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The seats are way too high and too far forward on the bases, so my thought is this. If I cut 3 1/2 inches out of the base, I can then use a 1x2" steel box tube to line up with the holes in the bracket, and the seat, that way I can move the seat back where I want it and down. This is a picture of me in it with in on ~5" of wood block the height seems right, but it needs to be further back. (it was too hard to get into the jeep with it this far forward). Then I'll need to go to town on the tunnel with a mallet to make room for the seat, at least on the driver's side.

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Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2020 02:26 am

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Fabrication is fun! (I burned some holes in my pants)

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My first 4-wheel experience was in a 89 Jeep Wagoneer. It was lifted on big 35s. I was 13.
I put a dent in the back passenger door. Got it stuck and slid into a tree.
(So bad in fact, the guy removed the doors off of it) It was a trail truck.
He had v8 swapped it. He still has it, and the messed up door.

I love those seats!!

God. I want new seats for my Ranger... I have some pink race harnesses already. Just need the seats and brackets...

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Ranger_Danger_ wrote:
My first 4-wheel experience was in a 89 Jeep Wagoneer. It was lifted on big 35s. I was 13.
I put a dent in the back passenger door. Got it stuck and slid into a tree.
(So bad in fact, the guy removed the doors off of it) It was a trail truck.
He had v8 swapped it. He still has it, and the messed up door.

I love those seats!!

God. I want new seats for my Ranger... I have some pink race harnesses already. Just need the seats and brackets...
That sounds like a fun jeep.
I am doing this for my kids. Used to have a jeep, took them out all the time. I got rid of the jeep, and they have been sad since. So Doing it all over again. (doing it right this time and not piecemealing it together as much.

IF you are willing to spend $$, Corbeau sells brackets and seats for just about any vehicle:
https://corbeau.com/ford-ranger-ext-cab-98-05-seat-brackets/
https://corbeau.com/seats/reclining/

I cheeped out, and am paying for it in my time and labor trying to fit brackets to seats that were not meant to go together,

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Posted: Mon Sep 21st, 2020 11:29 am

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So, Something a bit different from my build, but wanted to throw it out there, I was given the opportunity to give away a laptop on my main youtube channel, and not a slouch. A Lenovo Legion 5, with a 10th gen core i7, GTX1660TI graphics, and a whole lot more. the rules are pretty simple:
500 Video Likes by October 17 2020
Must be a subscriber
Must like the video
Must be over 18
Must Live in the lower 48 US states
Winner will be picked randomly from comments

Here is the video that has to receive the like and the comment:
https://youtu.be/-qO55aAMugA

Last edited on Mon Sep 21st, 2020 11:29 am by aroundincircles

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Posted: Wed Sep 23rd, 2020 05:58 pm

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First part done, Got to hot this afternoon, so will pick up this evening to finish up tonight/tomorrow. Took way longer than it should have, because I wanted to retain my factory gas tank skid plate. Had to do some modification to it.

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love the bumper!
good luck with the laptop giveaway, very nice of you!

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410customs wrote:
love the bumper!
good luck with the laptop giveaway, very nice of you!
Thanks. I love the way it looks, I bought a matching wheel to match the other 4, Once on there with the M/T tires, should look pretty sharp.

It's really nice of the vendor I work with to get some of my review systems. they just offered it to me out of the blue, and at first I declined, but they really encouraged me to do it.

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Posted: Mon Sep 28th, 2020 01:41 pm

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Waiting for parts.... Had everything I thought I needed, but one of the wheel hubs sent me is the wrong one, so waiting for a replacement...

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waiting for parts...........my life story, Covid has made it take 3 times as long

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410customs wrote:
waiting for parts...........my life story, Covid has made it take 3 times as long
Waiting for parts, getting the wrong parts, and then having to go through the process again hoping they send the right one this time.

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BAH! amazon sent me a replacement part... It's the wrong part AGAIN, AND it's not even a Timken, it's in a Timken box, but it is 100% Chinese crap. doesn't even look like the timken I got, AND it has been installed on a car before... so not a "new" part.

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aroundincircles wrote:
BAH! amazon sent me a replacement part... It's the wrong part AGAIN, AND it's not even a Timken, it's in a Timken box, but it is 100% Chinese crap. doesn't even look like the timken I got, AND it has been installed on a car before... so not a "new" part.
I will buy filters from dealers or known supply houses off of Amazon but nothing else parts wise. There is too much counterfeit chinese knock-off crap parts that Amazon sells.

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Tsquare wrote:
aroundincircles wrote:

BAH! amazon sent me a replacement part... It's the wrong part AGAIN, AND it's not even a Timken, it's in a Timken box, but it is 100% Chinese crap. doesn't even look like the timken I got, AND it has been installed on a car before... so not a "new" part.
I will buy filters from dealers or known supply houses off of Amazon but nothing else parts wise. There is too much counterfeit chinese knock-off crap parts that Amazon sells.
That's why I bought Timken, and not some no name knock off. I would bet money that these are boxes that somebody else bought, put a different part in and returned for a refund. and amazon did 0 checks.

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I was hoping to be much further along in my build (still waiting for lift kit to ship), so these won't go on for a while, but my tires showed up today!

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Nice! Hercules tires have been very good for the price
Are those 10 ply?

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410customs wrote:
Nice! Hercules tires have been very good for the price
Are those 10 ply?
I... I don't know. I cannot find anything on their site that says. usually on a 31x10.5r15, they don't do 10 ply, they usually do 6 or 8, and then the larger sizes are 10, but for the life of me, I don't know where to find that info.

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should say on the side of the tire
Are they C D or E rated?

Its no biggie, I have just found that 10 ply MT's last WAY LONGER on our heavy SUV's then 8
and 10 plys come from the factory on many 4000-5000# SUV these days so when people tell me 10 ply rides too rough I tell them WRONG
Also 10 ply is just a term, it does not in fact actually mean 10 layers of material anymore....that was way back when tires were made. Now days its more like 3-5 layers of actual material, but the 4, 6, 8 and 10 ply ratings are just that....ratings.

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410customs wrote:
should say on the side of the tire
Are they C D or E rated?

Its no biggie, I have just found that 10 ply MT's last WAY LONGER on our heavy SUV's then 8
and 10 plys come from the factory on many 4000-5000# SUV these days so when people tell me 10 ply rides too rough I tell them WRONG
Also 10 ply is just a term, it does not in fact actually mean 10 layers of material anymore....that was way back when tires were made. Now days its more like 3-5 layers of actual material, but the 4, 6, 8 and 10 ply ratings are just that....ratings.
They are C rated. All the 15" wheel sizes are, once you go up to a 16 or larger they are D or E rated:
https://www.herculestire.com/tire-details/Hercules/TERRA-TRAC-MT?PrintSpecifications=true
(that will try to print, just cancel the print, and you can see the specs for the sizes).

For my Cherokee a C rated is fine, super light weight vehicle and light duty work.

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I love working on old cars a lot of other people have worked on... woke up extra early thanks to my 4 year old, decided to work on my jeep for a few minutes since it's so nice outside, found out my front bumper was held on by just two bolts that were barely finger tight, should be 6 bolts torqued to like 75ft/lbs. So now, a 30 minute job of installing new front tow hooks is going to be a half a day job of going to the hardware store, hoping they have enough of the correct size and length bolts, PLUS I need to get two of those clip screw things since they are missing as well. Fingers crossed I can find those at autozone or what ever.

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What size?

I bought a package of M6 clips for my valance from e-bay. I'm usually not impressed at the quality but these were so nice I immediately ordered another set upon arrival. Sometimes you get lucky.

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