BMXking's Truck

I can finally post my truck here!!!

This is what it looked like when my parents bought it in the spring of '03.

1993 Ford Explorer Sport 4x4 - 125k miles, 5 spd. trans, loaded (except for leather seats) $2000

Here are the mods:
-Panasonic Head Unit $100
-Boston Acoustics Speakers $100
-Painted the Orange Stripe Black $FREE
-Custom Magnaflow Cat-Back Exhaust $210
-Husky Cargo Mat $50
-New Dark Green Paint Job $550
-Neoprene Seat Covers $25
-Throttle Cable Mod $FREE
-Brushed Aluminum Gauge Overlay $10
-Diamond Headlights, Clear Corners & Side Markers $125
-Sylvania Silverstars $40
-Heavy-Duty Flasher for Towing $5
-Diamond Plate Door Sill Protectors $FREE
-Skyjacker Nitro8000 shocks w/ Poly Bushings in rear $80
-Steel Center Arm Rest Bracket $25
-New Fender Flares from Mazda Navajo $60
-Pro Comp Tow Hooks in front $10
-Keeper 20' Recovery Strap $15
-Serious Explorations stickers $10
-Removed Front and Rear Sway Bar $FREE
-Cobra 19 DX III Mobile CB $15
-Wilson "Little Wil" Antenna w/ 3ft. whip $25
-PA Speaker $5
-Receiver Shackle $25
-New Ford Steering Box $90
-Extended Diff. & T-case Vent Tubes to Engine Compartment $10
-Hi-Lift 48" Cast & Steel Jack w/ Hi-Lift poly jack strap $10
-K&N Breather on Top of Diff/Tranny Vent Tubes $FREE
-Sliders(.120 wall, 1.5" DOM) $250
-K&N Air Filter In Basement(For the Snorkel in the Future)
-KKM Intake $25
-Yakima Cross Bars $20
-S-hooks (To pull back inner fender) $FREE
-Optima Red Top Battery $110
-Hurst Short Throw Shifter $200
-Hard Mounted Fire Extinguisher (ABC) $10
-Centerforce Dual Friction Clutch w/ new Ford parts throughout $350
-Hella 500's on front bumper $50
-Cargo Box for Offroad Acc. $40
-Hard Mounted Camo Maglite $20
-Autovation 4x4 pedals $50
-37x12.50r16 Maxxis Creepy Crawlers $400.00
-16x8 5 on 5.5 4.25 backspacing Black Rock Crawlers $293
-Gutted Catalytic convertors$FREE
-New Flywheel, pilot bearing, and master cylinder $150
-Draw-tite tube hitch & 11" drop ball mount $130
-Q-Form Kick Panels $25
-Pyle Back-Up Camera $80
-Pyle Flip Out DVD player $400


FRONT AXLE
-1977 F-150 HP D44 Full-Width $200 - Moved Forward ~1.5”
-Myers Machine Coil Seats $40 shipped
-6* Pro Comp Pinion shims under coil buckets (to fix coil angle) $18
-CAGE Offroad 5.5” Coil Springs $150 shipped
-Coil Buckets Spaced Out 2.5" (3/16" x 2.5" x 6.5") $FREE
-Bronco Graveyard 78-79 Coil Spring Tower, Pair $90.80 shipped
-F250 Shock Towers $28 shipped
-Stock Axle Shafts(for now) $FREE
-Warn Premium Hubs $72
-Extended, Plated, Heimed, Wristed 1978-1979 Bronco/F-150 Radius Arms $222 shipped
-CAGE Radius Arm Mounts $FREE w/ R/A's
-Stock F150 trac bar with Energy Suspension poly bushings $5
-Skyjacker Stainless Steel Braided Lines for lifted D35 TTB's $90
-Bronco Graveyard 66-75 Early Bronco Adj. Bracket $45
-New F150 tie-rods & stock Explorer drag link (w/ red poly dust boots) $121
-Stock pitman arm $FREE
-Raybestos Professional Grade $19.95 shipped, Powerslot slotted rotors $120
-Completely rebuilt (seals/bearings/ball joints/u-joints/etc.) $200
-Energy Suspension Red 7* C-Bushings $22
-Stock Explorer D-shaft w/ 1310 D44 pinion yoke for stock Explorer u-joints $FREE
-Rancho RS5000 shocks $20

