Elite Explorer Registry

Welcome to our "Elite Explorer" registry. This is the place to register your "Elite Explorer". Tell us who you are, where you are from as well as the year and model of your Explorer. If you have a photo of your Explorer you can point to it on the web or have Dead Link Removed host your image for you. If you have a registry entry in our standard "Explorer Registry", and would like it moved here after you become Elite, contact Rick and he will move it for you. Here are some helpful links to get you started: Search Forum FAQ / Guidelines Dead Link Removed FYI: Only "Elite Explorer" Members can start a thread in this Forum. ALL Members can Reply to a thread in this forum.

It's about time I created a registry for my '00 Sport! It all started in October 2020 when my '97 XLT, the 97Sandbox, burned up its second 5R55E in 5 years. I tried all the fixes I could without a full trans rebuild, but ultimately couldn't get overdrive back. After a couple months of inner turmoil, I decided it was time to move on from my childhood family hauler/first car and get a manual replacement like I always wanted. For the next several months I watched online car marketplaces for manual Explorers and started accumulating parts for a build. Come July of 2021, I found a 2000 Sport in Michigan that had recently been moved up from Texas. It was virtually rust free, but had been neglected and had over 250k on the odometer...

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Hello my name is Jake, im from San Diego and I own a 1997 Explorer 5.0 that has gone through a lot of changes to become what it is now. There's so much custom work on here that I've done...It's gonna take a few posts. When I got the exploder it was bone stock with no speakers or stereo and had a "bad transmission". It was free though, had a v8, 130k and was Awd so it came home with me. I deep cleaned it for about a month because the interior was a bit of a wreck The transmission problem turned out to be a transfercase leak and with the 4r70w having an open passageway to the awd tcase it was becoming low and loosing the ability to shift...or the something like that. All I know is a bw4406 swap and 5 quarts of atf solved the problem...

I've only been an "elite" for like a day, been a member for a couple months, but I've been here reading for about half a year. I'm from northern Florida and this is my explorer. Still working on a name for her and have limitless plans for her! She's almost running like new again and I'm getting her offroad ready ever so slowly, within about a week I'll be doing a torsion bar lift and shackles. I really like this community and am thankful for how helpful everyone is and can't wait to see more of everyone else's explorers

Hi, I have a small problem with my profile, I cant figure out how I fill out my Vehicle specs on this sidebar... Any tutorial?

This explorer started its life in Arizona, from where someone brought it to Switzerland, from there someone bought it to Finland (yeah, quite the trip), company which sells parts to American cars owned the car in Finland from where I bought it, as I needed something V8 since i used to live in America (had P71) and had grown to like the V8 sound and needed 4wd for growing family, that year was 2013, so I have had it for a while and family has grown so much the car is getting small. I have driven the car some 50-60k miles and those miles have MOSTLY been worry free. Since then I have done numerous fixes\changes to the car, replaced alternators, shocks, replaced all bushings with polyurethane, you name it, oils countless times and the...

Upgraded my wife from a 2015 Cherokee Limited to a 2017 Explorer Sport. Smoked quartz, every option. It makes our driveway all Fords again and among the daily vehicles all Ecoboosts. 17 Escape Limited, 15 Focus ST3, 97 Ranger toy, 98 Cobra ex racecar getting restored to pro street

This 99 Explorer Sport is our 3rd one (as the title says). First one was a jewel green 94, second one was a bright amber (autumn orange) 99 we purchased new, & the current one (A 99) is vermillion red. When we got it I did a full service on it, new tires, grille guard, bug shield, vent visors, new front shocks & new rear coil assist shocks & new warrior rear shackles. I patched a small rust hole in the l/s quarter panel by the top of the wheel flare & patched both outer & inner rocker panels with new metal panels. Currently it has only 115K on the clock, when we purchased it in July of 2015 as a DD for my wife it only had 82K on it. I removed the factory side steps as they were rusted beyond repair & found a pair of steps on E Bay for a...

I think i have a disease, me and my parents just bought an 06 Mounty. No real plans yet, going to use it as an occasional DD (my parents liked it so much they wouldn't just let me buy it :( ) and to tow the X.

I'm back... 🔁 I just can't resist lifted white 90s Fords, so here is my 4th Gen1. :help: ________________________________ Engine: 4.0 with 147,500 miles Edelbrock Headers Front end: Dana 35 w/4.56 limited slip Cut and turned beams (will reattach, but I think they are Autofab) Extended radius arms Custom shock hoops Limit straps Custom tube bumper Hi-Lift mounted to bumper Rear end: 8.8 w/4.56 locked Custom shock mounts Deaver leaf pack Custom bumper with spare tire swing-out Tires and wheels: 33x10.50x15 BFG KM2s on 15x8 American Eagle Things added: Front Bumper Driving lights Rock lights Cobra 29 CB @zukman 's original thread of this rig. @zukman Registry of this rig My lifted white 90s Fords:

2'nd year elite now, love this site a LOT! I'm a mechanic in Euless, Texas, and still haven't met any Explorer fanatics around here. Had my baby for around 4 years now and love it more and more allthe time! Started out bone stock sohc 4.0 4x4, then after a year driving it every day, I decided to play with it. Sunk it in a mud hole where the water was over the hood, and over reved it, which spun a bearing on the center shaft, or whatever you call the shaft that drives the rear chain. Had to have a buddy tow me home. Then got a wrecked 5.0 awd and put my body on it with a 2.5'' body lift and 31'' tires. Next was dumping 3 grand into beefing up the 5.0, and getting an electric 4406 t-case, which I run off the 4x4 switch in the dash, since...

I'm elite now after almost 9 years. 1999 XLT 4x4 127K Owned since March 2007 ScanGauge II XM Radio Yakima Ski Rack Garmin GPS like it, but still kinda partial to the 91-94 model years. that is all.:)

Names Mike, from king of prussia, PA. Drive a 98 explorer 4 door 5 spd. Lifted it 2" TT and shackles, 33x10.50 bfg all terrains. Soon to do a body lift and SAS/ SOA. Bought it with 179k has 206k and still running strong. Love this thing will bever get rid of it. It has no name for the expo. Lot more mods to come for this thing.

Wow I've been elite for almost a year and have yet to do one of these so Im going to start by listing what ive got into it and i'll try to post pics later. K&N cold air Cb radio and pa cut out carpet front bumper mounted off road lights rear spot light under bumper 3inch body lift 30 inch bfg mud terrains on pacer wheels shackles will be on as soon as they come in the mail