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just got back from the salvage yard, finally found my 2nd gen wheel flares and only paid $20! well i had to pull them myself and might have poison ivy but these were off a newly arrived vehicle, not a scrap at a u-pull-it. when i got home i decided id go ahead and start rippin my...

i tried using stock shocks but they were 2 inches too short, ended up having to go with stud extenders and my old KYB's till i can get some 3 inch ext. ranchos. the truck has settled slightly, overall lift is 2.5" in the front and 3.0" in the back. Im debating on putting spacers under the...

J3, i have a billet grille with fog light cutouts for sale for a 91-94 explorer if youre looking for one. my friends almost bought me navajo badges and headlights/grille so i could fit in at import carlisle with them, just to get me to go.. i stayed home.

thanks for the quick response, i have 21.5 and 35 up front as measurements. so im lookin at around 2.5" of lift, not bad... its what i thought

Im hoping one of you guys could help me out. Before lifting my truck i forgot to take measurements of stock height, yeah i was excited and didnt think of it. now that ive gotten everything on that i have the money for at the moment i wanna find out how much of a difference ive made. im...

yeah if they settle any more than they have im putting f-150 spacers under them since i have the drop brackets and wont have to worry about binding. i forget how much the endlinks were, i'll check in the morning and post after class tomorrow night.

well i picked up my vehicle and when i got to work i grabbed a factory shock and put it on the lower stud to see how much longer of a shock i would need. i need at least 2.5 inches longer of a shock for it to work. i dont know what coils roughcountry sent me but they for sure are not 1.5"...

from the research ive done they look to be the same basic design, just longer. I am going to order them in at work so i can do a side by side comparison. the only thing im worried about is the ends are wider for the 3/4 ton sway bar. but as soon as i get one in i can let every know for sure.

i already have a set of f250 front brake hoses lined up at work when i have the money to buy new rotors and calipers. i was also debating on swapping in some f250 sway bar links as they are a couple inches longer than the explorer ones but i will wait and see how everything goes. had a friend...

thanks for answering a question i was 95% sure on, makes me feel smart lol i need to wait a few months b4 i start thinking about changing diffs, i have too much money tied up in coils and drop brackets right now. i think though, that 3.73s would be a better choice for me as i do alot of...

1st gen Dana 35s are all open diffs regardless of gear ratio, correct? im not very knowledgable when it comes to diffs and gear ratios but this summer when im looking into a 3.73 or 4.10 swap in my 2dr i want to make sure i know all the options i have. i just realized that is only one...

to throw in my 2 cents.. alot of 'fuel economy' ratings and personal results will differ between our vehicles depending on where we live and how we drive. you guys out there getting 18, 20+ mpg, i envy you. my 4.0L averages 12-14 mpg while my 5.0L averages 15-17 mpg. I am not constantly on...

im slowly but surely getting the lift on my truck piece by piece. a few months ago a friend of mine who has a ttb lifted ranger sold me his rancho rsx self adjusting shocks he ran for a couple months for the front of my explorer. bolted them up, seemed fine. while putting the axle drop...

my 4.0 threw the same codes yours did. although my symptons were a little worse. vehicle would run relatively fine at idle, you could rev the motor slightly and as it idled back down it would bog out and shut off. driving wise it would run fine for a while, then start shifting erratically and...

just to throw in my two cents.. RoughCountry has a 4 inch lift for 1st gens for $670 and it has new lifted leaf packs for the rear. just thought id try to save you a little money.

I do agree that 91-94 explorers dont have the best front brake setup but most people are running on factory rotors and calipers till and these new parts along with a good brake fluid flush dramatically improves your stopping power. some questions that rose up when i read your post though.. im...

thanks.. hopefully by the end of the week when i get some help ill have the drop brackets on and lift the rear up a little more level. i'll post pics when im complete.

so the radius and axle pivot brackets came to the house yesterday evening, rough country threw in a pair of AALs. gonna have a friend help me install everything prbly next week. it got me thinking though, since im going to have the brackets i could actually lift the front end of the explorer...

number 3 plug isnt that bad to get to if you cut the wheels all the way to the left, reach in behind the skirt on the inner fender and position yourself where you can see the plug. its actually quite easy then. first thing i would do is pull that wire off, get a pair of needlenose, and gently...