REAR AXLE
-1983 Ford 9" $85
-Rubicon Express Anti-Wrap perches welded SOA $35
-Wild Horses Weld-On Shock Mounts $15
-Stock Springs w/ AAL $FREE
-Stock Axle shafts $FREE
-94-99 Dodge Ram 1500 front rotors $58 shipped
-'76 Cadallic Eldorado Calipers w/ e-brake $150 w/ core calipers
-'78 F150 Extended Stainless Steel Braided Rear Brake Hose $45.34
-Custom Bent Brake Lines (w/ 3/8" ends) $8
-'79 Caddy Eldorado Brake Line end box thing $FREE
-7/16" Banjo Bolt for '76 calipers $5
-Speedway Motors GM Large Caliper bracket (7" mounting points) $40 2-day shipped
-Cut off mounting points from Ford 9" drums to use as spacers for the disc conversion (no longer a backing plate behind the shaft) $FREE
-Third Member from eBay (4.88s, mini spool) $150
-BC Broncos Disc Brake Conversion Wheel Studs $15
-Wild Horses Super Duty U-bolt Kits $60
-Extended/balanced rear driveshaft w/ stock 1310 to match the 1310 on the axle $123.63
-Skyjacker Nitro 8000 shocks for 2" lift Explorer $FREE

TOTAL: $8431.77


Future Plans:
-Custom Front Winch Bumper w/ light mounts, d-rings
-Custom Swing-Out Tire Carrier Bumper w/ hitch, reverse lights, CB antenna, d-rings
-Roll Cage
-Tube Doors
-Rebuild transmission
-Rebuilt manual t-case swap
-Rear Buckets, Sparco's up front
-BBK throttle body
-Hi-steer conversion with Dedenbear knuckles, DOM tubing, and Chevy TRE's
-Regear front to Yukon 4.88s with ARB
-Warn Chromoly Shafts up front
-Moser 35 spline in the rear
-Nodular third member with Yukon 4.88s and 35 spline ARB
-single Magnaflow hi-flow catalytic converter
-Darkest legal window tint

This is what it looks like now:

 

[Stic-o]

BMX, I did something kinda like this for mine, but I used one with a clip that swings back over like a d-ring. Hard to describe my problem is my jack is on the front bumper, and the last time I usedit I left the foot on the bumper and it fell off the truck on the freeway.

 

[bmxking5]

your sport looks really good that box is sweet....you have inspired a projiect

Thanks, I'm helping my buddy build one for his Cherokee tomorrow after work.

Ok, I got some Husky Liners for the front. My diamond 6 pc lights are coming in Monday. The SAS has begun!!!!! And I've got a 5.0 lined up for the truck...my buddy has a 46k original miles 88 Stang GT motor with computer, full harness, complete motor for 300 bucks. I'll probably buy that, but I'm also looking at getting an older (around 93) Stang to start building so I have a new DD that will haul some ass....

 

[Bruces expo]

so ur gonna give me ur stock bumper arent ya bryan ha ha lust kiddin let me know how much u want for it

 

[bmxking5]

Been a while since I updated this. Things have changed just a little bit since the past pictures...

It now has 37" Creepy Crawler, full width high pinion dana 44 SAS, full width Ford 9" rear, 4.88s, disc brakes front and rear, etc. The details/price list of everything are updated in my first post.

Here is the SAS thread also: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135596

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

sweeet

 

[buckshotmudder]

looks great

 

[bmxking5]

Thanks guys.

 

[bmxking5]

I just finished installing a brand new flywheel, clutch, clutch master cylinder, and pilot bearing. I also went ahead and painted my entire exhaust system with 1200* Duplicolor heat paint (flat black color)...looks much better than burned on mud. I'll probably be getting a set of Hedman headers pretty soon.

