PM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Time for an update, I went to the Jy today and got some things... a replacement window flare for my driver side, a white instrument cluster, and a fake wood expo bezel which will probably go into Penguin.

uploadfromtaptalk1439159542319.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1439159571039.jpg

as of now, I am probably going to add blue leds to the IC but leave the green paint on. Anyone who did this think it looks bad? I am hoping I can drown it out or have a cool tint.
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 08-25-2015, 08:58 AM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

This weekend was busy and fun!

Plasti dipped my grill (I know a mirror is missing... you'll find out later)

uploadfromtaptalk1440518042617.jpg

I have never seen anyone swap in 06 mirrors and make them completely body color, so I did.
(Donated my mirrors to someone in need because no Ranger should have flags)

uploadfromtaptalk1440518156643.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1440518177346.jpg

Out with the broken and old...

uploadfromtaptalk1440518209783.jpg

In with the like new but still old

uploadfromtaptalk1440518245433.jpg

I did a lot... might have missed something. Oh well!
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 08-25-2015, 09:04 AM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Almost forgot!

Got an amp/sub combo

Attachment 137644

Did my rims (they were peeling, getting new rims on soon tho)

uploadfromtaptalk1440518621757.jpg

And finally got my ashtray

(No pic yet)
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 09-02-2015, 08:40 AM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Well, I went to the jy to find a bedliner and a fog light. No good liners, and closest light I found was a 2003 Exop. Long story short, it doesn't fit, and trying to take off my broken ine, the tabs on my bumper to mount the light broke off. Does that mean i need a new bumper to even put one on now or has someone gotten around that?
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 09-02-2015, 08:42 AM
Kealel Kealel is offline
Bringing hell to the city
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,585
Default Re: Caitlin: the '03 EDGE

Just some pics because I loved the lighting

uploadfromtaptalk1441208443576.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1441208462900.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1441208487615.jpg

uploadfromtaptalk1441208505092.jpg
__________________
Baby Girl: 2006 White Ranger XL with many memories. R.I.P. 1/26/15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan03CO View Post
I knew you were an alright guy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ford4thot View Post
The only reason it's worn out junk is because you've gone 70k miles without changing the oil.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 09-02-2015, 09:13 AM
dangerranger01NJ dangerranger01NJ is offline
Just the tip
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,377
Default

Color matched mirrors look good man, nice truck
__________________
2006 Ford Ranger FX4 Off Road
maxed out torsion keys, Add a Leaf, 3" higher then stock, LT265/75R16 BF Goodrich all terrain KO2s on 16x8 Black Rock 997 Type 8 Wheels, 15% front windows, 5% back windows. Cobra 40 Channel CB and a 3' Firestik II, 3157 Pilot LED backup light bulbs and 2 KC Dayligher 100 Watt lights
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Craigslist / eBay Find: Another beutiful Edge (01 xlt Edge) - "LMAO" - St. Louis Ranger_Up Trucks 3 12-15-2013 07:50 AM
Craigslist / eBay Find: Best looking 01 EDGE ever !! So. IL Ranger_Up Trucks 37 12-11-2013 03:29 PM
Caitlin-04 ranger edge RangerEdge2004 Introduce Yourself 10 02-18-2012 03:51 AM
Ford Edge not Ford Ranger Edge OhioMike Off Topic 0 11-05-2011 09:40 PM
took the Edge to the edge azgilamonster Vehicle Snapshots 8 09-14-2010 02:25 PM