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.

Here we go. Just yesterday I became an Elite Explorer and now I would like to finally tell you a bit about my rig. It was May of 1999 that I found Rick's "Serious Explorations" site. I was looking for ways to improve my truck a little and find out if there are any places that I can go wheeling. Here I met a lot of great people, got plenty of help and found lots of ideas on how to prepare my truck for off-roading. I'm hooked!! So, my truck is a 1994 Limited with roughly 97K miles on it. I'm a second owner. 'til this date I installed a 3" body and 2" suspension lifts, got rid of a factory air box in lieu of A KKN filter. Same with busted front wheel automatic hubs which I replaced with WARN manual hubs. Got rid of all the "Limited"...

I have a 1st Gen XLT w/ Auto tranny. It was nicknamed The Big Model by my neighbor and is not affectionately called the Black ***** by my Wife. I currently live in Mount Vernon, WA. So far I have added: Front solid d44 with 79 bronco coil buckets, F250 shock mounts, 5.5" Wild Horses Rock Crawler EB springs, and chrome molly axle shafts. Front diff guard and custom steering links Rear Spring Over Axle with Old Man Emu 2" lift springs and a couple leafs from a stock pack 36x13.50 IROK's on 15X10 Eaton beadlocks with a 2.5" backspacing 4.88 gears front and rear w/ ARB air lockers front and rear. Rear TA support diff cover to protect 8.8 and ARB Advance Adapters installed a 700-R4 and the kit is now available. B&M truck megashifter...

I just can't get enough of my OWN vehicle as my BB icon! Thanks, Rick. Great idea. One question, though... Is the icon a "link", or did you download the photo from my link and edit it? I ask because I would like to update the photo from time to time. If it is a link to the picture on my server, I believe all I'll have to do is replace that picture (rig.jpg) with another of the same name. Is this correct? ps. I just LOVE saying ELITE EXPLORER...!

living in Dracut, MA. working in Chelmsford, MA. 1997 Explorer Sport 3" Body Lift from Performance Accessories 245-75-R16 Goodyear Wrangler M/T Tires Dead Link Removed Bosch Platinum +4 Plugs Splitfire Dual Mag Core Wires K&N Filtercharger? Replacement Air Filter(e-0996) Remote Keyless Start Hidden Hitch 2" Reciever 2" Receiver Shackle Dead Link Removed Factory 6 Disc CD Changer Torsion Bar Twist Warrior Shackles (WAR153) 4-Door Leaf Springs Bugflector Bug Gaurd GTS Tailblazer Taillight Cover's GTS Front Headlight Blackout's Turboshield (Rear Air Deflector from Explorer Express)[/url] Fire Extinguisher[/url] First Aid Kit[/url] Maxon CB Radio Motorola 280 Talkabouts FRS Radio's Magellan GPS 2000 XL Dead Link Removed Dead Link Removed...

Thanks Rick H. for the great site! My Explorer is an Expedition model only done in 95. Factory parts include: grille guard, taillight guards, skidplates, HD cooling, Leather, alarm, AC, Power-Seats,Windows,Sunroof,Brakes, Steering, etc., Auto Dim Rear View Mirror, Auto Headlights, 6 CD Changer, 7 speaker w/Sub, Chrome 16" wheels, Fog lights, Flares, and so forth... My additions have been: 2" Suspension lift (Upgraded torsion bars/shackles 3" Body lift plus some Sawzall work! K&N Air Filter Flowmaster Delta 50 Mobil 1 fluids all around Rear Powertrax No-Slip Locker Rear Warrior Shock Mount/Skid Plates Rancho RSX shocks 33x12.5R15LT Goodyear MTRs LT285/75R16 Dunlop Radial Rovers approx. 32.8" in diameter for the street now...

