Josh40601's Build Thread. (D-ranged)

RangerSVT · Dec 23, 2015

I can turn them off, but i can't email tunes, i need to have the handheld hooked to my laptop directly...

SVT

bobbywalter · Dec 23, 2015

fat fender the bed before ya paint it.

or are ya gonna use giant flares?

Josh40601 · Dec 29, 2015

bobbywalter said:
fat fender the bed before ya paint it.

or are ya gonna use giant flares?

Pull the bedsides?

Josh40601 · Dec 29, 2015

RangerSVT said:
I can turn them off, but i can't email tunes, i need to have the handheld hooked to my laptop directly...

SVT

Well shit.

Josh40601 · Jan 4, 2016

still not painted. my dad is just as bad as me :icon_twisted:

I started working on the hole in the bottom of the cab.

Here is the before:

And the after

Its still not done, but trying to make a removable panel that seals in some way to keep the outside from being inside has been a lot of trial an error. And I'm not that good of a fabricator anyway so that has some part to do with it too. lol

Grunizzle · Jan 5, 2016

What transfercase are you using again?

Josh40601 · Jan 5, 2016

203/205 setup. Mike clocked the rear up so I wouldn't have a drop belly that was a boat anchor so although it has been a lot of work, it's been worth it.

Also the shifter arm for the 203 wouldn't work, so again I reached out to Jon at JB Fab. This dude is the man. He built a custom lever for me for less than the cost of a good beer. Anyone looking for shifters and kits, you gotta hit him up. I know after all the back and forth for mins, He has truly proven the asset of his company.

Josh40601 · Feb 7, 2016

Getting closer...

-Nathan- · Feb 8, 2016

Looking good man!

Josh40601 · Feb 8, 2016

-Nathan- said:
Looking good man!

Thanks dude!

Josh40601 · Feb 14, 2016

Really looking like the ol girl now. Still lots of little things to do, and my dad burned through the passenger door in 1 spot so he has to fix that, and get the overspray off the rubber, but its really close now.

This time I made the flare bolt on so when we do go off-roading, I can take them off instead of ripping them off like last time. The rear flares still need to be trimmed, but am waiting until I build the rear bumper so the flare mounts up nicely to that too.

Decided against the headers. Just going to run this engine like it is until it dies, then I'll do a different, more powerful engine at that time.

Biggest thing now is just getting it running well, and able to daily it again. Still a lot of little stuff to do. Hope I will have it DDable before May. House is pretty much dun, Explorer only needs like 2 days work and it will be dun, so the rest can be spent on this.

kris97ranger · Feb 14, 2016

I saw the spoiler on instagram looks great

prerunner · Jul 17, 2016

Josh, can you post an update for this?
Nothing since mid-February, man. I'd bet its done.

RangerSVT · Aug 4, 2016

He's recently moved back to CA, the truck is still in KY...

SVT

prerunner · Aug 10, 2016

RangerSVT said:
He's recently moved back to CA, the truck is still in KY...

SVT

Ah crap. I'll be having withdrawals for months now.

Thanks though, SVT.

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