To bring you all up to date. These are photos I took yesterday. So from now on the photos will come more slowly.

On the left is the stripped cab. On the right is the current sound deadening, "Dynamat." I'm going to strip it all out as I did with the doors and roof. While it helped some,
the cab was still noisier that I wanted. With a heat gun it comes out rather easily. The real problem is getting the glue residue left behind off. That part is a ROYAL P.I.T.A.
I figure the "Dynamat" removal and the subsequent residue cleanup should take me 1-2 weeks. Depending on how I feel and how much time I can put into the job each day.




On the left is the "Damplifier Pro" installed on the ceiling. On the right is the spray on "Firewall" (white area) covered by something SecondSkin calls "Luxury Liner."
SS claims it "is a highly effective barrier and absorber composite mat consisting of a flexible vinyl barrier and acoustical grade open cell foam." With just the doors and roof done,
there was a noticeable drop in noise level. Not as much as I had hoped for but still very noticeable. The doors and roof only account for 40% of the cab surface. So I'm hoping the work
I'm about to do will get me to where I want to be noise level wise. I decided to go with "Overkill-Pro" on the floor because it's less expensive. Also according to SS it "help eliminate road noise,
engine noise, exhaust and wind noises as well as distortion causing reflections." I'll also be putting 5-6 coats of "Firewall" on the floor, back wall, inside firewall and wheel wells. To help control heat.
About 2-3 times as much as I did in the doors and roof. I'm hoping this will help with the engine and exhaust system heat, as well as the usual summer time heat we have around here from June to Sept.
I'll also be putting on 5-6 coats of "Spectrum Spray." Something I didn't use at all on the doors and roof. I figure installing the sound deadening will take me another 10 days to 2 weeks after I finish
removing the "dynamat" and cleaning up the mess.




The humble beginnings of my speaker box. On the left my room mate is laying out the 4' X 8' sheet of MDF he's using to build the box. On the right are some of the cut pieces.
When completed the box will be 38.5" wide X 17.5" high X 20" deep. It will house the 2 new 10" Infinity subs, 2 Infinity amps, plus a 12 disc Pioneer CD changer.




On the left I'm trial fitting the Explorer center console. On the right, the Explorer heated, power, bucket being trial fitted. I also have an Explorer overhead console
that goes over the rearview mirror. I had read many times that the Explorer buckets were a drop-in conversion for a Ranger. I made the mistake of thinking
2002 seats would match my Ranger color wise and be a drop in. Mistake, BIG mistake. I learned to late that while Explorers were built on Ranger platforms originally.
That all changed in 2002. So the seats from 2002 and later Explorers no longer "drop in" to a Ranger. They can be made to work, but it's a great deal more work.
So if you're thinking about this swap, BEWARE.