Thought id introduce my Ex.

[BlakeGordon]

Well ive been on this forum for a while (mostly lurkin) but today i got some sick pics of my explorer and i thought id show you guys my baby.
i havent done much to it, im only 17 and unemployed but theres a lot more things that im going to add to it i got it from my grandparents like 6 months ago and it was completly stock. they bought it brand new, and when thay came to visit they couldent even reconize it haha.

well here it is..

soon to come: lockers all around, 2 inch bl, 33's maby, winch bumper and warn 9000p winch.

 

[slaughterrt]

Very nice...very nice. The safari bar looks great, and I like the chain hanging between the tow hooks. Great pics.

 

[UtahX]

Very nice. How do you like the Surco rack?

 

[BlakeGordon]

i love it, looks super sexy also. im probably gonna put a mesh like floor on it tho. but its great got it cheap to. i love craigs list haha

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

welcome blake and nice x u got aim or yahoo

 

[BSlusser]

Epic. I love it. Where did you get your tow hooks?

 

[BlakeGordon]

i got them off my moms expedition haha

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

blake u got aim or yahoo

 

[Millertime1987]

Very nice rig, Blake!!

 

[BlakeGordon]

i got aim bro but i havent been on it forever. why?

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

i got aim if u wanna chat

 

[BlakeGordon]

nah

 

[BSlusser]

i got them off my moms expedition haha

Nice, I know how those mount on an Expedition but how did you get them on your frame?

 

[BlakeGordon]

just drilled an extra hole in my frame and got some grade 8 bolts and mounted them up.

 

[97sprt4x4]

Nice, I know how those mount on an Expedition but how did you get them on your frame?

just like he said, it's really easy i got a pair of them off a expy in a junkyard and i had them on in an hour.... the hardest part was drilling through the frame with a half inch masonary bit

Gordon - did you have any trimming that you had to do to get them to fit on with the bumper? i had to trim both sides a little bit so that they hooks would slide through.

 

[BlakeGordon]

yeah a butt load of trimming but i dident care because im gonna get a custom front bumper within the next few months.

 

[BSlusser]

just like he said, it's really easy i got a pair of them off a expy in a junkyard and i had them on in an hour.... the hardest part was drilling through the frame with a half inch masonary bit

Gordon - did you have any trimming that you had to do to get them to fit on with the bumper? i had to trim both sides a little bit so that they hooks would slide through.

Daang. What would be the cleanest way to trim the bumper, or not have to trim at all? If/when I go to do this, is the 1/2 inch masonry bit the best way to go or would you do it differently in hindsight? My mom's got an Expedish also with the exact same hooks.

 

[97sprt4x4]

Daang. What would be the cleanest way to trim the bumper, or not have to trim at all? If/when I go to do this, is the 1/2 inch masonry bit the best way to go or would you do it differently in hindsight? My mom's got an Expedish also with the exact same hooks.

I have a 97 so my front end is different in so far as bumper openings. so it was a little easier for me then it will be for you. but i would suggest on getting two 1/2 metal drill bits. the reason i used a masonary bit was we broke all the other ones, and we also had to pilot before the masonary bit so it was just a cluster of not goodness. so if you want to do it. go out and get 4 grade 8 bolts, 2 grade 8 flat washers, 4 grade 8 nuts, and two 1/2 metal bits, or one (i say two because we dulled all ours up pretty fast trying to get through the frame) and then go to town. it shouldn't be all that hard. but you may want to ask gordon for a better picture of how he trimmed seeing as he has the correct front end set up for your truck.

 

[BlakeGordon]

haha well i dident really think that deeply into it, me and my buddie were just chillin in my garage and i was like dude i want those tow hooks so we just did it. i just used the hole that was alredy in my frame and had to drill 1 more on each side than i cut the little tab on the end of my frame so i could get my hand in there to hold the bolt. and i just used a saw to cut up my bumper. it only took like 30 mins

 

[sport'96]

step drills work great to drill through the frame, drill a pilot hole, i broke the 1/8in tip off my bit.