just another static truck in the making

[Belvader]

Oh really? My bad lol. And ya I remember your xxr's on your 300zx, which btw why did you get rid of it? It was the baddest ride in town and I'm sure I speak for everybody in person/Durham county when I say this but I would have killed for it dude!

[notsolow]

Almost lol. I used to have xxr's and an rb20 comes from old skylines lol but good try. And if its wasier then I say that's the way to go.

[Belvader]

oh ya, I forgot u use to run rotas man. and a 240sx would be fucking killer, but that's honestly getting in over my head I think. because nearly everything will have to be custom or 'rigged' up, the 5.0 will go straight into my current mounts and shouldn't be to awfully hard to do.

[notsolow]

well 1st thing u need is the rotas. i rocked knock offs for like 2 years and no one said shit. just dont act like they are the greatest thing any1 has ever laid eyes on and no one will rag on u too bad. then the 3in drop. and then save and save and save and maybe do a rb20 swap and blow up every1s mind!

but....it sounds like u have a good plan going.

[Belvader]

Ya I got you, and that honestly doesn't bother me. If a company is willing to stoop to that level then that's on them I don't feel bad buying there wheels I personally think Rota's look good and it's a shame that they copy other wheel designs but just because there not original it isn't gonna stop me from getting them. Because they honestly still are a good looking wheel regardless

[rice4life]

It's not that we don't like rotas because they are cheap, but because they are copying and profiting off of stealing designs and putting less quality into them.

I payed $160 for a set of 4 5zigen Inperio wheels that cost $2900+ back in the day.

[Belvader]

I got them because they were cheap, wide, and different. And at the time I intended on finding two more like them and run them for a meat flush look but it seems to be impossible to find anybody selling just the 15x10's in cragars because its mostly old men selling sets of 15x8 and 15x10. And I am sorta thinking against the 15x10 style now because I don't really want the meat flush anymore, I want to try fitment

[projecthoarder]

What style of wheel are you looking for is the question you should be asking, a buddy of mine just picked up a set of wheels for 300 used at a local rim shop. I think a nice set of smoothie's in 16x10 would look pretty good on your truck, their nice looking and they wont break the bank. What do you plan on doing with the cragars?

[Belvader]

I think I just want to do carb because I don't feel like messing with the computer behind fuel injected, and I know Rota's aren't very popular around here because there cheap but it's either gonna be Rota's or mustang wheels , and mustang wheels are a little over played on rangers that's why I'm leaning toward Rota's but if I can find a nice set of mustang wheels for cheap I'll do them

[Isuzupickup]

ok I honestly didn't want to release this until I had started working on it , just of fear of posting what will happen then not being able to but I have most of my ducks in a row and so I thought it would be safe to say so now. anyways i'm going to do a 306 swap into the ranger, this may not sound like a big deal to you guys but for me it's going to be a landmark in this build. its something ive always wanted just wasn't sure how to go about it, and ive listened to a lot of local friends opinions lately and i think doing 18x9 will fit my truck with a 3" drop all around so, i'm sorry if you see this post as a random bump because it isn't, it's just a plan setter
- 18x9 rota grid2 or p45r wheels
- 306
-turbo?
-3" drop all around
there will also be other small stuff done to it but i believe that those 3/4 things above will make the ranger pretty fuckin sweet

Is your 306 going to be EFI or Carb'd? And you're 5x114.3 You can find hard wheels that aren't rotas for the low!

[Belvader]

How is it that much dangerous with a regular brake pedal feel? Even with cheap front brakes and NO brake on rear at all on my old b2300 it still braked more than my honda civic which has 4 great brakes to all wheels..

Anyways if you're going to replace everything don't forget to replace brake cylinders in the drums, they all blow up even after 3-4 years. If the brake lines are not corroded IDK why you wanna change them.

ok, thanks i'll go ahead and do the brake cylinders aswell and the lines haven't been replaced since the truck was new so it's a good idea to go ahead and do it

[Belvader]

ok I honestly didn't want to release this until I had started working on it , just of fear of posting what will happen then not being able to but I have most of my ducks in a row and so I thought it would be safe to say so now. anyways i'm going to do a 306 swap into the ranger, this may not sound like a big deal to you guys but for me it's going to be a landmark in this build. its something ive always wanted just wasn't sure how to go about it, and ive listened to a lot of local friends opinions lately and i think doing 18x9 will fit my truck with a 3" drop all around so, i'm sorry if you see this post as a random bump because it isn't, it's just a plan setter
- 18x9 rota grid2 or p45r wheels
- 306
-turbo?
-3" drop all around
there will also be other small stuff done to it but i believe that those 3/4 things above will make the ranger pretty fuckin sweet

[Belvader]

plywood is shit for speaker boxes, its acoustical properties are the exact opposite of what you want.
Plus if you're running a system that isn't a complete joke you're going to tear it to shreds pretty quickly.
Get some mdf before you waste time wrapping and installing that thing, please.

ya I pretty much threw away that old box because I got talking to my audio dude, and he pretty much just said what you said. and he said that the amount I would take to get the material for wrapping my box I would be just under the cost of buying a new one, so now i'm either going with two 4ohm jl audio w1's with a 500x2 2ohm amp or just getting a bazooka tube which is already amplified and all of that shit

[Stupid Kid]

Would it have been better to use MDF wood?

This

plywood is shit for speaker boxes, its acoustical properties are the exact opposite of what you want.
Plus if you're running a system that isn't a complete joke you're going to tear it to shreds pretty quickly.
Get some mdf before you waste time wrapping and installing that thing, please.

[Belvader]

just came across these wheels and I think there badass personally so if the dude still has them and there in my bolt pattern I will get them. and when I do I'm gonna paint the insides that are orange now in a bronze or gold.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/pts/3805389468.html