project frankenranger

[91yotaprerunner]

her are some pics of whats been going on in my buddies garage. its a 99 ranger that just had a 350 swapped in to it. I was in charge of the suspension. The front end isnt finished yet, i still have to finish plating the spindles, do the steering, and add some more gusseting to the upper and lower arms, but u can get the basic idea of whats going on with it. right now it cycles 20 inches with the shocks mounted up, still waiting to see what the steering does to that number.

feel free to share you comments, good or bad, i always enjoy constructive criticism

[ShaneR]

Do you have any close up pics of the spindels, I would like to see what you did there? Looks good but it is hard to see, the pics of the truck are dark.

[91yotaprerunner]

here are some pics of the spindles for my toyota kit, the pictures dont show the completey finished ones, but u can get the idea of what is done to them. the ones on the ranger are modified the same, just 3 inches taller. the stock ranger spindles suck, and i dont have enough tools readily available to me to build complete custom spindles, so i decided to just run the toyota ones, they are the same lug pattern.

the main tubing is 1.25 X .281 wall DOM. i dont think its gonna bend or break anytime soon.

[Ron_Burgandy]

Its good to see some one else modifying there spindles, even if it feels like cheating. Uncertainty loves company.