Explorer23
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- Joined
- December 25, 2010
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- City, State
- Columbus, Ohio
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 92 Explorer
The time has come! After being a proud explorer owner for a year and half I have decided to start my build thread from the beginning. It all started back in spring of 08 when my best friend's sister blew up the transmission in the family's 92 explorer. After finding this site I learned more about the transmission issues but it was the front suspension that had me hooked.
12in of travel with stock components. Sign me up! So as time went on and it sat and sat i decided to look elsewhere for my "dream explorer" but it had to be a 1st ten. Finally after getting my first non seasonal job in 2012 I bought a 94 explorer. It had a rusted fuel pump, was leaking gas, and taught me a lot of valuable lessons.
The day I got it:
I wasted no time gutting the carpet and interior:
with this being my first lifted vehicle I was surprised by the ride height
Here it is next to my stock 5lug tacoma:
Lopped off the rear wheel section, my first time using an angle grinder, also in this photo you can see the 3in body lift and SOA rear. Unknown front lift.
2in more lift and I could have parked under there:
started removing front end body work for rust repair:
Dont have any pictures, but during this time I wire wheeled the entire frame and painted the under body... more on that later though
also painted interior cause I loooove tractor paint haha
what was left of the shackles:
My 2 trucks, this was my first time DRIVING the explorer:
12in of travel with stock components. Sign me up! So as time went on and it sat and sat i decided to look elsewhere for my "dream explorer" but it had to be a 1st ten. Finally after getting my first non seasonal job in 2012 I bought a 94 explorer. It had a rusted fuel pump, was leaking gas, and taught me a lot of valuable lessons.
The day I got it:
I wasted no time gutting the carpet and interior:
with this being my first lifted vehicle I was surprised by the ride height
Here it is next to my stock 5lug tacoma:
Lopped off the rear wheel section, my first time using an angle grinder, also in this photo you can see the 3in body lift and SOA rear. Unknown front lift.
2in more lift and I could have parked under there:
started removing front end body work for rust repair:
Dont have any pictures, but during this time I wire wheeled the entire frame and painted the under body... more on that later though
also painted interior cause I loooove tractor paint haha
what was left of the shackles:
My 2 trucks, this was my first time DRIVING the explorer: