Insight on lowering explorer?

[Flingueur]

Has any body lowered their Explorer on here?? Is there any pros/cons?? I'm looking for around 2" lowered, I don't want it on the ground just to reduce the gap.


Here is a stock photo of my car tell me what you would reccomend.

 

[swshawaii]

Search 2002-05 Third Gen.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17

Modified sub forum. GL
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=98

 

[not8taxi]

ground force springs...you can use many shocks as others on here used but i had the kyb struts with ground force springs

 

[Flingueur]

What all do i need to do this i want front and back lowered. I'm reading through and i see so many suggestions I'm not sure what i need

 

[JoshMcMadMac]

Here is an idea of what the Ground Force drop looks like:
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2969579&postcount=4308

There are tons of threads on this, and it is pretty straight forward to accomplish.

 

[Limited02]

Whatever you do, I advise getting new shocks and not reusing the old ones.

My shocks were shot and the ride was downright scary. So when I replaced the shocks, I trimmed 1.5 coils off to lower it a smidge. The ride is 100x's better and the stance has improved as well. It doesn't look "lowered" but more leveled out.

Edit: I used the Monroe Reflex shocks from Rockauto.com.

 

[Flingueur]

Whatever you do, I advise getting new shocks and not reusing the old ones.

My shocks were shot and the ride was downright scary. So when I replaced the shocks, I trimmed 1.5 coils off to lower it a smidge. The ride is 100x's better and the stance has improved as well. It doesn't look "lowered" but more leveled out.

Edit: I used the Monroe Reflex shocks from Rockauto.com.

That's the answer i was looking for! Thanks so much for everyones help!

 

[DAT05EXPLODER]

ground force springs...you can use many shocks as others on here used but i had the kyb struts with ground force springs

here are a couple pics of this setup he had with stock rims and tires, i now own the truck.

 

[Flingueur]

Nice, might be getting some 18" Saleens to put on to!

 

[02explorerlerma]

here are a couple pics of this setup he had with stock rims and tires, i now own the truck.

is this drop with the ground force springs?
or did you cut

 

[Limited02]

is this drop with the ground force springs?
or did you cut

Mentioned above, that picture is with GF springs.

 

[DAT05EXPLODER]

as limited02 said, it is with the GF springs and kyb struts.