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213424 rather than post in 2 threads i figured id just move everything over here since this was the one most looked at. above is a link to a thread i had going that has pictures of my explorer showing the bad camber from the lift.

yeah it does look good with the lift, only bad thing is i think they sent me the 4" springs instead of the 1.5" leveling set. its not so bad though, i love the height i have now. I have to call and order drop brackets tomorrow, the front end is binding and needs dropped. more money but it...

My sister retired her bronco II, cracked head and bottom end knock, and while im sitting here trying to figure out the cheapest way to get 3.73s for my explorer i walk down and look at the tag on the bronco's driver door and find code 44 for axle, 3.73 gear ratio. Now i know most bronco II's...

i was just thinking.. since i am going to have to buy drop brackets, that will allow me to lift the vehicle higher, correct? hmm.. i just called a local ford garage to get my discounted price on f-150 coil spacers. now what am i gonna do for the rear? i could get a rear axle out of a ranger...

yeah, after crawling under the vehicle and taking some pictures i know i will need radius arm drop brackets, here are a few pictures of what im dealing with..

well i called roughcountry, the company i purchased the coils from, and they can sell me axle pivot and radius arm brackets for $185, the stx factory parts in the FS forum are $150 plus shipping.. would i need the radius arm brackets or just the axle pivots? and would parts from an STX work on...

i read your write up on the spacer install and noticed that your truck came from the factory with a 2 inch lift.. did this mean it came with ext. axle pivot brackets and a different readius arm crossmember? if so maybe this is why you didnt have to worry when you got your camber kit installed...

after doing extensive searching and reading on the site i finally bought and installed rough country 2 inch extended front coil springs. well i dropped the vehicle off at the alignment shop this morning bc the front wheels were way way off camber. I just got a call from the shop saying that...

Ive decided i need to get my rockers fixed asap as i am keeping my 2dr for the duration. i have purchased slip on rockers to repair below the door and molding but the rust extends back to what i guess is still considered the dog leg. ive searched and seen lots of repairs on 4 doors where...

thanks for responses you guys. its appreciated. now i can start into this with a slight bit of confidence that i wont mess it up.

ehh id rather not, but i really hate jumping in my 93 after i just drove my 97 home from work and im staring at maroon headliner and not the temperature. that and i was thinking about mounting an auxillary guage where the sunroof button is.

I was reading about the overhead console swap from a 2nd gen to a 1st gen, im really interested in doing this other than hacking up the headliner to find that the mounting holes arent there for the console mount. Ive never had good luck with headliners and dont really want to remove mine to...

i need to invest some time in fixing the rocker panels, you can see in the one pic how bad the pass side is, the drivers isnt much better. other than that and a huge crease in my drivers fender from a masonry brick incident outside a bar, the vehicle is in really good shape body wise. i have an...

the only problem i can imagine you having is the 2nd gen console forms to the shape of the lower dash, but in a 1st gen this is where the ash tray is. you could get it to work, possibly lose the ash tray.

i just noticed how much of a difference scrubbing my tires with purple power made, the white lettering is actually white. although now with all the wheel well space its gonna make me want some 32s.

nah.. although i will be taking the leaf pack off soon, rear is slightly lower than the front now and i think its bc my rear has a 3 leaf set up. the main leaf barely has an arch to it, its almost laying flat. rather than put an AAL on my leaf packs i think im just gonna opt for a 4 door leaf...

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212451 here is the link to the install i did this past monday on the rear shackles, it was honestly one of the easiest installs ive ever done. then again i soaked all the bolts in PB Blaster days b4. hope this helps.

Ive had my 93 Sport for over 6 years and just now started modifying it for light off road use and some camping/fishing trips. so far i have less than $200 on a 2" suspension lift and $200 in some good 31s. i already have a rear spare tire carrier in the works and some other little things that...

awesome, this is the first time ive won something since high school and im 25. lol

ok, you win.. lol

yeah.. im not unique anymore lol i cant complain though, i only paid $200 for the wheels and tires that are one them, and in the one pic you can see they still have great tread.