beleive it or not the explorer is most commonly know for a big mistake ford made with cheep firestones.....everybody remember the incident i am talking bout. lol. it shoudl be unibody because its meant for a little offroading. its compared to the jeep wrangler the jeep cherokee and suck should be a frame over body for the amount of stress a off road vehicle goes thru. with unibody youll bend the body way to much and the gaps will never be correct afterwards. they are truely turing into soccer mom vehicles as suppose to being an suv which it was meant to be i.e the original suv the international scout of the 50 and the bronco of the 60s
...And what does frame over body mean? That sounds like a terrible design to me. :
beleive it or not the explorer is most commonly know for a big mistake ford made with cheep firestones.....everybody remember the incident i am talking bout. lol. it shoudl be unibody because its meant for a little offroading. its compared to the jeep wrangler the jeep cherokee and suck should be a frame over body for the amount of stress a off road vehicle goes thru. with unibody youll bend the body way to much and the gaps will never be correct afterwards. they are truely turing into soccer mom vehicles as suppose to being an suv which it was meant to be i.e the original suv the international scout of the 50 and the bronco of the 60s
And a unibody if done correctly won't flex nearly as much as some might think. I could lift my Taurus from the rear of the subframe and the doors shut just like when it was sitting on the ground.
Really- technology has come a LONG way since 1991. Time for fresh thinking...
And yeah- that Jeep frame over body design is horrible- the cupholders have been rendered useless!
Best colution there- leave it in there, grab a shovel, and fill that hole back up.