The Iconic Ranger, let's keep it "Stock"

[Xwaz]

I am not super great and keep this thread up to date but here is the latest trip in the Ranger to Moab. We had 3 days ran 4 trails and had a nice relaxing time since we chose to rent and Air BNB.

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[Xwaz]

I started to build out a bit of an interior for the Ranger. I currently have a bench on the Driver Side Framed out in 20x20mm Extrusion. The Faces will all be 1/4ply and 1/2 ply on top so we can sit or stand on it. The front near the Wheel well is going to house a Battery in a box, with a DC-DC Charge and Solar Controller. I will rewire all my outlets and Fridge plugs to the second battery. As well as mount a 100W Panel on the roof of the camper.

Flooring cut around the bench, Its bolted to the Super Pacific and the bed so there is no movement.

Bonus is that the bench is 48" long leaving 6" in front and in back so I can leave my maxtrax up at the front of the bed or move them to put a water tank up there is I wanted to. I can also up the front as storage to possible strap my current water Jerry to it.

 

[Xwaz]

I sold the 33x10.50s off the truck. I just found they looked to small. The Kendas themselves worked great but I wanted to go back to an AT since this year I have a few 10+ highway heavy trips coming up.
I took a shoot of moving up to a 34" tire as well. Toyo released the AT3 in a 34x10.50R17 D Load which is my opinion the perfect tire for my truck.
So I ordered some up.

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Mounted them up on Lunch and threw them on the truck at the end of the day.

Initial impressions are awesome, They are quite ride nice, they were pretty easy to mount on stock tires.
Rubbing: I run factory FX4 Wheels, Without Wheel Spacers. I'm on a front OME kit that's sitting around 1.5" of lift at this point. I procomp high clearance intrusion bars.
On my 285/70s (Same wheel/no spacer) and my 33x10.50 (same set up) my truck has rubbed the inside of the passenger tire on the frame at full full lock passenger. The 34s are no different, no worse, no better. But they don't touch anywhere else. I flexed the truck out till I lifted the rear driver tire and cycled the steering back and forth, no rubbing and around a .5" of clearance to everything.
I know that If I had a 1" wheel spacer or wheel with more offset (Factory is +55mm) it would rub a lot more. I have a good .75" to my UCA in at all range of flex.
OFFSET IS IMPORTANT the more offset your truck has the more it will rub. However wider tires require it to clear the UCA and Spindle. But I can report that under normal driving and full flex 34x10.50 require no trimming of fender, fender liners, egg cartons Bumper. But do need High clearance or removed crashbars. I will report back once a full wheeling trip has been completed btu we tried to get the truck to rub and couldn't.

 

[Xwaz]

A Couple Updates
After a couple months of waiting I got my LRA fuel tank in. Install will be this weekend. Then I have a trip the weekend after that should put it to the test. It will also mark the last trip in my Super Pacific X1, that is unless someone buys it in the next week.
I am getting a Four Wheel Camper Project M on the truck to have a little bit more inside space for some longer trips that are coming up. As well as the Ranger is used as a show rig for the shop on occasion so it makes sense to have a camper that we sell on the truck.
The M Should be here early April and I should have about a Month in it by the end of summer.
The Truck is at 56,000 Miles and has been great, I think around 65,000 miles I will drop the trans pan and change fluid and filter for the 3rd time.

What does everyone wanna see either about the X1 or the Project M as far as a comparison?

 

[harry wilson]

Nice photos

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[Doc]

I sold the 33x10.50s off the truck. I just found they looked to small. The Kendas themselves worked great but I wanted to go back to an AT since this year I have a few 10+ highway heavy trips coming up.
I took a shoot of moving up to a 34" tire as well. Toyo released the AT3 in a 34x10.50R17 D Load which is my opinion the perfect tire for my truck.
So I ordered some up.

'
Mounted them up on Lunch and threw them on the truck at the end of the day.

Initial impressions are awesome, They are quite ride nice, they were pretty easy to mount on stock tires.
Rubbing: I run factory FX4 Wheels, Without Wheel Spacers. I'm on a front OME kit that's sitting around 1.5" of lift at this point. I procomp high clearance intrusion bars.
On my 285/70s (Same wheel/no spacer) and my 33x10.50 (same set up) my truck has rubbed the inside of the passenger tire on the frame at full full lock passenger. The 34s are no different, no worse, no better. But they don't touch anywhere else. I flexed the truck out till I lifted the rear driver tire and cycled the steering back and forth, no rubbing and around a .5" of clearance to everything.
I know that If I had a 1" wheel spacer or wheel with more offset (Factory is +55mm) it would rub a lot more. I have a good .75" to my UCA in at all range of flex.
OFFSET IS IMPORTANT the more offset your truck has the more it will rub. However wider tires require it to clear the UCA and Spindle. But I can report that under normal driving and full flex 34x10.50 require no trimming of fender, fender liners, egg cartons Bumper. But do need High clearance or removed crashbars. I will report back once a full wheeling trip has been completed btu we tried to get the truck to rub and couldn't.

Nice !

 

[Doc]

Nice !

 

[Xwaz]

LRA Tank Is in! 750 Miles of range now available!
Install took about 6 hours total it was as expected compared to the other LRA tanks I have done. Definitely a lot of areas that can catch people out if they are used to installs like this. But its all said and done. I get to test it out this weekend in Utah.

I also Sold My Super Pacific X1
I have a Four Wheel Campers Project M on the way for the truck but its still a couple week s
So I had to put the Tent back on the truck unfortunately I had scraped my bedrack when I put the X1 on it.
First time in a over a year I haven't had a camper or tent on the back.

So I get to drive around an even taller truck and and get a penthouse view.

Its not my prefered set up it is what it needed to go through this trip. Driving feels the same with and without the camper, but fuel eco just jump up. Back up to about 20 in mixed city and highway. Turns out 34s don't hurt it too much compared to a camper.

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