subydrift
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Hey all, my name is Robbie and I just bought an 04’ 2wd XL a couple weeks ago. It has quite a bit of work done to the exterior already. I used to be a Subaru guy and built a 96’ Impreza for rallycross racing but have always wanted to build a prerunner out of a Ranger. I found this truck the day after I sold my suabru and just had to have it.
It’s an 04’ Ranger XL with the 2.3L and Auto trans. It is pretty slow but it has enough pep to keep me happy and it gets good gas mileage still. It currently has 157k miles which I didn’t like but I did some research and found out that these duratech motors are pretty strong so that eased my mind a little.
The current mods include:
- Fiberglass front fenders
- Fiberglass TT bedsides
-Custom front bumper w/ skidplate
- Custom rear bumper w/ fold down tire carrier
- American Racing Outlaw II rims
- 2" wheel spacers
- 31x10.50R15 A/T tires
- Front coil spring spacers
- Front shock spacers
- Overload leaf removed in rear
- Custom side exit exhaust
- Newer front end
It’s mostly exterior work. The PO put some cheap Pepboys spring spacers in which stiffened the front end quite a bit and it was topping out the front shocks so I put spacers under the upper bushing on the front shocks to keep it from topping out. He also had the rear shackles flipped and removed the overload leaf so the rear was super low. I re-flipped the shackles cause it was bouncing off the bumpstops and it rides much better in the rear. The exhaust is straight piped after the cats and comes out the pass. side rear fender so when I have the extra money I’m going to put a magnaflow in there to quiet it down some.
I want to build it conservative but still have it fun. It is my DD and I’m on a budget so 2k+ suspension won’t happen but I’m going to do little mods to make it tougher and allow me to do some rough desert and logging road driving when I’m out camping.
Future mods include:
- Magnaflow muffler w/ 2.25” piping (still side exit)
- K&N Panel filter
- Belltech rear shackles
- Energy Suspension F&R bump stops
- Fat Bob's 2" Spring Spacers
- Bilstein 5100 shocks in front
- ProComp ES3000 shocks in rear
- Rework front bumper and add light hoop
- 2 Hella 500 lights
- Window tint
- 8.8 rear axle w/ 4.56 gears
- Possible manual trans swap in the future
That’s it for now. On to the pics!!!
Here's how close the bump stops used to be...
Here is how the rear shackle was when i bought it...
I think they just used some 2" DOM tube scrap for the exhaust cause its pretty dang small...
Here's the ghetto coil spring spacers. They make the front end super stiff!
The custom spare tire carrier. It folds down to which is super nice.
And the front bumper. It's pretty basic so I'm gonna remake stronger mounts and add some side tubes and a light hoop with light mounts.
It’s an 04’ Ranger XL with the 2.3L and Auto trans. It is pretty slow but it has enough pep to keep me happy and it gets good gas mileage still. It currently has 157k miles which I didn’t like but I did some research and found out that these duratech motors are pretty strong so that eased my mind a little.
The current mods include:
- Fiberglass front fenders
- Fiberglass TT bedsides
-Custom front bumper w/ skidplate
- Custom rear bumper w/ fold down tire carrier
- American Racing Outlaw II rims
- 2" wheel spacers
- 31x10.50R15 A/T tires
- Front coil spring spacers
- Front shock spacers
- Overload leaf removed in rear
- Custom side exit exhaust
- Newer front end
It’s mostly exterior work. The PO put some cheap Pepboys spring spacers in which stiffened the front end quite a bit and it was topping out the front shocks so I put spacers under the upper bushing on the front shocks to keep it from topping out. He also had the rear shackles flipped and removed the overload leaf so the rear was super low. I re-flipped the shackles cause it was bouncing off the bumpstops and it rides much better in the rear. The exhaust is straight piped after the cats and comes out the pass. side rear fender so when I have the extra money I’m going to put a magnaflow in there to quiet it down some.
I want to build it conservative but still have it fun. It is my DD and I’m on a budget so 2k+ suspension won’t happen but I’m going to do little mods to make it tougher and allow me to do some rough desert and logging road driving when I’m out camping.
Future mods include:
- Magnaflow muffler w/ 2.25” piping (still side exit)
- K&N Panel filter
- Belltech rear shackles
- Energy Suspension F&R bump stops
- Fat Bob's 2" Spring Spacers
- Bilstein 5100 shocks in front
- ProComp ES3000 shocks in rear
- Rework front bumper and add light hoop
- 2 Hella 500 lights
- Window tint
- 8.8 rear axle w/ 4.56 gears
- Possible manual trans swap in the future
That’s it for now. On to the pics!!!
Here's how close the bump stops used to be...
Here is how the rear shackle was when i bought it...
I think they just used some 2" DOM tube scrap for the exhaust cause its pretty dang small...
Here's the ghetto coil spring spacers. They make the front end super stiff!
The custom spare tire carrier. It folds down to which is super nice.
And the front bumper. It's pretty basic so I'm gonna remake stronger mounts and add some side tubes and a light hoop with light mounts.
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