1992 XLT 4X4 Tucson, Arizona what I have now: K&N drop-in air filter Hypertech chip high flow catalytic converter 2.5 Flowmaster Force II cat-back 3" Performance Accessories bodylift. AR767 15x8 wheels. 32x11.50 Pathfinder ATR tires. Warn manual hubs clear corners fiberglass front fenders from perry's fab-n-fiber. Uniden PRO 520XL CB w/ radioshack antenna and PA sepaker. Hi-Lift jack Smittybuilt front tube bumper (not installed). tow hooks and straps. Dead Link Removed [Edited by -=DaemoN=- on 01-19-2001 at 06:29 PM]

Well I just wanted to say thanks to all, and wwooooohhhoooo I am an elite. This is the coolest site, I hope to have some more and better pics up soon, but here are a few! I hope to put a few new pics of my new roof rack, some of the shackles and spacers and a few of our last outing!

Did you get my picture of Barney covered in snow? I was hoping that would be under my name by now... Thanks.

Thanx to Rick and my other "Serious Explorations" friends for all the great times, and lessons learned. Here are a few pics, taken by Peter Weber, of my favorite toy: To see a write-up on my mods and explorations, just click on my link in the signature. [Edited by BlueDogBandit on 02-04-2001 at 08:16 AM]

I got my sticker in the mail today. I only have one little problem. I WANT MORE!!! I'll even pay for 2 more if thats what it takes. Please, Please tell me how I can get more?

Hi all, I am proud to say that I am an ELITE EXPLORER!!! :)

Well - I finally am out of general real estate - no more clients in the explorer... Time to grow! Here is a current pic... Dead Link Removed After taking the picture, I was ablet o get the bumpers aligned correctly. Depending on cash flow, over the next 4-8 weeks the following morph's will take place... 5.5" suspension lift (on top of 3" b/l in place) 4.56's with lockers 33" or 35" Goodyear MT/R's steering stabilizer lots of little undercarriage mods to help keep water out (it gets wet here in Florida) I'll keep you posted and will be asking many questions I am sure. Thanks again for all of your help guys! Jon

Here is my borla exhaust, altezzas, and painted lund windjammer. Here is a close up of the altezzas. Here is my side markers, and front clears, with my nice modification that some old lady was nice enough to do for me ;-) Its going in the shop on monday My mods are as follows Engine: Superchip K&N FIPK Bosch Plat 4 Plugs Splitfire Wires Borla muffler with custom piping Suspension: Lowered 1 3/4 inches Eldebrock Performer IAS Shocks Enkei RTS 17x8 rims Michilen Pilot LTX 255/55/17 Exterior: Clear Front Corners with superwhite bulbs Clear side markers with superwhite...

This is my 1998 Eddie Bauer AWD V8. It has all the available options except the cell-phone. It replaced my 92 XLT after 164k miles. Check out my Dead Link Removed Aftermarket Stuff: Hidden Hitch Round Tube Class III Reciever Ventvisor Ventshades Cobra 75 WX ST Remote Mount CB PIAA 9007 Superwhites Tinted front windows to match Granatelli MAS KKN True-Rev Synthetic Oil/Transmission/Transfer-Case oil Flowmaster 50 series Streetglow Gold Series green underbody neons Streetglow 885 50W Superwhite Foglight Bulbs "EXPLORER" 3rd Brake Light Cover EE Rear Sway Bar ES Front Sway Bar Bushings Lund Windjammer - painted to match Other Mods: No exhaust past muffler, 3" turndown Rewired Fogs to work with parking light on...

1997 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L SOHC V6 engine 5R55E automatic transmission 3.55 gears Control Trac 4-wheel drive Toreador Red Clearcoat Metallic exterior Medium Graphite interior FACTORY OPTIONS Package PEP 945A Luxury Group - fog lights - overhead console - high series floor console with rear air and radio controls Electronics Group - anti-theft system with remote / keyless entry FM/AM cassette with 6-disc CD changer 6-way power cloth bucket seats with power lumbar reclining rear seats - integrated child safety seat two-tone rocker paint running boards auxillary transmission cooler skid plates Things I've done to it... POWER none yet, but have plans EXTERIOR painted grille semi-gloss black custom 'speed...