anyone have a prerunner?

RM250racer
Edited Date/Time 12/23/2014 7:37pm
I guess this really isnt moto, but its cooler than quads. wondering if anyone on here has a prerunner type truck? i just bought a ranger today to start building mine. its all 100% new to me so its going to be alot of learning and it would be cool to have some advice from someone that knows about them.
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cheers_22 12/20/2014 7:09pm
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What exactly would you like to know?
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Skippie 12/20/2014 7:09pm
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Prepare to spend a lot more money than you previously thought haha! How gnarly of a build are you planning on doing? Full long travel kit, roll cage, bed cage, tubeframe, leaf springs, 4 link?
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jayback42 12/20/2014 7:10pm
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Check out www.dezertrangers.com. Lots of good info there. I have a built tundra and laugh when people complain about moto being an expensive sport/hobby!
RM250racer 12/20/2014 7:17pm
12/20/2014 7:17pm
i dont plan on spending lots of money and going all out, im in the truck less then a rebuild kit for my yz125. Its a 90 ext cab 2wd 5 speed. the 2.9 in it is on the way out, but im buying a 5.0 with a t5 in 2 weeks when my buddy pulls it from his GT. i should have the truck running and driving with the 302 for hopefully 1000-1500 all in. I want to try to stay around 4k on suspension and everything else really, which as im finding out is going to be very hard to do.

realistically i would like a truck that can take offroad whoops type terrain no problem. i dont see myself getting crazy with jumping it at all.

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RM250racer 12/20/2014 7:20pm
12/20/2014 7:20pm
im interested in the best bang for your buck type stuff when it comes to it. I have a daily so this is just a toy for me, so it doesnt matter if its down for an extended period of time.
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Skippie 12/20/2014 7:21pm
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RM250racer wrote:
i dont plan on spending lots of money and going all out, im in the truck less then a rebuild kit for my yz125. Its a...
i dont plan on spending lots of money and going all out, im in the truck less then a rebuild kit for my yz125. Its a 90 ext cab 2wd 5 speed. the 2.9 in it is on the way out, but im buying a 5.0 with a t5 in 2 weeks when my buddy pulls it from his GT. i should have the truck running and driving with the 302 for hopefully 1000-1500 all in. I want to try to stay around 4k on suspension and everything else really, which as im finding out is going to be very hard to do.

realistically i would like a truck that can take offroad whoops type terrain no problem. i dont see myself getting crazy with jumping it at all.
For what you want you are definitely gonna be over the 4k mark. I would conservatively say you will be in at least 10k, and that's being optimistic. Shocks alone are pretty expensive. Then you got tires and wheels and you're already close to 4k.
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JKurz 12/20/2014 7:22pm
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Ive got a new Raptor, is that a pre-runner?
RM250racer 12/20/2014 7:25pm
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JKurz wrote:
Ive got a new Raptor, is that a pre-runner?
ive sat shotgun in one jumping some train tracks with well over 100 feet of air time, landing nose first in the dirt on the side of the road with nothing but a gouge on the skidplate. so id say so.
RM250racer 12/20/2014 7:30pm
12/20/2014 7:30pm
Skippie wrote:
For what you want you are definitely gonna be over the 4k mark. I would conservatively say you will be in at least 10k, and that's...
For what you want you are definitely gonna be over the 4k mark. I would conservatively say you will be in at least 10k, and that's being optimistic. Shocks alone are pretty expensive. Then you got tires and wheels and you're already close to 4k.
thats what im starting to find out. im hoping to be able to wait until i can find deals on parts used. are used parts something worth considering when it comes to trucks? or is there probably a reason its coming off their truck.
RM250racer 12/20/2014 7:32pm
12/20/2014 7:32pm

Here she is.


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pacman00 12/20/2014 8:34pm
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get a set of forged f150 king pin beams or any other forged un even f150 beams and have them bent. instant 6 over kit. coil buckets and bigger coils. build some radius arms. set of deavers in the back. simple bed cage. 16-18 inches of clean travel all around. at minimum some valveable shocks with resevoirs. unless you come across some really good deals this will be your cheapest route to have a decent truck. and a correctly tied in cage so you dont die.

an explorer 8.8 rear end is an ok step up and it has disk brakes.
RM250racer 12/20/2014 8:45pm
12/20/2014 8:45pm
pacman00 wrote:
get a set of forged f150 king pin beams or any other forged un even f150 beams and have them bent. instant 6 over kit. coil...
get a set of forged f150 king pin beams or any other forged un even f150 beams and have them bent. instant 6 over kit. coil buckets and bigger coils. build some radius arms. set of deavers in the back. simple bed cage. 16-18 inches of clean travel all around. at minimum some valveable shocks with resevoirs. unless you come across some really good deals this will be your cheapest route to have a decent truck. and a correctly tied in cage so you dont die.

an explorer 8.8 rear end is an ok step up and it has disk brakes.
thanks for the info, ill look into that. explorer rear end is what im planning on using. with a locker
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Randy_Nix 12/20/2014 8:58pm
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heres my truck while prerunning in Baja. race mile 430 ish of the 2012 Baja 500. total chaso lt kit. 3.4 v6, 5 speed, deaver race pack spring with bed cage and 16 inch SAW shocks. ive had it for about 4 1/2 years. 48,000 miles and I have enjoyed every mile in it! be ready so spend some $$$. if you thought riding was expensive, think again lol have fun with it!
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Katoomey 12/20/2014 9:01pm
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JKurz wrote:
Ive got a new Raptor, is that a pre-runner?
Raptor's are cool (I don't really think that), it's just the type of guy who'd buy one is what i don't like. Posers...or is that brosers?

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enketchum 12/20/2014 9:13pm
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Non moto

B......... ro. II
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JKurz wrote:
Ive got a new Raptor, is that a pre-runner?
Katoomey wrote:
Raptor's are cool (I don't really think that), it's just the type of guy who'd buy one is what i don't like. Posers...or is that brosers?

Thats just stereotyping, I'm sure a lot of guys in the industry drive raptors and aren't "brosers". They're cool trucks purpose built for offroad.
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gt80rider 12/21/2014 7:27am
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Because the new parts are so costly and the amount of time needed to custom build so much of the stuff is required, I hit several rounds of the torc series a couple years ago, made some contacts and bought a used truck at the end of the season... It needed some work and a new engine, but when finished was insane and wayyyy cheaper than attempting to build from the ground up....
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TeamGreen 12/21/2014 9:45am
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JKurz wrote:
Ive got a new Raptor, is that a pre-runner?
Katoomey wrote:
Raptor's are cool (I don't really think that), it's just the type of guy who'd buy one is what i don't like. Posers...or is that brosers?

You might wanna come down to a SCORE Race and take a look around before you throw everyone under that bus...

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dan.karp.5 12/21/2014 9:56am
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No prerunner but I do have a sandrail, lots of fun.


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ss415 12/21/2014 10:59am
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ill play this is the truck i race with. Big $$ to get to this level



And this is our pre runner. Bought it for $11k, center mount,4 link v8 caged front to rear, fox coil over and bypass all 4 corners and has A/C for summertime

take my advice and listen up. at this time it is alot cheaper to buy one that is already built and proven, had all the bugs worked out and less stress than building your own. I takes work and alot of it, if your keen on building your own check out dezertrangers.com and race-dezert.com shop section. go thru all the build threads and you will learn a ton.

Make sure you have a roll cage in it before you do anythig else, it will save your life,

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Outsider 12/21/2014 11:14am
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Anything that will handle whoops at more than a crawl is going to cost big. Built a baja bug years ago and once it was all said and done It was more like a class 5... it had a full custom Lothringer cage and long travel suspension.. took a long time to make everything work right. I shudder to think how much I spent, but well over 30K.

Sold it for 16k.. sigh. Was fun while it lasted though!
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seth505 12/21/2014 3:52pm
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Everyone in socal has one. Oops, no not a prerunner, I meant a 2 wheel drive truck with a tube front bumper and lift on the front only Smile
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enketchum 12/22/2014 12:05am
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seth505 wrote:
Everyone in socal has one. Oops, no not a prerunner, I meant a 2 wheel drive truck with a tube front bumper and lift on the...
Everyone in socal has one. Oops, no not a prerunner, I meant a 2 wheel drive truck with a tube front bumper and lift on the front only Smile
It's worse than that. They don't lift the front, they drop the rear with a drop set of shackles. It kills the purpose of a truck
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Skippie 12/22/2014 9:47am
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The worst I think is when a guy goes out and buys the camburg long travel kit, fiberglass bedsides, 8000 light bars, but keeps a stock rear end.
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Tiki 12/22/2014 1:21pm
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JKurz wrote:
Ive got a new Raptor, is that a pre-runner?
Closer than a stock ranger. Those are nice trucks.

Back to the Ranger:
Expect to drop $15-18 Grand on a working pre-runner. Everytime you do something, something else will break. So do it right the first time unless you want some shitbox that has fiberglass fenders and a cage but an actual pre-runner will cost more. Just go straight to camburg.com or do it yourself. Now if you are just looking to be a poser with glass fenders Fabtech all the way.

With all the project trucks that exist on Craigslist, why did decide to start from scratch?
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/4791506890.html
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/4761511349.html
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/4716953382.html
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Homey55 12/23/2014 7:37pm
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Race-desert.com has good classifieds and curt leduc used to have a swap meet in riverside every year that always had killer deals on everything!

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