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Sorry I missed this post. The two hangers combined give two inches of lift. So if you add the hangers and remove the block you would end up at roughly the same spot. The 63" springs gave me about 3" of lift. So the two hangers, keep the factory block, and 63" chevys would probably end up...

I haven't been able to figure out a reasonable way to ship a fully built bumper. The online quotes I get put the shipping at $275 to $350. I use the sizes 70x30x20 with a weight of 100 pounds. Shipping is from 93722 if you want to see what you can find. Unwelded I can ship everything but the...

Should update this. It has been over a year with the new setup. It works awesome. Same grade as before I no longer over heat on. I put my foot to the floor at the bottom and let off on a few corners and the top and can hold 60 all the way up in 4th. But now I burn more gas going up the...

Second Gen explorer front winch bumper

Or you can drag the Navajo up for a weekend and we can build a bumper for it. Especially if it still has the factory bumper frame mounts on it.

I am selling a kit form winch bumper for the second gen explorer. It bolts to the factory frame mounts that get some reinforcements added. You will need to provide the mounting hardware which is grade 8 bolts. You will also need to provide a 34.5" long piece of 2 inch square tube. This is a...

That is not what the lady at the Post Office said when I dropped off 6 boxes totaling 240lbs today....

So here it is what this bumper looks like in raw format. 20180326_141843 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr The whole bumper also fits in two flat rate shipping boxes. All that needs to be provided is 4 grade 8 bolts and a roughly 34.5 inch long piece of 2 inch square tube...

You found my bumper. Here are a few more pictures of it. Building a winch bumper for our 01 Explorer.

Lots of questions. I like the coil springs better then leafs up front. I used to have leafs and converted to coil springs. If you do a search for RockRangerII it should come up. This is the rebuild thread. As far as cutting the frame to extend I am not sure. I have never done it so I can't...

Northwest fab or tmr both in Canada. One of them make a 5 bolt ranger to 6 bolt tcase conversion adapter. You could then run a passenger drop tcase and use that front 60.

Can do either way. Sending you a PM.

I would copy this. Brian1 91 XLT 4x4

Looks good Brian. Wish I could be joining you on the trip.

Of coarse she does. But she also wants me to finish the rebuild of her Jeep before I get to far into this build. I also just picked up the rear driveshaft for the 4406 swap. I think I now have all the parts to do that swap as well.

Some pictures of of it painted and mounted up on the Explorer. Painted it Rustolium Hammered Black. 20180214_135442 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr 20180214_140813 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr 20180214_135634 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr 20180214_135624 by Matthew Dresselhaus...

I wish I could. I will be working. Maybe next year with some advance notice.

Blue and white would look slick.

10 days on the Mojave Road will be awesome. I hope to make it down there one of these years.

I like two then one. Though I would have to sit in the front and rear seats to see what I would really like.

Also, short of the 2x2 tube the entire rest of it would fit in a flat rate box....

I designed, cut, and built it myself. It will be about three or 4 weeks till I can get back to finishing it. I have a list of changes to make to the next one. All small changes like adding a tab or or moving this or that a bit here or there. Overall I am very happy with how it turned out.

161,000 miles of stock. It will be a very mild build. Dirt road exploring type of build. Already have a 4406 tcase and a 4.10 front diff in the garage. I can't fit the whole family in the Ranger and we can't fit everybody and camping gear in Tracy's Jeep.

Then tack weld the lower pieces on and test fit it all. 20180203_152037 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr 20180203_152005 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr 20180203_152018 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr Included are shackle recovery points and notches for a hilift jack. 20180203_152325...

Then you can start tack welding the outer wings on. 20180202_105848 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr A few views of the bottom before the lower pieces are placed. this lets you see the frame work. 20180202_123900 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr 20180202_123103 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on...

We have owned this explorer for 6 years now and has been a great vehicle for my wife to drive around. Now it is time to start modifying it. First up is a winch bumper. It bolts to the factory brackets that will have some extra reinforcements welded to them. This is the start of the mounts...

Glad to see it will be living on and be around for a while. Will it be April's daily driver in the future?

Diffwackdaddy has a red rig. That pretty much answers the question about drivers of red rigs.

Worst case is you might need to pull it part way out with a jack under the tcase. Then realign the straps to balance it better.

Cut the front clip out and I see no problem. We pulled the grill, radiator and support and stuffed the whole drivetrain in tracys jeep. That is a strait 6 nv4500 and a Dana 300. I am sure it is heavier then what you are pulling.

My 1.5 x.250 tierod has a slight bow in it. For the amount of times I have rammed it into rocks I am impressed with how strait it has stayed.

Getting close. Glad we will see it back on the road soon.

Out. It is a bad weekend with my work schedule.

I am out. To much family stuff came up to get away for a day to the desert.

Glad to see you making progress on this. When I saw your post on facebook a few weeks back my heart sank. My brother went thru thru the same thing last year. Tracy and I lost a baby before we had Bailey though not nearly as far along as you two were.

I will get you the mic holder in the next few weeks. Your rebuild is going much quicker than I expected.

No. I wish I was. If you hurry up and get the interior back in you will have a chance at running it this year.

Our attempt to run the trail earlier this year was denied with the trail not opening till today. So I am planning a trip to run it next year. The trail is located about 2 hours east of Fresno CA in the Sierra National Forest. It is 33 miles long as it cuts between two wilderness areas. It is...

Dusy opened today. It closes November 1. So three weeks the trail will be open this year. The only good I can see of this is that some major trail repairs were done this year. Hopefully that will make for a quick opening next year.

So sorry to hear this.