Explorer Lift/Leveling Kit

[BogFather]

For anyone having a problem gaining those few extra inchs without having to pay TOP $$. I've got an answer for you all right here:
http://www.fatbobsgarage.com/cart/p...rer_3_Complete_Lift_Kit_1995_2007-447-22.html
And i can tell you from personal experience that it is worth it for sure and the sales ppl are great to deal with. here is mine after the kit was installed

And Before & After

 

[Dan Whitaker]

$227 is a lot for something that can be done for $50 for the same result.

 

[Mkrucejr]

$227 is a lot for something that can be done for $50 for the same result.

True, but would your grass look that much better after just $50?

 

[BogFather]

Yeah but for up here in canada our options are limited, and had already done the TT, and shackle upgrade. And the 3" suspension lift is $2500+ from down there. Anyways it was worth it IMO.

 

[beenwrong2002]

can that be done after the pa853 3" body lift, warrior shackles, and TT ?

 

[dmcman1]

I'm still trying to figure out what exactly it does in the front.

 

[Charlie]

Front looks a little taller.

 

[BogFather]

Well for the front you get new tortion keys which have a steaper angle from what i gathered while putting them on. And as far as the body lift, tortion twist and shackles. well i had the tortion twist and home made shackle job done before hand and i'll be doing the body lift shortly after X-mas if everything goes right

 

[BogFather]

Front looks a little taller.

Yeah thats because my driveway is sloped, and FAR from even LMAO. But over all she sits very nicely now and can deffinately see and feel the difference in height.....

 

[kert0307]

can you post up a pict of the angle of your bottom control arms/cv's?

 

[studd469]

do they just sell the torsion keys?... never mind found the answer my self... are there any cheaper alternatives to raising the front?

 

[adub98]

What shackles do you have? I looked at the ones at auto zone and they just don't look strong enough.

 

[brianjwilson]

I would be interested to see how much downtravel you have in the front now. I'm guessing about an inch, and it probably tops on when you drive over a paint strip. I mean it looks good but it starts to drive like ass when you do that. Not to mention, when you do bottom the suspension hard, the torsion bars will twist more than they are designed to, and it will fatigue them. After time, the bars will wear out bad and it will sag in the front again.

 

[ttavenieriii]

pepboys have some nice shackles for cheap strong i mean i ran over a tree by accident and the have held up good. also alot of people out here in florida go to home depot or lowes and but a 3 foot section of meatal about 2 inches wide and 1/2 deep and cut that in half making 1.5 foot long shakle and drilling holes in it yes its redneck engineered but it sits tall and looks not to bad cost around 40 dollars for the 2 3foot sections and you can drill holes yourself soo good luck

 

[BogFather]

What shackles do you have? I looked at the ones at auto zone and they just don't look strong enough.

Sorry haven't posted in a while, been busy with EVERYTHING imagineable. Anyways as to the beginning of this thread, I still have the kit installed to this day and well everything is still AOK. The back end still sags a bit but thats because of the springs needing Re-Arching so i had to torque the tortion bars down a bit. But other then that all is good . And as to your ?? about shackles, well me and a buddy fabbed up some new ones from 1/4 inch steal & they are WICKEDLY rugged. I've slammed them into alot of rocks and they are still straight as an arrow. There are a few links on the site for fabbing shackles just search it out bud.....GoodLuck on everything