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I'll take one of these also! King of the Hammers rig. Bad Ass desert runner and also geared down 4x4 for slow rock crawling.
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you need some steel balls for that ish! looks fun!!! |
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And are the 4x4 rangers with torsion bars instead of coil springs a different generation too? |
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Take these examples. If said said I wanted a 2nd gen ranger then I would ask i-beam or a-arm because that is a BIG difference. Much the same way if someone said I want a Cobra I would ask if you wanted a Terminator (03-04) or another year Cobra for example, because there is a big difference. There would need to be clarification of the vague statements. |
I just don't like the fact that I've driven a long travel I beam Ranger and an A -arm Ranger, I've worked on both of them doing several serious projects on my friends A -Arm Ranger, and I could see a 98 driving down the freeway and say to my friend "Hey, check out that 2nd gen" and he could reply, "No moron, that's a 3rd gen, don't you know anything about Rangers?"
If you can't tell the difference by looking at the body from most angles, it's stupid to grant the model a different generation just because of a suspension change. Because as you stated, different sub-models within a model have different suspension setups. No one refers to a Sean's Mustang as a different generation than your Mach beause of the IRS. And no one, refers to a torsion bar Ranger as a different generation than an coil A -arm Ranger, so why refer to an A -arm Ranger as a different model than an I -beam Ranger? In closing, when my buddy and I go to the junk yard looking for a tailgate for his 2003 ('3rd gen') Ranger, we'll be looking for a 2nd gen truck (93-03). :p ;) |
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If your buddy is looking for a replacement A-Arm go ahead and look for anything from the 2nd gen to replace that. That would include anything 93-2009 right and it would bolt right up according to your logic. |
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And no you can't use 97 and earlier front suspension parts on an A-arm ranger '3rd gen' Ranger, but then again you can't use parts from a 4wd OR 2wd torsion bar '3rd gen' Ranger either. So that's a moot point. |
I got a crazy idea. What does FORD consider to be a 2nd vs. 3rd gen Ranger?
The Japanese breakdown by generation and series. For example, our project car is FC S4 (86-88). S5 was 89-91. THEN a generation change to FD S6 and so on. Basically when the whole damn thing changes (or very close to it), that's a generation change. Corvette C3 - C4 - C5 is crystal clear. But when when items, including suspension and even engine configurations change, that's not enough in and of itself to be a generation change . . . unless the manufacturer says it does. Just my $.02. |
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