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Explorer / Ranger Truck Of The Month Winners

Our members will vote on one of our "Elite Explorer" trucks each month to include in this forum. Good luck, I hope to see your Explorer or Ranger in here!
 
Well, I've been an Elite member for probably like two years. I guess it's time to put something in the Elite Registry. So here goes... Engine: Stock 4.0L (245) SOHC SEFI V-6, Home made snorkel kit out of 3" PVC Transmission: Stock Ford 5R55E 5 -Speed Automatic Overdrive Transfer Case: Borg Warner 1354 electric shift - Gear Ratio — Low — 2.48:1 Steering: Stock Power, Ford - Rack and Pinion (Includes Steering Cooler) - Ratio 19.1:1 Static Front Suspension: Ford SLA (Short/Long Arm) Independent Front Suspension, Rancho RS5000's, Torsion Twist. Rear Suspension: Stock springs relocated over axle with generic spring perches, Rancho RS5000's, WAR153 Warrior Shackles, anti-sway bar removed. Front Axle: Hybrid Dana 35/Sterling IFS...
Here is the joint winner for the December/January TOTM. Tied with Suicide77. This information is from Suicide77. The Rig 2002 Ford Explorer Limited 4x4 Charcoal Interior w/3rd row seats Moon roof, 6-disc, heated seats w/memory postion 4.6V8 Mods K&N CAI Henson Tuned Removed 3rd cat 2.5" single exhaust in stock location 70 Series Flowmaster muffler 20" Boss Motorsport 306 wheels 275/45/20 Hankook Ventus ST RH06 tires Removed roof rack Street Scene grille powder coated black by Turdle After first removing the roof rack- 70 Series Flowmaster- K&N CAI- SCTX3 from James Henson When I first got the 20's, they had to be wet sanded to remove road grime(took 11hrs to do all 4 by hand...) Finally mounted- Random Pics-...
Congratulations to 01STrunner for winning our March 2014 TOTM! Vehicle Specs Waiting on the update for this section! Engine: 4.0L V6 Year: 2001 Transmission: 5R55e T-case: BW 1354 Front Axle: 1988 Jeep Grand Wagoneer LP Dana 44 SAS Grand Wagoneer 7 leaf pack Steering: High Steer with custom knuckles Rear Axle: Ford 31 Spline 8.8 SOA Warrior Shackles EZ Accessory Wheel adapters (5x4.5 to 6x5.5) Lighting: 135W KC Long Range Slim Lites Rigid Industries Dually LEDs LED reverse lamps (Definitely help at night) Wheels: 17x9 ProComp Series 98 6x5.5" Communications: Cobra CB 4' Firestik Accessories: 3" PA Body Lift Black Cladding Grill Guard Tri-fold Tonneau Cover Scan Gauge II Pictures
Congratulations to reapereviltwin on winning our February 2014 TOTM Vehicle Specs Engine: 4.0 OHV, Borla Headers,Cone air filter, PP Intake, Vanair TB Year: 92 (Jack's Rig) Transmission: M5OD-R1 Transfer Case: 1354 Front Axle: 4.56 Rear Axle: 4.56 Lighting: Autozone roof, front bumper, and rear lights Tires: 35's Wheels: 4 Audio Video and Navigation: CD player and a map Communications: CB and middle finger Sliders and Bumpers: Jamescal custom made winch front bumper, sliders, and swing out spare rear bumper Accesories: various weaponry, Recon 10,500lb pull winch Picture Time:
The winner for our December 2013 and January 2014 winner is Stic-o's 1999 XL Explorer. Specs: The Go Juice 4.0L OHV KKM Open-Air Cleaner 5-Speed Auto Transmission #2 :rolleyes: Full width Axles: '79 Bronco Dana HP 44 w/78 Thunder Bird calipers '89 Bronco 8.8 w/custom Currie rotors to use Ex factory discs Yukon ~5.13 Gears Powertrax~ No-Slip Locker (Rear) Blue Torch Fabworks Diff. Cover Front & Rear Manual 1354 Transfer Case Gibson 2.5" Cat Back System Optima Red Top Where it hit's the dirt 17x8 Crager Soft 8's 37x12.50xR17 Goodyear MT/R's 14" Fox Racing Shocks Custom Rear Shackles 2" Spring over swap Keep'n it safe Custom HD front bumper Custom Rock Sliders Custom HD...
