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I have a thread up in modified 95-01 Explorers, but since mine is mainly off-road I figured it would be more suitable to have a thread in here.

What I am working with

97 2wd Explorer 4 door with 5.0L V-8

Front suspension: 14" Wheel travel

Modified LCA to accept a 1" uniball as the outer pivot then boxed in accordingly. Custom UCA with 7/8" heim as outter pivot and 3/4" heim on frame pivots. Fabtech lift spindle tapped out for the heim and drilled knuckle for a 7/8" on the outter tie rod as well. Fox twin tube bypass shocks as well as a 2.0 body air shock per side assist the stock torsions with spring rate. Fox hydraulic bump stop off of the UCA

Rear suspension: 18" wheel travel

62" race leaf springs by Deaver with custom 12" long shackles. 18x2.5 triple bypasses by Fox though the wheel wells.

Other:

Baker 8" front fenders with FIberwerx 8 " fiber glass rear panels. Front and rear bumpers with a 2" rollcage threaded throughout still in the making. Fullsize axle out back with 4.56 gears and a L/S. 35x12.50 BFG Baja TAs and some Pro comp rims to hit the ground running.

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Just started final assembly of the truck for testing. Installing all the panels, got the 3rd member, sway bar, and fuel cell back in. Rear swings 29 1/2" of travel

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Thank you! Yes, it's very Nice to see your creation finally take shape my buddy who has been doing The fab work is absolutely amazing!
 






Who is it doing the work? Anyone reputable in the industry or just a friend? Looks awesome!
 






Who is it doing the work? Anyone reputable in the industry or just a friend? Looks awesome!
A very good friend of mine is doing it. He built the front end for me too
 






Got my paddles from skat trak today

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Got the explorer complete enough to do some break in testing! Had a few hiccups but overall some good testing and break in miles.
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and heres a short vid of some break in driving. All new trans and rear end with no miles so I had to taker 'er a little easy!

 












Thanks, I stepped up my exhaust game to 3.5 and all stainless tig welded!

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Got a little more testing in. Out in ocotillo hit the she'll reef whoops about 10 times 3/4 throttle at 74mph on the gps

 






Another video running the opposite direction same line

 






Did some more testing after a rear shock revalve and put 240 miles on the ole girl. 160 miles I did with my 6 year old and she loved it. She's a trooper!
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Went out for Easter and did a little driving and got a few vid clips



 






Had a little fun at our so cal Jump champs. Sent her around 100 feet off the jump
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Killer shot. Looks like it flew pretty good. How was the landing?

Homeboy Larimore let loose this weekend! Who ended up winning?

It flew nice! I was a little nervous to hit the big jump but I said ef it! With the 35's up front it bottomed out on the subframe so the bigger jumps landed rough up front a little but other than that it was smooth and I'm stoked!

Lol Jerry hucked 180 feet and this buggy went like 160! I heard over the radio that I hit 100 feet. The white crew cab Taco hit 120 feet as did the bad ass white chevy.
 












Here's one of my jumps from the stands

 






I’ll have some good updates in a couple hours!
 



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