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Old 08-18-2009
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Looks good john good work man looks 10x better then before
 
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Yeah its alot better than when I got it. I haven't got a chance to do anything too it between work and family...lol
 
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yeah looks awesome, the way you painted the hood, to me, mimicks the powerdome but without the bubble. very nice.
 
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Old 08-21-2009
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i follow all your builds and you do a very good job from what i see, im very jealous i dont have the funds, energy, time or any of that other stuff to do what you do.
 
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looks great man my trucks coming down next week to get painted sound good lol
 
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Originally Posted by j99ranger4x4
i follow all your builds and you do a very good job from what i see, im very jealous i dont have the funds, energy, time or any of that other stuff to do what you do.
Thanks man, keep in mind I started with an 800 dollar ranger and built up from there. It just takes work. Everytime I sell one part of the money goes back to the house or christmas or something and the rest is reinvested...


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looks great man my trucks coming down next week to get painted sound good lol
Bring it down, I just got a new paint roller...lol
 
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Bring it down, I just got a new paint roller...lol
Downey be the first one with textured paint on the whole Ranger.
 
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It'll look like linex
 
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truck looks awesome
 
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Thanks, hopefully I'll get it back together this weekend...lol
 
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Well I did a little this evening after we went to dinner right after work. I finished painting the frame, then I got rid of the tracktor muffler(I still have to get a coupling for the front because the pipes were off an extended cab), and sat the bed back on it. Watch for some progress over the weekend!
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Old 08-22-2009
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Did you paint the wheels and get paint on the tires?
 
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Old 08-22-2009
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What did you paint the frame with? It makes the frame look like a new one.
 
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I got paint on the tires because like dummy I didn't cover them. I know better...lol I painted the frame with black spray cans and then used undercoating, not perfect but much better!
 
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Well I got the bed all bolted on, rear bumper, tails, and tailgate handle out back. Got the flares painted and installed and the front bumper is what I was working on. Thought I'd take a couple pics before dark.
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Looks so much better than it did when you first picked it up.
 
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Old 08-23-2009
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hmm I don't know if i like the black bumper and flares. guess i'll have to wait till its all put together. But it doesn't matter what you do to it those mirrors look so bad i hate them.
 
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Thanks Cody. Yeah I intended to paint the bumper green but ran out of green paint so I just used some black I had. Sorry to all the flag mirror haters, I don't have another set of mirrors that are not power and I'm not going to buy them because it will probably be for sale next week...lol
 
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Looks awesome man, paint the bumper to match the flare and you'll be set. Nothing wrong with the flag mirrors I'm rocking them proudly.
 
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I haven't got around to doing some buffing and major cleaning but I took a few pics this evening. As far as progress, yesterday I polished up a set of center caps and installed them. I also sprayed a little undercoating on the seams in the bed and installed the bedliner(still dirty). Tonight I vacumned down the a/c and installed the a/c control in the dash, to my suprise when I started adding freon the compessor kicked right in and it works great...awesome! Anyway here's a few pics...
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looks good man
 
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Thanks, I actually have a list of things to do before I call it done. Install the valance, buff it, paint the rear bumper...
 
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I am really digging the paint job.
 
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Old 08-26-2009
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I think the t-bars need a little crank too seems like too much rake. But I do like the paint but color matched flares and bumper would have been better if you had more paint.
 
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Yeah cranking the bars a little is onthe list. I agree on the color match...except the mudflaps would look weird green
 



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