92 ford ranger

airmanwilliams

airmanwilliams

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My father purchased a 92 4wd ext cab ford ranger about 2 years ago and on the way home he found out that it had a cracked head. Well, he is finally getting around to fixing it and having my younger brother take it into his mechanics class in highschool to tinker with it.

My father and younger brother have asked me to find out what some cheap and easy mods that they can do to this ranger are(mainly because this is going to be a project for my brother to work on the next few years in school for a couple hours a week). Its stock so they said they want to get a 2" body lift and about a 4" suspension lift.
 
thats what I would like to see it with but my brother is the one thats doing the mods and he has a tight budget. I will mention it to him and will look at it more closely when I go out there the first two weeks of may. they arent even sure if they want it anymore now but it only has about 80,000 miles and its getting a brand new head put on it and no rust, I want it so bad just cant put a carseat in the backseat cause they are sideways.
 
Devel said:
stay away from a body lift, you gain nothing
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x2! Tell him not to be dead set on it. Body lifts are sketchy. We've all been poor wheelers before (some of us still are), and we've all considered a body lift at some time. Having run them before, I'll never run one again. In fact, I'd say that 90% of my friends who have them wish they didn't. There's a reason people don't recommend body lifts. You feel it when you drive, and it just makes the entire vehicle feel cheap and unsafe. Fender trimming is always better than a body lift. Friends don't let friends install a body lift.

Also, remember that more lift is not always better. I'm running about 3" of lift on my truck, and I like it so much better than previous trucks with 5" of lift.

If he doesn't have a big budget to mod it, then he should wait 'till he can afford to do it right. Some simple and cheap mods are bumpers, sliders, and maybe a lockrite or something like that. He'll be able to go a ton of places with it built like that. Then we can teach him to throw a solid axle under it in a year or two when he can afford it.
 
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thanks steve. he has a welding class right now too and im hoping that since I know the teacher well I can sneak in there and build some sliders for him and possibly help start a bumper for him. think if I built sliders for the sami they would let them go in checked baggage on a flight?
 
if he has a welding class, have him focus his efforts on bumpers and sliders. Much better $ spent than a body lift.

Honestly, I think you should get the TJ sliders from trail gear while they're 50% off, and we can make 'em work on your rig.
 
the TG sliders have a step. Measure your rocker panels to see how long your sliders need to be. Then we can compare to the TG slider length.
 
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