1993 XLT 4X4 lift kit

[DemonMudder]

Maybe that's why it's still sitting in the garage with an unknown issue this past month...No codes and won't run. I've only been working on it on weekends but it runs great till it warms up. (then i gotta unplug MAF to go anywhere).

Ahhh, interesting...not sure what's up with that off hand. Wish ya luck on it though!

 

[James Andrew93]

Maybe that's why it's still sitting in the garage with an unknown issue this past month...No codes and won't run. I've only been working on it on weekends but it runs great till it warms up. (then i gotta unplug MAF to go anywhere).

I had an F150 that would do that and it was a Vacuum leak.

 

[jonny4wd]

I had an F150 that would do that and it was a Vacuum leak.

Thanks for the tip. I just did the LIM/UIM and vacuum is good. no hose leaks, new injectors/new FPR. (idle vacuum 21, fuel pressure 28).

 

[Bradhenry1957]

Yo

Hello All I just got my grandmas 1993 XLT 4X4 for my son who is 14. we have a couple years to make it cool. it only has 70k miles and it look brand new. What is the best all around lift. I found James Duff what are your thought.

Your going to trust your 14 yr old son with a "lifted" explorer?...think about how top-heavy it'll be once he's crammed all of his friends in it to bomb around town and the woods...I'm just thinking of when I started driving...perhaps he's much more level headed than we were.

 

[Bradhenry1957]

Yo

Your going to trust your 14 yr old son with a "lifted" explorer?...think about how top-heavy it'll be once he's crammed all of his friends in it to bomb around town and the woods...I'm just thinking of when I started driving...perhaps he's much more level headed than we were.

Oh forgive me, I just saw the couple of years to make it cool...still, at 16 I was a hellion

 

[DemonMudder]

Oh forgive me, I just saw the couple of years to make it cool...still, at 16 I was a hellion

I was pretty calm at 16, I was mostly level as long as I can remember, I have my moments though.

 

[Bradhenry1957]

I was pretty calm at 16, I was mostly level as long as I can remember, I have my moments though.

Well good luck with your extended project...it will be a great bonding experience for you both.

 

[DemonMudder]

Well good luck with your extended project...it will be a great bonding experience for you both.

Oh, I'm not the original poster, I was just giving my two cents lol

 

[Bradhenry1957]

Oh, I'm not the original poster, I was just giving my two cents lol

Lol ok, good for you...I'm hoping I didn't offer the poster an unwanted opinion

 

[DemonMudder]

Lol ok, good for you...I'm hoping I didn't offer the poster an unwanted opinion

Oh I'm sure ya didn't, just being honest, was a fair reason too

 

[Fix4Dirt]

Yo

Your going to trust your 14 yr old son with a "lifted" explorer?...think about how top-heavy it'll be once he's crammed all of his friends in it to bomb around town and the woods...I'm just thinking of when I started driving...perhaps he's much more level headed than we were.

valid point. that being said if theyre careful, the X is great for a beginning wheeler. also, if he builds it alon go with op he gets to learn what goes into it and hopefully will get to learn about how lifting changes the COG of the vehicle. also op do consider the statement as tall as necessary as wide as possible. hopefully he can learn all about the changes a lift makes to a vehicle through lesrning by building it and maybe some reading here. couple that with being a level headed fellow, and it should be fine. or at lesst thats the way i view it and think i am. dont speed take turns fast etc.

i wonder if its worth getting him an account here maybe get him adking questions as he goes along, get to know some of the guys here, figure out what goes into everything, since thats how i am/have been lesrning both from my dad and from EF. best for him to maybe get a feel for it stock maybe some backroads and then lift it and work ya way up to the lift. maybe get him doing some basic repairs with supervision? dpeends, imo. hope all works out for him and the x

-a young fellow myself.

 

[DemonMudder]

valid point. that being said if theyre careful, the X is great for a beginning wheeler. also, if he builds it alon go with op he gets to learn what goes into it and hopefully will get to learn about how lifting changes the COG of the vehicle. also op do consider the statement as tall as necessary as wide as possible. hopefully he can learn all about the changes a lift makes to a vehicle through lesrning by building it and maybe some reading here. couple that with being a level headed fellow, and it should be fine. or at lesst thats the way i view it and think i am. dont speed take turns fast etc.

i wonder if its worth getting him an account here maybe get him adking questions as he goes along, get to know some of the guys here, figure out what goes into everything, since thats how i am/have been lesrning both from my dad and from EF. best for him to maybe get a feel for it stock maybe some backroads and then lift it and work ya way up to the lift. maybe get him doing some basic repairs with supervision? dpeends, imo. hope all works out for him and the x

-a young fellow myself.

