The ranger is home at last! (56K grab a beer)

01_ranger_4x4 · #1 04-11-2010, 01:24 PM

Well i finally got my ranger out of winter storage and it was nice to drive her again. feels like sports car compared to my F-150 although the ride isnt near as good. lol i have a couple mod ideas for her right now, the stabilizer bars are coming off to make the ride smoother off road, limiter straps will be added to the front to keep the shocks from bottoming out and i have to rig up a mount for my scangauge II. i couldnt resist snapping a few pics of her and the F-150. the trucks need a bath though.

im unhappy the ranger has to live outside, but i will soon be building a carport off the garage for it to sleep in out of the elements.

smakes · #2 04-11-2010, 01:25 PM

lookin good, but couldnt you have atleast closed the garage so we didnt have to look at that ugly chevy?

Ranger01 · #3 04-11-2010, 01:29 PM

Yea c'mon common courtesy???

Looks great! Wish i could put mine in storage for winter

richarddhoward · #4 04-11-2010, 01:30 PM

Looks awesome Patrick, I love you're truck. The color is awesome, and I love those wheels!

Just for Smakes

lol

01_ranger_4x4 · #5 04-11-2010, 01:31 PM

how can u guys even see the chevy with that bright white ford right next to it? lol

smakes · #6 04-11-2010, 01:32 PM

because i can spot a hunk of crap from a mile away hahaha

and why is the ranger parked outside in the cold and not the chevy? afraid of the chevy rusting to bits in one day?

01_ranger_4x4 · #7 04-11-2010, 01:36 PM

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because i can spot a hunk of crap from a mile away hahaha

and why is the ranger parked outside in the cold and not the chevy? afraid of the chevy rusting to bits in one day?

becuase the chevy is my wifes, she outranks the ranger lol. but i will agree with you, it is a hunk of shit, its the only vehicle that leaks all ove rthe garage. i hate it.

smakes · #8 04-11-2010, 01:50 PM

lol you should make her scrub the garage to clean up after it!

richarddhoward · #9 04-11-2010, 01:53 PM

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lol you should make her scrub the garage to clean up after it!

Do it! Make her wear something skimp for you and make it a game lol

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becuase the chevy is my wifes, she outranks the ranger lol. but i will agree with you, it is a hunk of shit, its the only vehicle that leaks all ove rthe garage. i hate it.

Fix it, none of my GM's did that. I had a 96 Blazer and the GMC is a 99, both have over 100k on em and don't leak a drop

01_ranger_4x4 · #10 04-11-2010, 02:02 PM

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Fix it, none of my GM's did that. I had a 96 Blazer and the GMC is a 99, both have over 100k on em and don't leak a drop

i do fix it, ALOT, its hard to keep up with it. the thing is just a peice of crap, as soon as i fix one leak or problem, another one pops up. right now the intake it leaking. a month ago the front and rear main seals started leaking. its got 140,000 on it but its done this nickle and dime shit from the day we got it with 99,000 on it. the airbag light comes on here and there, the check engine light comes and goes, could never get any codes off it and the ABS light comes on now and than and the gas gauge works only about half the time. the entire interior rattles like crazy and the panels like to pop off sometimes, its just a poorly built vehicle. i vow to never buy another GM product after owing this pile.

richarddhoward · #11 04-11-2010, 02:13 PM

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i do fix it, ALOT, its hard to keep up with it. the thing is just a peice of crap, as soon as i fix one leak or problem, another one pops up. right now the intake it leaking. a month ago the front and rear main seals started leaking. its got 140,000 on it but its done this nickle and dime shit from the day we got it with 99,000 on it. the airbag light comes on here and there, the check engine light comes and goes, could never get any codes off it and the ABS light comes on now and than and the gas gauge works only about half the time. the entire interior rattles like crazy and the panels like to pop off sometimes, its just a poorly built vehicle. i vow to never buy another GM product after owing this pile.

Huh, that's a totally different experience then I have had with them. And out of the 19 cars I've owned, all the vehicles except 5 have been GM and the only real big problems other then an alternator and a fan on the Sonoma have been my fault, young kid, car, lead foot you get the idea lol

trcothorn · #12 04-11-2010, 02:19 PM

that ranger looks like a beast even beside the f150

joeynm22 · #13 04-11-2010, 02:26 PM

If you think your trucks need a bath. Then mine needs a full day at the spa lol. They look clean to me.

Nice truck btw.

01_ranger_4x4 · #14 04-11-2010, 02:57 PM

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Huh, that's a totally different experience then I have had with them. And out of the 19 cars I've owned, all the vehicles except 5 have been GM and the only real big problems other then an alternator and a fan on the Sonoma have been my fault, young kid, car, lead foot you get the idea lol

im sure they arent all as crappy as the one i have, but this one ruined it for me. i made a gamble when i bought it and i lost.

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that ranger looks like a beast even beside the f150

thanks man.

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If you think your trucks need a bath. Then mine needs a full day at the spa lol. They look clean to me.

Nice truck btw.

thanks, they arent filthy but the rangers covered in dust form sitting since november and the F-150 just has road grime from the rain we just got.

richarddhoward · #15 04-11-2010, 03:01 PM

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im sure they arent all as crappy as the one i have, but this one ruined it for me. i made a gamble when i bought it and i lost.

Lol yeah, I think this can happen to anyone. I was not a Ford guy, you could never get me to buy one, then I got this truck, it has safely gotten me across country several times, and been reliable in the worst conditions. The road goes two ways there. How do you like your f150? I didn't like the one I drove but I wasn't in it long either.