Back when I was on 31s, I had a Reese hitch that hung down way under the bumper. It was tough, but I would drag it all the time when I would go through a couple of ditches at a local trail I went to. I took it off so I wouldn't drag anymore....

Well, now I've obviously got a little more clearance than before (about 1 foot more ) I finally went ahead and got a Draw-tite tube hitch that's much more hidden than the Reese. (Now that I've got 4.88s, I'll be able to tow my dirt bikes around a lot better than 31s & 3.27s) Oh yeah, and I've got a 8" drop ball mount and it's still not enough. I'll post some pics later.

 

[95offroadx]

badass man, way cool

 

[JS91X]

1993 Ford Explorer Sport 4x4 - 125k miles, 5 spd. trans, loaded (except for leather seats) $2000

did you really give only $2k for it ?

 

[bmxking5]

Yeah. My parents said they'd give me 2k for my first car....and to think I was about to drop 3.5k of my own money (on top of their 2k) for a Chevy S10 Xtreme. Stock for stock, I'd take the Xtreme any day. When I found the Xtreme, I told my parents the only way I'd get the Explorer over the s-dime is if I could lift it. And then everyone lived happily ever after.

 

[sn0border88]

im sure this isnt what they had in mind

Mine said something along those lines as well, they just didnt know how much it was going to cost in the long run.

 

[bmxking5]

Yeah, but when you consider I've spent less than 8k total on a 93 Explorer that now has SAS, 37s, new clutch, locker, discs all around, etc etc etc that's a ton cheaper than getting a few year old Jeep (an ~03 around here (stock in great condition) goes for about 14k still) I'd take an $8k Explorer over a $20k lifted Heep on 35s anyday.

Got new F150 tie-rods and the truck is really tight now. Prolly more responsive steering now than when it was stock. Oh yeah, ended up getting an 11" drop ball mount and it's still an 1in. higher than the "best height" (18inches from ground to top of ball)

 

[bmxking5]

Since the last update I've done a few more things to the truck. All new steering w/ alignment, Superlift adjustable track bar w/ new bushings, new seals/bearings/etc on the rear axle shafts, and I just won a set of Q-Form kick panels for the Explorer. They are currently cut for 5.25" speakers, but I'll be adding in a tweeter with them as well. I'll be painting them when they arrive (I've got a grey interior). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...=018&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT#ebayphotohosting

I plan to run these speakers in them: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-v49Nz88S5Kb/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=51800&I=2065KS52

 

[bmxking5]

Just placed my order for a Pyle 7" flip out in-dash DVD player. I also got a back-up camera that we're wiring up. I bought all this today because I found out this morning if I order today, I get 50% off (friends are starting a shop that I'm gonna be working at, so they got a huge discount on the order). Next week they'll be set up w/ Kicker, etc, so they'll be placing the order on all of that stuff. When they do that, I'm gonna have them order my Kicker components.

 

[JS91X]

oooooooohh bad a$$....kicker.... umm huh

 

[buckshotmudder]

I cant believe you got those q-logic kick panels for that cheap. I was watching that item also but I forgot when it ended haha

 

[bmxking5]

Haha, I was hoping everyone forgot. I put in my bid in the last minute and no one else even put in a bid. lol

Here's the rear view camera: http://www.pyleaudio.com/itemdetail.asp?model=PLCM20

 

[21robbie21]

youre so lame bryan , i ask you to drive like 5 miles to my house to help me work on my car, and you whine about you HAVE to have gas money or you cant get to work the next day, then you go throwing around like $300+ to put a dvd player and camera and panels in your car, not to mention youve avoided regearing for like 2 months cause u dont have money, then you do this??? give me some money

 

[bmxking5]

Haha, more like 10 miles to your house. BTW, give me a call when you get back in town from school. I'll call you when I'm ready to borrow those badass tires and wheels of yours.

Here is the new headunit. As you can see I got much more than 50% off (I paid 400 for this) http://www.pyleaudio.com/itemdetail...le Video&cat2=In-Dash Systems&model=PLDVD65IN