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The Lone Ranger – Fender Trimming
Very little trimming was required in the rear: And with the flare back on: I might have to trim just a smidge more back here, we’ll see when I flex it again. The front needed a bit more aggressive of a trim job: I wound up leaving some of that little bracket in the front to make it easier to mount the inner fender liner too. Hopefully it won’t rub the tire too bad at full stuff.
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The Lone Ranger – Second Stretch
Happy Day! The Ranger took its first ‘long’ road trip into work today (about 18 miles one way). I’m happy to report it didn’t fall apart and kill a buss load of Nuns on the way in… With the 4:10’s, it’s a bit steep, but really not that bad at all to drive (5th gear is 2k rpms at 70 mph). You’ve got to burn a bit more clutch to get it moving, but once its rolling life is good.…
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The Lone Ranger – Death of a Cherokee
The Ranger has been kicked out of the garage for the past few days to allow me to strip down my other wheeler. I did grab a few photos of the XJ and the Ranger hanging out next to each other for a bit. Considering all the places I managed to squeeze that XJ in, the Ranger looks way overbuilt sitting next to it.
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The Lone Ranger – Stretching its legs
I borrowed a cherry picker to help me out with determining how much flex this thing has. It also helped me figure out what needs to be trimmed in the future. Other than trimming the front some, and coming up with some longer brake lines for the front, everything is looking pretty happy. For reference, there was 34” under the rear tire when it was in the air, and 30” under the front when it was in there air. It…
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The Lone Ranger – Rear Frame Trim and Bed Spacers
Since 14.5” was cut out of the front of the bed, I needed to cut out a chunk of the rear frame to get it tucked back under the bed again. If you recall, the first time I put the bed on the back of the truck, it had the frame hanging out like this: So it started out looking like this: I removed 11.5” From the rear (that’s as much as I could cut off and still get the…