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Yes, wheels on the ground. I just backed it off to 2". The previous owner had the torsion bar adjustment bolt all the way in. The ride is much smoother now. I'll be sure to take it in for alignment. Thanks for the help.

Great info. Much appreciated. I just measured, and I'm 3" from horizontal on each side. I'm going to lower it an inch and see if that improves anything.

Thanks @gmanpaint. That is really helpful, I was wondering what the "stock" or zero position was. I'll measure tonight, but I'm sure it is more than 2". How do coilovers improve your lift over TT? I would have expected both are limited by the 2" maximum over stock.

I jacked up each front wheel by the LCA last night (one at a time) and the CV didn't appear to be binding when I did that which surprised me. Full droop is still a problem. I'm definitely getting a lot of rough rolling and howling from the front end when driving. Wheel bearings are new. No...

So the previous owner did a torsion twist, 1" body lift, and trimming to fit 33" tires. There has always been vibration at highways speed and just general rough riding. I thought maybe the CVs were going bad, so I replaced with new NAPA (i.e. Cardone) axles. Now going around town it...

I got around to pulling my radiator and getting the condensor separated was as big of pain as others stated. I saw a few others mention using the 4.0L condensor mounts but there weren't any pictures to be found. I went to the local pick n pull on a 40% off day and was out the door for under...

I searched around for a little bit and found a user in this thread that had some failures: Check Your Fan Blade!!!!! Post #54: But that was all I could find. Doesn't seem to be a huge concern unless they are severely cracked. Some people were running ones with cracks running down the...

There is a metal bracket that mounts to the fan clutch. The plastic blades appear to be molded around this bracket. There appears to be holes in the metal so the plastic is around and through the bracket. You can see the darker areas in the center fan section in your picture. This is why I...

I was trying to figure out why Ford changed to a single row radiator and then it hit me that the change to a plastic fan seems to have occured around the same time. Plastic fan in around 1999 and the change to a single row radiator happened in 2000. In my research, it seems the plastic fan is...

Thanks for following up. I can't believe there isn't easy way to do this.

Looks like an SCT x4 might be in my future. It appears to handle larger tire sizes. I've got an email to their support team to see what their range is. Anybody here run an SCT x4 on a stock drivetrain? Any noticeable improvements. At what point do you actually benefit from a custom tune...

I'm not sure why it looked okay the previous time I checked. The scantool compares GPS vs vehicle computer reported speed. This last time I checked it was obvious they were off. At 20 it was off by 2, at 30 off by 3, at 60 off by 6. Exactly what you would expect from a multiplier being off...

So I double checked this with my scantool, and indeed the computer speed and true speed were off by at least 10%. I took it to Ford today to get it adjusted, but they ran into an ABS limit on how far they could adjust the revs/mile. I started a new thread to discuss: Explorer Speedo...

So I took my 2000 Explorer to the Ford dealer to get the revs per mile changed because my Ex has 33" tires. The factory setting was 736 revs per mile and my tires by the manufacturer spec (32.6" overall diameter) should have been set to 619. The dealer did not do this a lot, and was concerned...

I live right next to work and maybe put 5000 on a year so the cost of gas isn't a huge concern. I just want to make sure nothing is wrong.

The motor has 89,600. It feels pretty healthy. Not as powerful as I was expecting with the V8, but that might be due to the 3.73 and 33". I've got a 1989 F350 7.3L diesel with 33" and 4.10s and it isn't necessarily overly peppy either. I was planning on moving to 4.55 gears eventually, and...

Good point about the speedo; however, I did check and the speedo is dead on with GPS, so the previous owner must have had it adjusted.

I have a new to me 2000 Ford Explorer with the following specs: 4406 swap Torsion twist of several inches 1" body lift Roof Rack 5.0L V8 Rock Sliders and Custom rear bumper with full size spare 33" Pro Comp MT2 tires 3.73 gears My onboard computer is reporting about 10.4mpg with all around...

Whenever you get a chance for pics is fine. I need some recovery points up front and your bumper kit looks top notch. I haven't decided if I want a winch and some of the winch bumpers stick out incredibly far which is why I was curious how funky it looks from the side.

I think I will do the axle damper as that is a cheap part. I will hold off on the axle wrap bars as they do look like they will ruin the rear end flex. Thanks for the offer though.

It is a red Eddie Bauer with tan interior and trim. Story I was told is it went from AZ to Columbia, MO where it was kitted out to St. Joseph, MO which is where I purchased it. No idea if the previous owners were members.

Do you have any side profile pics? And a pic from above where the winch would mount? Thanks.

Hello all, new guy here. I just bought a 2000 Explorer last week and am in the process of figuring out what I got myself into. Maybe one of you on here was the original modifier. Anyways, the owner before the one I bought it from did a torsion twist, new rear springs, and it looks like a 1"...