Another tip for painting aluminum is pickling the aluminum, it involves cleaning the aluminum with vinegar and water, This will leave a milky haze on the aluminum when it is fully clean. Can be primered or painted over at that point, but I too would go with the etching primer on wheels since...
Thanks, I made them out of 1/4"plate and bent them to the 2 widths needed and then welded 1/4" angle in between. As for the mounts it is all 1/4" plate, I used these parts from Ballistic Fab;
Part Number BRK-1048-1
Part Number BUS-664-41
Once welded up I took an unused 3/16" plate truss and...
I built this one for mine wasn't to difficult, took about 2 days. Had mounts for 4 lights in the front and 2 in the back plus jack and shovel mounts on the sides. Mounting was done inside the door jambs.
My '57 F100 with the beds fully loaded, and hauled 1 ton of scrap steel to the recycling center.
I have noticed with all my 4.0 rangers that the more you load them down the better that gas mileage.
Hello I'm Sean,
I'm from Colorado and have a 02 Ranger XLT 4X4 Offroad Quad door with the 4.0, 5 spd, Exo Cage, custom bumpers, winch front and rear, flat bed, 6" lift, 3" body lift, FS D44 & 9" w/4:88s and 35X12.5X15 Goodyear MTR Kelvars.