Before & Kinda After

Here is my before and somewhat after pics. Still waiting on my 3" bl, intake, flowmaster 40, remove pinstripe & repaint. And I am sure a billion more mods due to too many ideas from this site!!!

BEFORE:

SOMEWHAT AFTER right side:

LEFT SIDE:

My truck does not look like this now but soon will (pic is a little photoshop help from froader blacking out the pinstripe and chrome trim) Thanks Colin you da man!!!!!
Jiga whaaaaaa!

Input welcomed

 

[davesexplorer]

Looks nice and Black!

 

[lycan91]

looks good

 

[91bluebeauty]

thats one clean explorer

 

[cgriffin_5139]

you got the BL on in the pics

 

[gluvsave35]

how did u fit 33s with no bl??? musta done alot of trimmin!!!

looks reall good thou!!

 

[JIGAWHAAT]

No Bl

how did u fit 33s with no bl??? musta done alot of trimmin!!!

looks reall good thou!!

No there is not a bl installed yet. Just TT and shackles. I just threw on the wheels and tires for the hell of it to see how it looks. Can barley turn the wheel. If I was to drive it like that I would have to do A ton of trimming. I will be putting the BL on sometime next week.

 

[buckshotmudder]

looks real good

 

[Turdle]

I love how it looks with those tires on it.

 

[Ranger379]

ya it looks really good, i like the black with black rims

 

[JIGAWHAAT]

Thanks guys
I will post some pics next week after I install the bl.

JIGA

 

[Burns]

Oh yeah looks good

 

[JIGAWHAAT]

Well it took me close to 20 hours, But the body lift is on. Anything that could go wrong did but I made it work. I still need to get the bumpers done, Gap guards, And trim the tailpipe. Ill do all of that next weekend, I need a break!!
Here she is:


LEFT SIDE:

RIGHT SIDE:

Oh yeah, I added a little decal to my rig. A little tough to see in the pic. But here it is:

DECAL:

FRONT BUMPER PAINTED AND INSTALLED (still needs to be shimmed)

 

[Turdle]

Ha ha
looks Good!!! Those are huge tires--
How does it drive?

 

[JIGAWHAAT]

Ha ha
looks Good!!! Those are huge tires--
How does it drive?

Hey thanks Jon. I cant believe how much work was involved to get it installed. She drives great other then the tires need to be balanced and I need to get a front end alignment. Shes a little shaky at 60 mph+
Later
JIGA

 

[410Fortune]

body lift install = PITA
looks great!

 

[JIGAWHAAT]

body lift install = PITA
looks great!

Thanks
A pita x 10
most of my body mount bolts were so rusted that no amount of heat or lube would get them out. So in the end, They snapped and I had to drill them out. The steering extension was too small to fit over the steering shaft so I had to grind it down. I could go on for hours. But its done. 20 hours of pure bliss!!! LOL
Next, raise the rear bumper, Flowmaster, KKM, Custom front bumper, Winch, Light bar, Wait a second here. This is never going to end is it?

 

['97 V8]

haha, nice. Ya theres a little dimple on the steering shaft that needs to be grinded down. Radiator mounts that need to be pushed up out of the way. Fan shroud that needs to be dc before doing the body lift etc etc. The shake is normal with unbalanced tires above 60. After i got mine balanced it was smooth as butter.

 

[JIGAWHAAT]

haha, nice. Ya theres a little dimple on the steering shaft that needs to be grinded down. Radiator mounts that need to be pushed up out of the way. Fan shroud that needs to be dc before doing the body lift etc etc. The shake is normal with unbalanced tires above 60. After i got mine balanced it was smooth as butter.

It was actually not just the dimple but the whole shaft had to be grinded down on all 4 sides. Was a pain in the ass to get down there with a grinder. As for the fan shroud, I didnt have to take it off to get my bl on although it was a tight squeeze. I will be getting the tires balanced tomorrow.
Thanks

JIGA

 

[buckshotmudder]

looks good.. sucks about the problems with the body lift