Jwells96
Active Member
- First Name
- Jared
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2022
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- Location
- Southern California
- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 Ford Ranger XLT 2wd
- Occupation
- Sales
Fender flares just shipped out today from Ford and will be here early next week, guess i got lucky.I'll PM you his number, but he's just an installer and knows a damn good bit about the Ranger pieces.
Just FYI about the Belltech front drop. I have emails from KW (Belltech) saying that the control arm/control arm front drop kit actually only lowers the front end 2.75", which is about the same as I'm at with the Control Front drop.
I do all mechanical work myself. As long as you have about 4 jack stands and a couple of floor jacks and some mechanical knowledge, you'll be fine. You have to remove the whole leaf spring pack, to do some modifications to it and it's not heavy at all. Then, when you reinstall the leaf pack, it'll mount to the front hanger first, then under the axle. It's really not too difficult, if you're prepared for everything and doing all this on the floor isn't too bad and I'm almost 50 years old! A pair of Quick Jacks would've been awesome, but not something I wanted to spend $1500-$2000 on and wait months, until they were delivered...
I actually remember starting on the rear, about 4pm on a Friday afternoon, after work and finishing it about 4-5 hours later.
Some wives are different than others, LOL! My wife was happy that I had something to work on, after selling the Miata... This build is pretty much all I talked about from early 2021 until I got the truck in October and then starting get all the parts in from October through February of this years...
I started ordering parts at the end of October and the suspension took the longest to get... I was planning on using Belltech on all 4 corners, but their, at the time, new control arm design released too early and when I ordered it, I had all sorts of trouble with Belltech CS. I finally was able to get ahold of their finance girl and then she gave me their CEO's number and all she did was apologize for everything I'd been through and gave me a discount and free shipping on my rear kit!
Oh, I found a pic of the wheel/tire after the drop, but without flares and it does stick out 3" from the fender...
Their instructions are really pretty good, with the lack of bolt torque specs, but I found this online.
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