Corkey's 1996 Explorer - Decembers Truck of the Month - Week Three

[Burns]

For the Third Week of December we have Corkey's 96 Explorer.

Here we have a great guy with a Great explorer. He has put a lot of time driving back and forth from Canada to different areas in the US. Here is to you Corkey!

Infomation and Pictures from his Registry:

okay , so , i thought about it, and,,,,,
about time i posted one here,
96 Explorer XL, 4.0 ohv, auto trans, control trac 4x4,
Special Thanks to - gmanpaint, Turdle, and Maniak, to name just a few,
List Of Mods,
-torsion twist , gone now, , Fox Coilovers hold me up now,
-Trailmaster /Superlift combined front end lift kit, with skid plates,
-4:10 gears front and back, Aussie Locker in the back ,
-Cooper STT 33's all around with Dyna Beads inside, On Custom JT powdercoated 16 inch Wheels,
-Superlift Rear Lift Springs, Trailmaster SSV shocks, and custom JT and Gmanpaint swaybar Disconnects,
-Rockcrusher Custom powder coated diff cover, by JT,
-2 sets of driving lights, bumper, and on custom roof rack,
-optima red top battery
-gps for nav with roads and topo
-backup cam
-Kenwood head unit
-Kenwood door speakers, homemade crossovers, extra tweeters,
-amp bypass ,from gmanpaint,
-Kenwood Sirius control box,
-2 12 inch Kenwood dual voice coil subs ,
-custom forum stickers from Blee,
-cb mounted back of console, with custom antenna mount,

He has more things and pictures to come in the future. Check out his Elite Registry

 

[Turdle]

Just plain awesome.

Congratulations Pete. You have worked very hard.

 

[cybergasm]

Congrats Pete

Guess the thumb injury has it rewards after all :

 

[vroomzoomboom]

***sigh*** they grow up so fast.....LOL. congrats pete.

 

[reapereviltwin]

Congrats!!! Rig looking good!

 

[BrooklynBay]

Congratulations!

 

[Tbars4]

...Congrats on the TOTM...

 

[zukman]

lookin good Pete

 

[corkey]

thanks all, it is all dedicated in honour of you all that drove me to do these things to my rig,
it feels good to be honoured by my peers,,

and i appreciate al the help i got with this rig too , , \


special mentions go out to , JTsmith(Turdle), gmanpaint,88comingup, Ellesar,rangerayy,V8powerbaby, and all the rest that helped me in so many ways,,

 

[gmanpaint]

Wow, I get home from work and I find this..Sweeeeet!

Congrats Corkey!

 

[Twiztid]

congrats pete you have worked so hard to get your explorer to where it is
and i hope your have years on enjoyment out of the ex, and now all the injuries from the build have payed off the thumb and all the ribbing

 

[Cozmik]

Congrats! Well deserved!! Now you're really ready for those northern Ontario snow falls.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

congrads

 

[corkey]

thanks everybody,. ,

 

[cashmoney37]

what size springs and what size shock did you use?

 

[corkey]

The shocks are the 6.5 inch travel Fox 2.0 Emulsion, and the springs are 12 inch 800 lb/inch coils.
they work very well at all speeds, and give a super smooth highway ride.

 

[turboexplorer]

Sorry for bringing up an older thread. But was spending some time looking through others projects and found this thread. Those coil overs look really nice. Would be great to get rid of the torsion bar mounts, I slide on mine all the time.
From your last post I take it they ride nice and feel good at freeway speeds. Really late but congrats on TOTM a year ago!