Prerunner Build

fx2prerunner · Jul 3, 2010

This is a condenced version om my thread in the prerunners forum.

I started with a stock 2WD 94 2.3 5spd ranger, the first mod was a f150 coil spacer lift and 31's, a few months later I added some fiberglass from fiberwerx and made a front bumper and a tire carrier. I upgraded to a Pro Comp 5" lift, a 8.8 with 3.73's and trac loc (R6), flipped rear hangers/shackles with some blocks, then I upgraded the Pro Comp lift with some home made extended radius arms It stayed that way until the tear down.
After stripping three trucks I had a ok chasis and cab and a bunch of good parts I cut out most of the cross members and built stronger ones with re-inforcments where I wanted them, then I started building a new suspension setup keeping the radius arms and the coils and building the rest, I-beams, shackles and leaf pack. then I mounted a fuel cell, rear mounted dual batteries, dropped in a 5.0L upfront and started the rollcage.

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frankserrano · Jul 4, 2010

great work so far, bub. really looking forward to see how far this build goes.

Kyle M. · Jul 4, 2010

I want more!

Clay Lorance · Jul 4, 2010

I want to see more, that little truck is going to be sick as hell when its finished. :icon_cheers:

ForOffRoadDriving · Jul 4, 2010

awesome!

Boggin · Jul 4, 2010

i remember when i saw her and she was just a bare frame and cab and a fuel cell lol, she come a nice ways since then. good work bud

oldschool1955 · Jul 5, 2010

LOVETHE PRERUNNER :yahoo:

I wanted to do that to my 99 but am heading in a different direction now. Police interceptor. :headbang:

alwaysFlOoReD · Jul 5, 2010

That looks really good. I can appreciate the amount of work you've done. How long from beginning to now and how many $ do you figure is in it?
Richard

fx2prerunner · Jul 6, 2010

alwaysFlOoReD said:
That looks really good. I can appreciate the amount of work you've done. How long from beginning to now and how many $ do you figure is in it?
Richard

I started the new build in the spring of 08 only working on it in the summers, I have somewhere around 7 grand in parts and material (give or take a few hundred) in it so far, shipping from the west coast to Newfoundland is NOT CHEAP so I am including it into my build cost. I hope to have it driveable for summer 2012 but im laid off now and loosing build time every week that I cant spend money on the truck. With all that said its more about the build for me not the finished product, so im not in a rush to see it finished.

Boggin · Jul 6, 2010

fx2prerunner said:
I started the new build in the spring of 08 only working on it in the summers, I have somewhere around 7 grand in parts and material (give or take a few hundred) in it so far, shipping from the west coast to Newfoundland is NOT CHEAP so I am including it into my build cost. I hope to have it driveable for summer 2012 but im laid off now and loosing build time every week that I cant spend money on the truck. With all that said its more about the build for me not the finished product, so im not in a rush to see it finished.

oh she will be driveable then. if not ill come out an get her goin myself cause me and you WILL be breakin her in that summer an hopefully ill have somethin done with my ranger so i can soemwhat keep up to you, haha

fx2prerunner · Jul 20, 2010

I'll have the skid plate for it tomorrow, with some work with a finishing wheel it wont be so rough, still thinking about adding a front reciver

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Boggin · Jul 20, 2010

its weird keeping up with 2 threads lol, looks good

fx2prerunner · Jul 21, 2010

those 31's are now a thing of the past, traded them for some wore out 33" swampers mounted on wheels that Boggin wanted, ill be picking up a 9" rear and a set of 33's from Boggin in the near future

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P.S. my prerunner looks gay with swampers on it

Boggin · Jul 21, 2010

fx2prerunner said:
those 31's are now a thing of the past, traded them for some wore out 33" swampers mounted on wheels that Boggin wanted, ill be picking up a 9" rear and a set of 33's from Boggin in the near future

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P.S. my prerunner looks gay with swampers on it

thanks alot man!

what are you going to do for wheels when you get my 33s?

fx2prerunner · Jul 21, 2010

I need to get some 8" steel wheels that will eventually become beadlocks

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