Here is our September 2013 TOTM winner. Winning Picture: Specs as of 10/13 1992 Ford Explorer XLT 4x4 700r4 transmission using Advanced Adapters kit fl1a filter & mount re-tasked for external transmission filter 2 transmission coolers mounted in front of the a/c condenser 10" fan from a geo prism mounted on 1 cooler with Relays & a capacitor to control transmission cooler fan. Rancho RS9000 shocks (rear) Front/Rear sway bars removed BFG AT 32x11.50 on 15X8 rims Modified stock axle pivot bracket (pass side) to increase strength Extended steel braided brake lines - (had to modify stock fitting on front driver side) 4.10 Gears Detroit Locker in Rear Trac lock from Jeep Dana 35 in front TTB D-35 Warn Manual hubs Custom front...
NOV 2009 Truck of the month. The Rig Black 1995 XLT Camel Tan interior / full console 4x4 Manual Trans - Italian leather shift boot 4.0 OHV Drop in K&N conical filter 1354 Manual Transfer case - Italian leather shift boot 3" Body lift--PA 853 Magnaflow stainless Muffler, Stainless 2.5" pipe, Mag Flow stainless tip exiting pass side Optima Red Top Emergency 12 v power disconnects Front IFS suspension Manual switched Center Axle Disconnect Lockright Automatic Locker 2311-LR 12" Adjustable QA1 Polished Alum coil over shocks 12" 750 lb Eibach Silver Coils 12" Quad wrapped limit straps Lower control arm Dixon Bros DOM cross member 4.56 U.S. Gear Ring & Pinion Timkin Hubs Pro Grade BJ's, UCA's, Inner & Outer Tie...
This is a first time for the TOTM contest. We had a tie that included three rigs. The Winning Pictures: and The First Rig - Ricks Pumpkin: The progression of this rig is just amazing. He has done things to help us all and is just simply a great guy. Very deserving of any honor from us members. This is a small progression of his rig. ] The Second Rig - Bronco2guy: This is a very neat rig in my opnion. A bunch of the great parts that makes them all good. The Third Rig - GJarrett I have had the honor of meeting him once and seeing him do things with this rig that I did not think was possible. On my first EF run he put this thing where I was nervous to put my sas 1st gen. You need to check out this thread on the...
This month I have decided that we needed to get a more mutable truck in for our Feature Truck. So what would be better than a BII Here is MoabBs's Bronco II Registry: When it was new: Version 1.0 Brand new in 1989 sold in Fort Worth, Texas. 2.9L V6, auto trans, BW1350 manual t-case, manual locking hubs, power windows, doors, AC, 60/40 split bench, Dana 28 TTB, 7.5 rear, 3.73 ratio. I bought the truck in April, 2004 from the second owner. I flew to Fort Worth, handed over the money, and drove it back to Salt Lake City. It had a few modifications at that time. I was told it had approx 150k miles, but I suspect it was 250k. Then it had: Version 2.0 -Rebuilt 2.9L V6 -Rebuilt A4LD automatic -6" Skyjacker coils and shocks, drop...
Hey I'm Tara..i'm 25 and i live in PA..ever since the eXplorer came out i wanted one..plus since i groom show dogs and have a dog myself i wanted something with room..so when i turned 18 and had saved enough money i bought myself a green 1992 XLT...(u can see the green X on my cardomain site) the truck was clean had very low miles and i got it for under 6K...then after having it for 2 months a drunk driver in a 94 XLT hit and totaled my X outside my house while i was sleeping....so after 2 weeks not havin a truck...i went to the dealer and this was the first truck i saw and it was a must have...so after then having this truck for 2 months i was going home down a hill in the rain and dark and when i went around the turn there was a car...
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