my 97 xlt

well heres my 97 Explorer XLT with a semi build to it. Bought it bone stock on Valentines day as a DD and didnt plan on messing with it much cause I have a fully built ranger but I guess the bug nver leaves you.

It has 3 inch extended upper and lower control arms using a 3 inch fabtech lift spindle. For shocks it has a pair of Fox bypasses, Fox airshocks, and a pair of Fox hydraulic bumpstops. The nifty part is we kept it really cheap by leaving the stock torsions and building on the stock lower arm by adding a one inch uniball to it and plating it in fully.

The rear has a pair of custom leaf springs still utilising the good ol' stock shackle that sways back and forth. The rear is dampened by a pair of 12x2.5 SAW res shocks

 

[Paraphoe]

Very nice, that head on shot looks awesome. Great work.

 

[calmac06]

Wonderful looking truck, would def like to see some action shots!

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

nice x u got there dan keep up the good work

 

[danwaters]

thanks guys. It seems to be an ongoing build. I just got a lightning axle and I need to pick up some rear fenders/side panels before I install it do to it being about 7 inches wider than stock

 

[AAnnddrreeww]

That is an awesome looking truck.
Wish we had more X's like that around here.

 

[gchap916]

do you have any pics of the front suspension? i'm building mine similar to yours and trying to do it on the cheap.