I do agree, done respectively and right, the X is a good starter for dailying and offroading. Proved so in mine for a few years being my first as well. Also agree on the account thing, just in case. Also where I got a lot of my knowledge, between my dad, my truck, the junkyard ones and here.

 

[Fix4Dirt]

I do agree, done respectively and right, the X is a good starter for dailying and offroading. Proved so in mine for a few years being my first as well. Also agree on the account thing, just in case. Also where I got a lot of my knowledge, between my dad, my truck, the junkyard ones and here.

yep, knowledgable fellow! not sure id reccomend it for his dd as afaik the 1gs did not have airbags, but for a weekend driver/froader, they make good projects and offroaders. keep it between the lines, dont speed, and he should be alright with some common sense, and maybe some knowledge gained here.

 

[DemonMudder]

yep, knowledgable fellow! not sure id reccomend it for his dd as afaik the 1gs did not have airbags, but for a weekend driver/froader, they make good projects and offroaders. keep it between the lines, dont speed, and he should be alright with some common sense, and maybe some knowledge gained here.

Oh c'mon, who needs airbags? We die like real men!!
In all seriousness, yeah, want those I suppose, making a 2nd gen safer yes, especially since the 1st gen did have the rollover issue, the 2nd still did too, but it was much better. But I mean, driver like a smart human being and not like an absolute moron and you should be fine, just need to be a good defensive driver if needed.

 

[J_C]

^ Smart driving also comes from years of experience doing it, and recognizing you are not immortal, gaining more consideration of others on the road, and having to foot the bill for repairs and insurance. I would not give my 16 year old self, a lifted SUV for public road use, knowing what I do now.

Just last night, I was about 2 seconds away from totaling my '98. A car pulled out from a side street trying to cross lanes to go the opposite direction, and I anticipated it and was ready to brake just in the nick of time. My 16 year old self would have just assumed nobody in their right mind pulls out in the middle of 50 MPH traffic, would have been looking straight ahead instead of at that car right before it pulled out. This really doesn't have much to do with lifted explorers, except that I would have been more comfortable driving something else when it comes to collision avoidance.

 

[Mbrooks420]

Oh c'mon, who needs airbags? We die like real men!!
In all seriousness, yeah, want those I suppose, making a 2nd gen safer yes, especially since the 1st gen did have the rollover issue, the 2nd still did too, but it was much better. But I mean, driver like a smart human being and not like an absolute moron and you should be fine, just need to be a good defensive driver if needed.

They are no more prone to rollover than any SUV of the era.

 

[James Andrew93]

^ Smart driving also comes from years of experience doing it, and recognizing you are not immortal, gaining more consideration of others on the road, and having to foot the bill for repairs and insurance. I would not give my 16 year old self, a lifted SUV for public road use, knowing what I do now.

Just last night, I was about 2 seconds away from totaling my '98. A car pulled out from a side street trying to cross lanes to go the opposite direction, and I anticipated it and was ready to brake just in the nick of time. My 16 year old self would have just assumed nobody in their right mind pulls out in the middle of 50 MPH traffic, would have been looking straight ahead instead of at that car right before it pulled out. This really doesn't have much to do with lifted explorers, except that I would have been more comfortable driving something else when it comes to collision avoidance.

Well Better than My first car. Some of the part on that mustang that I post were from my first car. I got tee boned not my fault.

 

[DemonMudder]

They are no more prone to rollover than any SUV of the era.

The first gen was, same with the bronco II. That's why some places like uhaul generally won't rent any trailers to the explorer due to that being a stereotype. Also the whole firestone tire debate from way back when too, ford blamed the rollovers on firestones tires rather than taking blame for it. But as said, on the second gen it was less of an issue, more like the standard suv at the point yes, and that was pretty much the end of it.

 

[Mbrooks420]

The first gen was, same with the bronco II. That's why some places like uhaul generally won't rent any trailers to the explorer due to that being a stereotype. Also the whole firestone tire debate from way back when too, ford blamed the rollovers on firestones tires rather than taking blame for it. But as said, on the second gen it was less of an issue, more like the standard suv at the point yes, and that was pretty much the end of it.

You’re making two issues out of one. U-haul stopped renting trailers during the Firestone issue. It SEEMED like they were less safe because of the amount of total Explorer rollovers, but that’s because it outsold all other SUVs of the time combined.

 

[DemonMudder]

You’re making two issues out of one. U-haul stopped renting trailers during the Firestone issue. It SEEMED like they were less safe because of the amount of total Explorer rollovers, but that’s because it outsold all other SUVs of the time combined.

I may be wrong, everything I've really ever read or heard though said that the first gen was particularly rollover prone, which exactl is what started the whole blame firestone fiasco. I don't have any personal experience with the first gens, so I can't vouch for anything, just stating what I've been told,warned, and read about by others on here.